Polaris

Polaris shows 156 hours on the Yanmar. That is a decade of Chesapeake weekends on a boat that gets sailed rather than motored. Four feet eleven inches of draft opens up the creeks and the thin water that keeps deeper boats out on the main stem, and 16,000 BTU of reverse cycle heat and air conditioning stretches the season at both ends.

The two cabin, one head layout gives a couple a private forward cabin and guests a real aft double, with a separate shower compartment rather than a wet head. The classic mainsail sets better and sails faster than the in mast furling rigs on most competing boats, and the tunnel bow thruster and twin wheels make a tight slip on a windy afternoon a non event.

Two cabins, one head 

Shoal draft at 4 ft 11 in. 

Slab reefing classic mainsail

16,000 BTU reverse cycle air conditioning and heat 

Bow Thruster