{"id":50708,"date":"2023-09-27T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?page_id=50708"},"modified":"2024-12-05T12:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:10:49","slug":"boat-of-the-year-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/boat-of-the-year-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat of the Year 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"50708\" class=\"elementor elementor-50708\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06823ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06823ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d84de15\" data-id=\"d84de15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f55310 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f55310\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><em>Cruising World&#8217;<\/em>s 2024 Boat of the Year Competition<\/h1><p>Nineteen new sailboats from top boatbuilders around the globe battle for this year&#8217;s coveted Boat of the Year title.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-355175e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"355175e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06e2f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a06e2f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Zuflm1_eBk' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7504e7 elementor-hidden-desktop e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e7504e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537d46f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"537d46f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60b1503 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60b1503\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18f73ae\" data-id=\"18f73ae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3bac3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3bac3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With sweet, early autumn sailing conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a strong fleet of 19 contenders competed for top honors in our annual Boat of the Year \u00adcompetition. Once the spray had settled and the votes were tallied, the judges awarded prizes in seven categories for monohulls and multihulls.<\/p>\n\n<p>We must be getting lucky. The denizens of Annapolis, Maryland, have dubbed their city \u201cthe sailing capital of the United States\u201d for many reasons: the abundance of yachts; myriad nearby rivers, creeks and backwaters on which to explore and cruise; the abundance of marinas and shipyards; the frenetic local racing scene; and the annual in-water Annapolis Sailboat Show, the country\u2019s biggest and best.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 16px;\">\n<a href=\"\/sailboats\/an-impressive-boat-of-the-year-ensemble-sets-sail\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c32fa6\" data-id=\"4c32fa6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d97c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d97c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CRW-BOTY-Logo-2024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50811\" alt=\"Cruising World 2024 Boat of the Year Logo\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e73d827 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e73d827\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-855dd83\" data-id=\"855dd83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83df7a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"83df7a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0058fec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0058fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Boat of the Year 2024: Best Overall<\/h2><p>Jeanneau has long enjoyed a strong reputation for building boats that sail exceedingly well. With the Jeanneau 55, <em>Cruising World<\/em>\u2019s 2024 Best Overall Boat of the Year, the French boatbuilder has changed the game once again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37bc47e elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37bc47e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a84545\" data-id=\"4a84545\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-491db86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"491db86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-966c5a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"966c5a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-471c806\" data-id=\"471c806\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1e1e7 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"eb1e1e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/overall-winner-jeanneau-yachts-55\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51195\" alt=\"Jeanneau Yachts 55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0227-hero-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/overall-winner-jeanneau-yachts-55\/\">Overall Winner: Jeanneau Yachts 55<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">At first glance, there\u2019s a certain familiarity to the Jeanneau Yachts 55. Once upon a time, 50-plus-foot cruising boats were a rarity in far-flung ports, but they are now quite common. And of all the production builders, Jeanneau has long enjoyed a strong reputation for building boats that sail exceedingly well.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f36989 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f36989\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2afe3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b2afe3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/overall-winner-jeanneau-yachts-55\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bc8b89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bc8b89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-986b369\" data-id=\"986b369\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c348a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"80c348a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-102ee21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"102ee21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Boat of the Year 2024: Winners By Category<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b898010 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b898010\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c7920 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37c7920\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be69b5 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"8be69b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-midsize-cruiser\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51241\" alt=\"2024 Boat of the Year judges testing the Hallberg-Rassy 40C sailboat\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HR40-0251-Enhanced-NR_edit-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-midsize-cruiser\/\">Best Midsize Cruiser<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The first of two four-boat classes in the BOTY 2024 competition, the Midsize Cruiser division was stacked with entries.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfb4ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddfb4ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02dfd09 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"02dfd09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-full-size-cruiser\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51254\" alt=\"Side view of the Jeanneau Yachts 55, Cruising World&#039;s 2024 Best Full-Size Cruiser\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Jeanneau55-0029-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-full-size-cruiser\/\">Best Full-Size Cruiser<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Designing and building big cruising boats is a pursuit that continues to evolve, both technically and creatively.