Ticks all the comfort and ease-of-use boxes | Benteau Oceanis 37.1 test | Yachting Monthly

[@ianscott3180]

I am glad to see that Beneteau have worked on the quality of their yachts. Back in the nineties I bought a 37 footer from them. After four years of legal wrangling they settled out of court. After two years the hull had osmosis and delamination and I was far from the only one. If fairness they had a bad couple of years back then with a load of legal claims. I took the money and stupidly bought an ex charter First 501 in St Maartin and brought her back to the UK. We spent a few pounds bringing her up to standard and had decades of trouble free sailing. I suppose I should be glad of a bit of hull rot after all.

[@Mineirovsky]

I like to see the market offering smallish boats. I understand that corners have to be cut in order to make them profitable, but not like this. The lack of backstay comes with a few problems, as presentend by Stocker, and I'm not sure wether the few bucs it saves are worth the trade-offs you'll have to deal with, and the lack of handrails is not a bug anymore, it's a feature of these boats unfortunatelly.

[@philipwilstrup8797]

40° spreader - would rather have the backstays then