This post draws on "World's Coolest Yachts: Maxi 72 Rán II", first published by Yachting World in September 2023. All credit for the original feature goes to Yachting World. Every so often a raceboat becomes part of offshore sailing history. In its World's Coolest Yachts series, Yachting World picked the Maxi 72 Rán II as one of them. Top British sailor Adrian Stead put her forward, and Yachting World gave her an "adrenalin factor" of 80%. We think that's a fair score. The boat is now called...

Grand prix race boats that can still win at the top level don't come up for sale often. X-Day (GER 8419), a Farr GP42 2.60, is one of them. She's lying in Kiel, Germany, with EU VAT paid, and the asking price is €250,000. Her race record X-Day is still winning races. In just the last three seasons she has: won the 2024 Malta Coastal Race outright finished 8th overall in the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, in one of offshore racing's deepest fleets won the 2023 ORC Corinthian European Championship...

Some of the best boats never touch the open market — and Mockingbird was one of them. When our client came to us looking for a competitive TP52, the search didn't start with a listings page. It started with our network. Mockingbird, a 2015 Botin-designed, King Marine-built TP52 originally campaigned under the name Bronanosec on the Super Series circuit, wasn't advertised anywhere. Her owner wasn't shopping her around, and she wasn't sitting on a brokerage site waiting for an offer. By every...