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bb941 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1bb941\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab6aadc elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ab6aadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-performance-cruiser\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51286\" alt=\"Italia Yachts 14.98 testing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Italia14.98-0126-Enhanced-NR-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-performance-cruiser\/\">Best Performance Cruiser<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">A pair of sleek, fast, beautifully presented yachts from Italy were the nominees for the top Performance Cruiser.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaca792 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaca792\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4b22fe elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"e4b22fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-cruising-catamaran-under-50-feet\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51295\" alt=\"Boat of the Year judges testing the Vision 444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Vison-0019_edit-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-cruising-catamaran-under-50-feet\/\">Best Cruising Catamaran Under 50 Feet<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Perhaps the most competitive category in this year\u2019s contest was this class of four cruising cats.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b723444 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b723444\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2776aab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2776aab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba07ea5 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"ba07ea5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/cruising-catamaran-over-50-feet\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51309\" alt=\"Fountaine Pajot Aura 51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Foutaine_Pajot_Aura51-0035_edit-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/cruising-catamaran-over-50-feet\/\">Best Cruising Catamaran Over 50 Feet<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">A championship-caliber battle breaks out between two iconic builders for the title of best full-size cruising cat.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b760749 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b760749\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-685b018 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"685b018\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-performance-trimaran\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51334\" alt=\"Dragonfly 40 during Boat of the Year testing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Dragonfly-0591_edit-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-performance-trimaran\/\">Best Performance Trimaran<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">\nIn this cutting-edge category\u2019s first year, two pioneering three-hulled globetrotters left our judges swooning.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-586cef0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"586cef0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47fe92e elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"47fe92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-sportboat\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51340\" alt=\"Boat of the Year Xquisite Yachts 30 Sportcat testing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_Xquisite_Sport_Cat30-0023_edit-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-best-sportboat\/\">Best Sportboat<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">\nEasy, fast and fun. A spicy pair of multihull nominees heat up the competition on a sporty Chesapeake Bay. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec9f7fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec9f7fe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83925e5 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"83925e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-judges\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-51289\" alt=\"BOTY judges testing the HH Catamarans HH44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CW_BOTY2024_HH44-0217-Enhanced-NR_edit-50x38.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-judges\/\">Judges\u2019 Special Recognition<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Far and away, the HH44 was the most sophisticated hull-deck structure in the 2024 fleet.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43e1e54 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43e1e54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8108e18\" data-id=\"8108e18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28549e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28549e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Time Until Winner Revealed<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a83b130 elementor-countdown--label-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-countdown\" data-id=\"a83b130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"countdown.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-expire-actions=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;hide&quot;}]\" class=\"elementor-countdown-wrapper\" data-date=\"1701882000\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-countdown-item\"><span class=\"elementor-countdown-digits elementor-countdown-days\"><\/span> <span class=\"elementor-countdown-label\">Days<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-countdown-item\"><span class=\"elementor-countdown-digits elementor-countdown-hours\"><\/span> <span class=\"elementor-countdown-label\">Hours<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-countdown-item\"><span class=\"elementor-countdown-digits elementor-countdown-minutes\"><\/span> <span class=\"elementor-countdown-label\">Minutes<\/span><\/div><div class=\"elementor-countdown-item\"><span class=\"elementor-countdown-digits elementor-countdown-seconds\"><\/span> <span class=\"elementor-countdown-label\">Seconds<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fdbeb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fdbeb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2024 Boat of the Year winner will be revealed right here, live, at cruisingworld.com on December 6, 2023, at 12:00PM Eastern Standard Time, and also in the January\/February 2024 issue of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cruising World<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">And the nominees are&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92ec49f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92ec49f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9780d6\" data-id=\"b9780d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f860f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"53f860f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6afb61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6afb61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Featured Nominees<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Get a closer look at some of this year\u2019s standout contenders in the field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bac5134 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bac5134\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19beb77\" data-id=\"19beb77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd3148d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd3148d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-beneteau-oceanis-37-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50822\" alt=\"Oceanis 37.1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Oceanis-37.1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f7fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5f7fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-beneteau-oceanis-37-1\/\">Beneteau Oceanis 37.1<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60779dd\" data-id=\"60779dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd7c218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd7c218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-dufour-41\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50711\" alt=\"Dufour 41 cockpit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sailing-photo-dufour-41-new-sailboat-2023.