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Performance Cruising

Performance Cruising: YachtCodex lists 126 models, 9.3–40.0 m long. The builders with the most are ICE Yachts (19), Outremer (9), and Grand Soleil (8). The largest in production is the wallywind 130 (40.0 m); the shallowest draft is the Dragonfly 36's (0.67 m).

Cruising yachts that are quick, rather than racers with berths in them. A boat is listed here when it is a sailing yacht, not a pure racer, has at least two cabins, and either carries the performance-cruiser type or shows a sail-area-to-displacement ratio of 25 or more. The textbook bands -- 16 for a cruiser, 16 to 20 for a cruiser-racer, above 20 for a performance boat -- are measured on the 100% foretriangle; this catalogue measures upwind area including the genoa, and on the published fleet cruisers sit at a median of 21 and performance cruisers at 31, so the line is drawn at 25.