grand soleil

mattf · #1 (**permalink**) 08-19-2002

Saw a very sharp boat at my yard recently. It was a Grand Soleil. This was a center cockpit variety, but I looked on the web and saw some nice aft cockpit versions. They are Italian, and look to be finished very well. Does anyone have opinions on this boat?

Matt F

Denr · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2002

I too got wood a few years ago looking at these beautiful vessels. They have a web site grandsoleil.it which has some basic information such as specifications however no construction details are available. I suspect that they are probably fast, if not they sure look fast just floating in the water! Schwing!

zadar · #3 (**permalink**) 08-22-2002

Yes, they are fast, solidly built and rather luxurious (and expensive) in comparison to average mass-produced French or Germans.

I sailed an old GS36 so no experience with the new boats, but I see dozens of them crossing Adriatic from Italy to Croatia every summer. And they have a new 40 built for IMS and comparable to X or First.