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ea807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93ea807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-dufour-41\/\"><strong>Dufour 41<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-910b71d\" data-id=\"910b71d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3755266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3755266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-elan-impression-43\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50800\" alt=\"Rear of Elan Impression 43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/DVR1196-web.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0a6809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0a6809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-elan-impression-43\/\"><strong>Elan Impression 43 <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-daccfdd\" data-id=\"daccfdd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207a8a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"207a8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-hanse-510\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50775\" alt=\"Bow of the Hanse 510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hanse-510-bilder-web-exterior-3-017.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-617560a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"617560a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-hanse-510\/\"><strong>Hanse 510<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6de315f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6de315f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc06d5e\" data-id=\"fc06d5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-668cfd3\" data-id=\"668cfd3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10f4ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10f4ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-hh-catamarans-hh44\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50823\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/HH44DroneBowsatAnchor.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f8fc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7f8fc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-hh-catamarans-hh44\/\"><strong>HH Catamarans 44<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb80ce7\" data-id=\"eb80ce7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47913ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47913ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-jeanneau-yachts-55\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50737\" alt=\"Jeanneau Yachts 55 arial\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jeanneau_Yachts_55-Gilles_MARTIN-RAGET-2870.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82a750 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b82a750\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-jeanneau-yachts-55\/\"><strong>Jeanneau 55<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cba1379\" data-id=\"cba1379\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2040eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2040eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-vision-444\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50781\" alt=\"Vision 444 catamaran sailing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Vision-444.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df065dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df065dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/sailboats\/nominee-spotlight-vision-444\/\"><strong>Vision 444<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8e70f9\" data-id=\"d8e70f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebb1ac1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebb1ac1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-693a137\" data-id=\"693a137\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c087ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5c087ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-10f66ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10f66ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16fdf7b\" data-id=\"16fdf7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16b7fb1 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"16b7fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/49CS-2021-Render-005-1024x768.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Contest 55, Breskens, The Netherlands\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBOTY 2024 Nominees (Full List)\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCheck out the complete lineup of nominees for <i>CW<\/i>'s 2024 Boat of the Year Competition\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"\/sailboats\/2024-boat-of-the-year-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClick Here\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c26a5e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c26a5e3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce74ce2\" data-id=\"ce74ce2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bde1a70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bde1a70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f15569f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f15569f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Boat of the Year: How It Works<\/h2>\n<p><em>Cruising World<\/em>\u2019s annual Boat of the Year competition is the recognized leader in inspecting, testing and rewarding the best sailboats introduced into the US market by boatbuilders the world over. Judging and testing for this year\u2019s awards will take place during and after the Annapolis Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, which begins October 12.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of nearly two weeks around the Annapolis Sail Show, sailboats receiving official nominations will be thoroughly adjudicated by an independent panel of marine experts who, as a team, evaluate each nominated vessel in two stages: dockside during the show, and then in dedicated sea trials. The judges measure every spec, inspect every inch of rigging, unscrew every electrical panel to examine the wiring behind it, scrutinize every element of construction, and question every layout option. And then they sail it.<\/p>\n<p>No other program puts boats through such rigorous trials. It\u2019s a testament to the legitimacy of&nbsp;<em>Cruising World<\/em>\u2019s Boat of the Year competition and the reason why you see our trademark blue triangle Boat of the Year logos proudly displayed on banners at boat-show booths worldwide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d2b6e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d2b6e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27ca62d\" data-id=\"27ca62d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f93a90a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f93a90a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a97c657 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a97c657\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\">Boat of the Year: Meet the Judges<\/h2><p>Throughout the history of the competition, our judges have tested hundreds of boats, and in doing so, helped our Boat of the Year program earn its reputation as the gold standard of international sailboat awards.