The “very latest” of 2025: five sailboats from 13 to 15.40 meters

Sailboats: 12.99 m – Excess 13

The Excess 13 will be the new addition to the catamaran range of the French shipyard that is part of the Beneteau Group. The design this time has been entrusted to Studio Lombard, with the task of maintaining the family feeling of the range that until

t has now been by VPLP and Patrick Le Quément. We could call it a “minimalist” catamaran in some respects; in fact, the designers worked to reduce weight, with the goal of making the boat agile to sail and not just comfortable. There are many clever solutions: from rainwater recovery to doors that cover the closets.

Type: Cruiser

• www.excesscatamarans.com

13.10 m – Dufour 44

Designed by Felci Yacht Design, the Dufour 44 presents itself as a hull with important volumes, kept streamlined and slender, however, thanks to various design solutions of aesthetic value, yes, but also functional. To take full advantage of the volumes, and the 4.45-meter beam, on the other hand, the deck and cockpit are particularly spacious and follow both lessons in ergonomics and rational and functional approaches to short-handed sailing, offering, at the same time, capacious and spacious interiors, strong with 4 different layout options, for varying numbers of cabins and berths. On the latter juncture, the signature “interior,” however, is by Ardizio Design.

• www.dufour-yachts.com

14.56 m – ClubSwan 43

The Finnish shipyard has launched the first hull of the new Juan K signature One Design, there is a certain family feeling with the Club Swan 50, for a range of monotypes that now includes, in addition to the Club Swan 43, the 28 and the 80. The ClubSwan 43 is primarily geared toward the world of racing, however, it is presented with a minimum of interior fittings in the event that it wants to be used for sport cruising as well.

• www.nautorswan.com

Sailboats – 15.14 m – Elan GT6X

The Elan GT6, where GT stands for Gran Turismo, is a workhorse of the Slovenian shipyard, and brings with it a bit of automotive design: it’s that of Porsche (Studio F.A. Porsche), which together with designer Rob Humphreys created this unique boat. A few years after its launch Elan decided to launch the GT6 Explorer, a blue water evolution of the original design.

• www.adriaship.it

15.42 m – Moody 48 DS

The design of the Moody 48 DS is by Bill Dixon, who has conceived a boat that the shipyard itself describes as a “monohull,” that is, a monohull with some features typical of cruising catamarans. The panoramic deckhouse, the covered aft cockpit connected to the interior dinettevia a single level, and the forward cockpit in front of the mast are some of the features that link this boat to the cat.

The acronym DS stands for deck saloon, or panoramic dinette: this is on the same level as the aft cockpit, raised to remain on the same height as the deckhouse windows. To access the forward rooms, however, there are steps down to the forward cabin, which is on a lower level.

• www.nautigamma.com