Which Mega Sailing Yacht Builder Is Your Choice?

Sailing

Sailboats are a whole different animal. If you want shorthanded crew, the best bet are Hallberg Rassy. These are extremely well built sailboats, will take a beating and excellent in light winds to storm conditions. They are luxury interiors as well, you will spend most time docked.
Sailboats are constant work outside in the weather...and getting beat up regularly. The 62 foot HR has some great push button options to check out, hydralic Vangs, etc, and can be operated shorthanded by you and your wife.
HR will take care of you when the sea gets rough....that is what you need, especially a sailboat.
After HR the nordhavn is bullet proof battleship, its a motorsailer so you lose some sailing points, but gain security and motoring resource.

Short handed sailing...go anywhere... shallow draught when needed.. can sell the other half on it if she's not a sailor....Hmmm, short answer. Gunboat.

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Mike I assume you meant Contest. This is my personal perception after checking the both boats. furthermore, as to my knowledge Oyster does not run a shipyard of their own but subcontracts building to certain yards, whereas Contest has their own yard. I had the chance to go through the yard of Contest and having been around with yard and boats for a while I can judge that their discipline of boat building was top notch. Although I am not a sailor myself, I have very experienced sailors and boat builders around me, who also confirmed my observation for sail performance.

I have not only one favourit.

Jongert, Wally, Royal Huisman and Lürssen. All these Shipyards have minimum one yacht, which has wonderful lines.

Jongert is not only my favourit in the case of superyachts. The Jongert 25 (I talk about feet not meters) is a wonderful trailer IMS yacht

I'll admit to silent selfishness for a couple of days. There is a used one up for sale that I was actually thinking about but it's not quite the right fit at this time.
Enjoy!

It didn't fall short, just didn't fit with me right now. With all the mess going on in the economy and business the boat would probably sit there unused for at least the next 8 months. I don't know if you looked in to the used one but make note of who will actually spend some time walking you through the ropes. Doesn't get much better than having the designer there to answer questions.

Alloy Yachts, no question

i am kind of biased though... I have been inside their yard many times, been on several of their boats, & live in New Zealand.. it is a no-brainer

While i admit other yards make exceptional boats, Alloy gives up nothing in quality, taste, and workmanship

Yep, you are clearly biased but no question, Alloy builds good boats.

I think Holland Jachtbouw should be added to this list. Really good yachts.
For yachts under 100ft you could add Van Dam Nordia and K&M yachtbuilders to the Aluminium list and CNB for composites.

If you are talking about composites, what about Yachting Developments in New Zealand as well?

Southern Wind. Good value for money.

Oh...I am too long out of business

I forgot CNB Bordeaux (Hamilton II) and Baltic Yachts (Visione, Baltic 56)

Jongert's 2400M will be in the water within the next couple of weeks. Really nice "little" boat.

That's pretty quick after just launching "Lucia-M"...

Yes, I was in August '09 at the Jongert Shipyard an there was no operation. Now they are launching the first yachts

Favorite boat yard/builder

Don't fail to check out Hodgdon in Maine; astounding interior woodwork, and they built one of the J-class replicas. They can do anything, and priced right.