\u00a0 We\u2019ve once again assembled a top-tier, non-biased judging panel based on their complementary backgrounds and skill sets, not to mention decades upon decades of combined experience, both in the industry and at the helm. If there\u2019s a nit to pick, rest assured these experts will be all over it.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-549860f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"549860f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5263769\" data-id=\"5263769\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c00f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c2c00f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50819\" alt=\"Boat of the Year judge Herb McCormick\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Herb-McCormick-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b5c680\" data-id=\"5b5c680\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f4b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52f4b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.75rem;\">Herb McCormick<\/span><\/h3><p style=\"color: #000000;\">Over the course of his career as a sailor and yachting journalist, award-winning marine writer Herb McCormick has written hundreds of boat reviews and raced and cruised tens of thousands of miles, including the Newport Bermuda Race, the Sydney-Hobart Race, the Pacific Cup and the Transpac. His offshore resume includes a voyage to Antarctica, a successful transit of the Northwest Passage, and two roundings of Cape Horn. The author of five nautical books, he\u2019s owned and maintained several sailboats, including his current Pearson 365 and Pearson Ensign. As a Boat of the Year judge, he concentrates on sailing performance, safety, and deck layouts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c482eba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c482eba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e19df4e\" data-id=\"e19df4e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abee031 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abee031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50821\" alt=\"Boat of the Year Judge Mark Pillsbury\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Judge-Mark-Pillsbury.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c0d7c2\" data-id=\"5c0d7c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc4fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdc4fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Mark Pillsbury<\/h3><p>Mark Pillsbury is a die-hard sailor who has owned and maintained a number of sailboats, including a Sabre 34, on which he lived aboard for 15 years in various harbors around Rhode Island\u2019s Narragansett Bay. He has been involved with\u00a0Cruising World\u2019s Boat of the Year program in various roles for many years and has reviewed scores of new sailboats for the magazine. He is currently a\u00a0Cruising World\u00a0editor-at-large. As a judge, his purview is interior plans, systems and build quality.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f52d6be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f52d6be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d5373a\" data-id=\"0d5373a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc9574 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cc9574\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50820\" alt=\"Boat of the Year Judge Tim Murphy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1-50x38.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tim-Murphy-sailing-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b34665\" data-id=\"7b34665\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e2a487 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e2a487\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: Raleway, sans-serif; font-size: 1.75rem; font-weight: bold;\">Tim Murphy<\/span><\/h3><p>Longtime\u00a0<i>CW\u00a0<\/i>contributor, editor-at-large and award-winning marine journalist and author\u00a0Tim Murphy currently serves as education project manager with the American Boat &amp; Yacht Council (ABYC). Having been involved with ABYC since 1998, Murphy supported the rollout of ABYC\u2019s Marine Electrical Certification; designed and edited ABYC certification study guides as a contractor; and co-authored (with Ed Sherman)\u00a0<i>Fundamentals of Marine Service Technology<\/i>, a marine-trades textbook for secondary and post-secondary education. Now a full-time staff member, Murphy has taken on the role of education project manager to oversee the creation of ABYC curriculum and certification materials, and other key responsibilities to grow ABYC\u2019s technical education and content creation capabilities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b60b9f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b60b9f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f2ce16\" data-id=\"7f2ce16\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5e5a87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5e5a87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-awards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about 2023&#8217;s Best Overall winners and the competition here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7816f7 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7816f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df591a7\" data-id=\"df591a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa1bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1fa1bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-077ad98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"077ad98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Boat of the Year 2023: Winners, Best Overall<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: left;\">When the spray had settled, at the top of the leader board was a pair of yachts destined for blue water and beyond: the Lyman-Morse LM46, the Domestic Boat of the Year, and the Hallberg-Rassy 400, the Import Boat of the Year.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17c99dd elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17c99dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca32cbd\" data-id=\"ca32cbd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fdd8ae elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7fdd8ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-awards\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOTY-banner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49555\" alt=\"Boat of the Year 2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOTY-banner.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOTY-banner-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOTY-banner-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOTY-banner-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/BOTY-banner-1536x768.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-awards\/\">2023 Overall Winning Boats of the Year<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">In ideal conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a taut fleet of 17 contestants vied for top honors in the 2023 edition of Cruising World\u2019s annual Boat of the Year competition.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-632c20f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"632c20f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7327045\" data-id=\"7327045\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8371a2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8371a2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-50815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/OPENER-Lyman_Morse-0038-2-50x28.