Island Packet 439 Boat Review
When it comes to sailing performance and liveaboard creature comforts, the Island Packet 439 comes loaded with options.
When it comes to sailing performance and liveaboard creature comforts, the Island Packet 439 comes loaded with options.
Cruising World Editor in Chief Mark Pillsbury sat down with Island Packet to discuss the 2021 Boat of the Year winner for Best Full-Size Cruiser – the Island Packet 439.
Sailing around the Delmarva peninsula offers up plenty of navigational challenges—and a big dose of fun too.
Built in Florida, the new Island Packet 349 takes top honors in Cruising World‘s Boat of the Year contest.
Cruising World Judges named the Island Packet 349 Best Midsize Cruiser Under 38 Feet.
You don’t need to break the bank to find an affordable, capable sailboat.
Two longtime Florida boat builders have consolidated operations with the purchase of Island Packet Yachts by Hake Marine.
Go anywhere in 50 feet or less: Meet the Full-Size Cruiser Under 50 Feet category nominees in Cruising World‘s 2015 Boat of the Year competition. All the judges in our independent panel agreed that they’d be more than happy to take any yacht in this quartet on an extended cruise, but top honors went to the Garcia Exploration 45.
Roomy, comfortable and robust, the Island Packet 40 takes the world in stride.
“This is the wonderful combination of a really nice cruising-boat design with a really good, solid build,” said Boat of the Year judge Tim Murphy of the Blue Jacket 40.
Designer Tim Jackett teamed up with Island Packet founder and designer Bob Johnson and the result is the Blue Jacket 40, a fin-keeled cruising boat that will appeal to those who appreciate IP’s construction techniques, but who want a little more pep in their sailing. The Blue Jacket 40 is part of Cruising World‘s 2014 New Boat Showcase.
The Blue Jacket 40 is the result of a collaboration between Tim Jackett, designer for many years at Tartan Yachts, and Bob Johnson, chief designer at Island Packet Yachts. This new performance cruising boat, billed as the first in a series, is being built by Island Packet at its yard in Florida. It made its world debut at the Strictly Sail Chicago boat show, which ran from January 23 through 27, 2013.
When it comes to sailing performance and liveaboard creature comforts, the Island Packet 439 comes loaded with options.
Cruising World Editor in Chief Mark Pillsbury sat down with Island Packet to discuss the 2021 Boat of the Year winner for Best Full-Size Cruiser – the Island Packet 439.
Sailing around the Delmarva peninsula offers up plenty of navigational challenges—and a big dose of fun too.
Built in Florida, the new Island Packet 349 takes top honors in Cruising World‘s Boat of the Year contest.
Cruising World Judges named the Island Packet 349 Best Midsize Cruiser Under 38 Feet.
You don’t need to break the bank to find an affordable, capable sailboat.
Two longtime Florida boat builders have consolidated operations with the purchase of Island Packet Yachts by Hake Marine.
Go anywhere in 50 feet or less: Meet the Full-Size Cruiser Under 50 Feet category nominees in Cruising World‘s 2015 Boat of the Year competition. All the judges in our independent panel agreed that they’d be more than happy to take any yacht in this quartet on an extended cruise, but top honors went to the Garcia Exploration 45.
Roomy, comfortable and robust, the Island Packet 40 takes the world in stride.
“This is the wonderful combination of a really nice cruising-boat design with a really good, solid build,” said Boat of the Year judge Tim Murphy of the Blue Jacket 40.
Designer Tim Jackett teamed up with Island Packet founder and designer Bob Johnson and the result is the Blue Jacket 40, a fin-keeled cruising boat that will appeal to those who appreciate IP’s construction techniques, but who want a little more pep in their sailing. The Blue Jacket 40 is part of Cruising World‘s 2014 New Boat Showcase.
The Blue Jacket 40 is the result of a collaboration between Tim Jackett, designer for many years at Tartan Yachts, and Bob Johnson, chief designer at Island Packet Yachts. This new performance cruising boat, billed as the first in a series, is being built by Island Packet at its yard in Florida. It made its world debut at the Strictly Sail Chicago boat show, which ran from January 23 through 27, 2013.
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