Aboard the Hylas M49: A Down East Cruiser Grown Up
Some boats arrive with a pedigree that isn’t immediately obvious from the dock. The Hylas M49 is one of them. Walking through the first example to reach the United States, Kevin Wensley, National Sales Manager for Hylas Yachts, explains that the hull beneath all this joinery began life as a commercial workboat in New Zealand before evolving into a luxury cruising yacht — much the way the classic Down East lobster boat matured into today’s coastal cruisers.
The numbers are refreshingly sane.…