A Miami boat show walkthrough of the Hylas H48 — push-button sail handling, serious deck hardware, and two design awards in its first months stateside.
Filmed among the world’s biggest sailing brands at the Miami International Boat Show, this short walkthrough introduces the Hylas H48 at a moment when the boat had only been in the country for about three months — and had already collected two significant accolades.
As the host explains on camera, Cruising World named it a Boat of the Year winner for best full-size cruiser under 48 feet, while Sailing magazine gave it a Best Boat award for its systems and supporting documentation. That second one is worth pausing on: judges don’t hand out prizes for paperwork unless the engineering behind it holds up.
Built as a bluewater boat, not adapted into one
The point the video keeps returning to is intent. The judges noted that the H48 was conceived from the outset as a bluewater cruising yacht — meaning, in the presenter’s words, that you never ask the boat to do something it wasn’t designed to do. He cites a Hylas that crossed an ocean during a global circuit, took a knock hard enough to bend the stern rail, and never cracked the deck; the stanchion bases, he notes, are that strong. It’s an anecdote rather than a spec sheet, but it frames how the boat is put together.
Sail handling from the helm
Step aboard and the walkthrough moves straight to the wheel, where the controls are laid out so one person can manage the boat without leaving the helm. Buttons at hand let you start setting the main; the headsail is self-tacking, with an electric winch doing the heavy lifting. Asked how many crew it takes to sail her, the answer on camera is essentially that a couple will find it easy — and that one person can handle everything at any given moment, furling the genoa, dousing it, and setting the main from the same position.
The video is a teaser rather than a full cabin-by-cabin tour — the systems detail is left to a colleague’s separate walkthrough — but it does what a show video should: it tells you why this 48-footer stood out on a crowded dock. And for anyone who missed Miami, the presenter notes the H48 is available year-round for viewing and test sailing at the builder’s service center in Riviera Beach, Florida.
Where the H48 sits in the market
This particular listing is a 2027 Hylas H48, S/V Hull 5, offered through Ted Reshetiloff. Current Hylas 48 activity on YachtSite is thin, as befits a low-volume bluewater build:
| Active Hylas 48 listings | 2 |
|---|---|
| Asking range | $1,800,000 – $1,800,000 |
| Median asking price | $1,800,000 |
If a shorthanded, ocean-capable 48 with award-recognized systems is on your shortlist, this is a boat worth seeing in person — ideally with the sails up.