Weekender 28, Wooden Boat Magazine
02 26 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Weekender 28 Blending original and traditional
Wooden Boat Magazine, March / April 2026 written by Tad Roberts
Most designers struggle to to keep up with changes in market demand, technology, and cultural trends. Very few are out in front, leading the way to something new. The sweet spot is somewhere in between, adapting to new technology and requirements while sympathetically updating traditional styles. Kevin Dibley's new Weekender 28 lands in this sweet middle ground; it is identifiably traditional but imitates nothing.
It's a very attractive boat.
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Kraken 58 nominated for 2026 European Yacht of the Year
09 25 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Kraken 58 nominated for 2026 European Yacht of the Year
Boating NZ - 8, September 2025, written by Kirsten Thomas for Boating New Zealand
New Zealand yacht designer Kevin Dibley has reason to celebrate, with his Kraken 58 design named a nominee for the 2026 European Yacht of the Year Awards. The yacht, already launched and bound for Malta, now faces rigorous sea trials in the hands of twelve leading European magazine judges.
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Dibley / Houghton 750, Boating NZ
04 25 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Dibley / Houghton 750 review
'Sportsboat sailing is fast, fun, frequently wet, appealing to those who want maximum thrills for a reasonable cost.
Long-time sportsboat stalwart Phil ‘Phizzle’ Houghton was bitten by the bug nearly 30 years ago, and is back on the water with a new design menacingly called Weapon of Choice.
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Dibley designed Lyman-Morse LM46 makes Cover of Cruising World, Jan/Feb '23
12 22 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Dibley designed Lyman-Morse LM46 makes Cover of Cruising World, Jan/Feb '23
In ideal conditions on Chesapeake Bay, a taut fleet of 17 contestants vied for top honors in the 2023 edition of Cruising World’s annual Boat of the Year competition. When the spray had settled, at the top of the leader board was a pair of yachts destined for blue water and beyond: the Lyman-Morse LM46, the Domestic Boat of the Year, and the Hallberg-Rassy 400, the Import Boat of the Year.
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Lyman-Morse LM46 Semicustom Performance Cruiser
12 22 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Lyman-Morse LM46 Semicustom Performance Cruiser.
The Lyman-Morse LM46 performance cruiser Hopgrasser is a stirring rendition of the Maine builder's new semicustom line.
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Maine Boats Homes & Harbors
01 22 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Lyman-Morse 46 - Simple and Fast to Sail.
Over the years, Cabot Lyman, founder of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, has proclaimed that the path to happiness on a sailboat is not through more complexity, but rather through simplicity—to be able to sail faster with less work—and do it in style.
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The Kevin Dibley Story - Design Into the Future
12 21 Topic : Yacht Reviews
The Kevin Dibley Story
Boating New Zealand: Design into the future. The process of becoming a successful, established yacht designer can be a long, frustrating journey. It’s certainly seemed that way at times for designer Kevin Dibley, who’s taken more than 25 years to reach that point. This is his story.
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Seahorse Magazine Dec 2021
11 21 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Intuitively Gifted by Ivor Wilkins
Seahorse Magazine: Ivor Wilkins picks a few of the key highlights of Laurie Davidson's inspired and influential design career.
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The Making of the Way Maker
03 21 Topic : Yacht Reviews
The Making of the Way Maker
What were you doing in 1996? At school? Advancing your career? Raising children? Aucklander Malcolm Steedman was beginning the conversion of his Pelin Snowbird sailing catamaran: a project he’d only finish at the end of 2020 – just in time to put her on the market. Story by Zoe Hawkins.
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Boating New Zealand
01 11 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Launch & Motor Yacht
05 00 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Boating
12 00 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Australian Sailing
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Boat International
06 01 Topic : Yacht Reviews
Austalian Yachting
06 01 Topic : Yacht Reviews