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Last year\u2019s \u201cBest Overall\u201d Boat of the Year Co-Winner, the Lyman-Morse LM46, punches through the elements during a sporty test sail on Chesapeake Bay. Jon Whittle<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6b7d1e4 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6b7d1e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34529fc\" data-id=\"34529fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3057f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd3057f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-awards\/\">Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab1928f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab1928f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8500dc2\" data-id=\"8500dc2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e472d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e472d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3a5632 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3a5632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Boat of the Year 2023: Winners By Category<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4288ac8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4288ac8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb68fc6\" data-id=\"eb68fc6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46bf4be elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"46bf4be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-midsize-cruiser\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tartan_365-01618.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49545\" alt=\"Tartan 365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tartan_365-01618.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tartan_365-01618-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tartan_365-01618-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tartan_365-01618-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Tartan_365-01618-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-midsize-cruiser\/\">Best Midsize Cruiser<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">It was terrific to see a trio of boats in the mid-30-foot division, but also to discover that all three yachts in the class were exemplary sailboats.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce398cd\" data-id=\"ce398cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2945ec elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"d2945ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-performance-cruiser\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JBoats-J45.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49526\" alt=\"J\/45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JBoats-J45.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JBoats-J45-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JBoats-J45-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JBoats-J45-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JBoats-J45-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-performance-cruiser\/\">Best Performance Cruiser<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">This division truly lived up to its name, with a solid lineup of five nominees that lit up under sail.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80e815d\" data-id=\"80e815d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e2f56 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"27e2f56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-cruising-multihull\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fountaine-Pajot.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49532\" alt=\"Tanna 47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fountaine-Pajot.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fountaine-Pajot-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fountaine-Pajot-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fountaine-Pajot-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fountaine-Pajot-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-cruising-multihull\/\">Best Cruising Multihull<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The popularity of boats with more than one hull, especially catamarans, is more evident with each passing year.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18ffb40 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18ffb40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3915962\" data-id=\"3915962\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276b580 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"276b580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-full-size-cruiser\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moody-0122.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49538\" alt=\"Moody 41DS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moody-0122.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moody-0122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moody-0122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moody-0122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Moody-0122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-best-full-size-cruiser\/\">Best Full-Size Cruiser<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">This Euro-centric class had one important factor in common: The sailing performance across the quartet was top-notch.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-613b66f\" data-id=\"613b66f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccaccd elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"2ccaccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-judges-special-recognition\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/First-36a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49522\" alt=\"First 36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/First-36a.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/First-36a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/First-36a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/First-36a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/First-36a-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-judges-special-recognition\/\">Judges\u2019 Special Recognition<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">As deliberations wrapped up Cruising World\u2019s team of expert judges handed out two more prizes to boats that stood apart from the fleet.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f2215a\" data-id=\"9f2215a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeffe2b elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"eeffe2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-meet-the-judges\/\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3-Judges.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-49486\" alt=\"Boat of the Year judges\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3-Judges.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3-Judges-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3-Judges-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3-Judges-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/3-Judges-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\"><a href=\"\/sailboats\/2023-boat-of-the-year-meet-the-judges\/\">Meet the Judges<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">This year\u2019s team of judges put 17 sensational new models through their paces, under multiple points of sail and power, after dockside inspections in Annapolis, Maryland.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1744754 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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