From Scuttlebutt news:
BOTY-November 22, 2002
Cruising World and Sailing World magazines have named the Hallberg-Rassy 43
and the Javelin 2 as overall winners of their prestigious 2003 Boat of the
Year (BOTY) awards. This year, judges surveyed a group of some 50 boats
ranging 10 to 58 feet in length. All nominees are new (or substantially
redesigned) boats launched since October 2001. The winners of the 2003 BOTY
Awards will be featured in the December/ January issue of Sailing World and
the January issue of Cruising World.
The Javelin 2, an 18-foot doublehanded catamaran, is built in Italy by
Bimare and designed by Michelangelo Petrucci was named the Sailing World
Overall Performance Boat of the Year, by judges Meade Gougeon, Alan
Andrews, Chuck Allen. The Javelin 2, distributed in the U.S. by Novacaines
Mutiny, Virginia Beach, Va. also won the High-Performance Day Racer category.
