{"id":43884,"date":"2020-12-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/?p=43884"},"modified":"2023-05-06T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T21:42:42","slug":"corsair-880-best-sport-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/corsair-880-best-sport-boat-2021-boty\/","title":{"rendered":"Corsair 880: Best Sport Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corsair-880-2-copy-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Corsair 880 out of Wareham Massachusetts\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corsair-880-2-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corsair-880-2-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corsair-880-2-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Corsair-880-2-copy.jpg 2000w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Best SportBoat 2021Corsair 880<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Billy Black<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<p>On a cold November afternoon, we rolled up to the dock at the ancient Cape Cod Shipyard, hard along the waters of the Wareham River Basin, for the concluding sail of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/boat-of-the-year-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2021 Boat of the Year<\/a> campaign aboard the Corsair 880, a 28-foot folding trimaran built in, of all places, Vietnam. It wasn\u2019t on purpose, but you could easily say we saved the best for last. The best sail in our 2021 BOTY sea trials, that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We were joined by Bob Gleason, who\u2019s been peddling fast tris for as long as we can remember, and Dave Reed, the editor of our sister publication, <i>Sailing World<\/i>: two boys who always can be counted on to press on a bit more sail. In other words, for the task ahead, darn-near perfect companions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The classic Buzzard\u2019s Bay sea breeze had kicked in, \u00adappropriately\u2014like, what else is new?\u2014as we powered out of the basin and into the fresh southwesterly. Up went the big, roachy, powerful square-topped mainsail, and out went the self-tending jib. We were sailing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"padding_vertical embed\">\r\n<section class=\"content\">\r\n<h2 class=\"heading | margin_centered bold\">2021 Boat of the Year Winners at a Glance<\/h2>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"padding_vertical\">\r\n\t<section class=\"content\">\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"list | margin_centered element-ul\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/excess-11-boat-of-the-year-for-2021-boty\/\">Excess 11: Boat of the Year<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/x-yachts-x40-best-performance-cruiser-2021-boty\/\">X-Yacht\u2019s X4<sup>0<\/sup>: Best Performance Cruiser<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/island-packet-439-best-full-size-cruiser-2021-boty\/\">Island Packet 439: Best Full-Size Cruiser<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/hh-50-best-luxury-cruiser-2021-boty\/\">HH 50: Best Luxury Cruiser<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/hylas-60-best-luxury-cruiser-2021-boty\/\">Hylas 60: Best Luxury Cruiser<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/beneteau-oceanis-yacht-54-best-redesign-boty-2021\/\">Beneteau Oceanis Yacht 54: Honorable Mention<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/corsair-880-best-sport-boat-2021-boty\/\">Corsair 880: Best Sport Boat<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/story\/sailboats\/5-new-sailboat-nominees-2021-boty\/\">5 New Sailboats That Were Nominees<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Corsair 880 is cool, cool, cool. Comfortable canvas bench seats. A nice little interior with all the basics for pleasant camping-\u00adstyle cruises. A rotating carbon-fiber spar. A tiller with an extension, and the traveler and mainsheet right at hand. Sails up, daggerboard down. As good as it gets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We tacked upwind for a while to say we did, got some \u00adnumbers, and then the real fun commenced. First, bye-bye jib; hello Code Zero. Welcome to the realm of double-digit boat speeds, which always feel faster when you\u2019re reaching on a screamer under 30 feet. Greetings, sailing world, indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>We swapped the helm back and forth, and took snapshots of one another. Who had the biggest smile? It was a tie. Then the kite went up for the run back to the dock. Heaven on Buzzard\u2019s Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>There wasn\u2019t another boat around, and for that matter, there wasn\u2019t another boat in the competition that matched up with the Corsair. But you can be sure as heck we were still going to name it the year\u2019s Best Sportboat. Which we could. So we did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>As the sun set over Buzzard\u2019s Bay, it also set on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruisingworld.com\/boat-of-the-year-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boat of the Year 2021<\/a>. 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