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James Evenson tours a brand-new MCP 68, an aluminum expedition sailboat whose maiden voyage covered 6,000 miles upwind from Rio de Janeiro to Cannes, France — through hurricane season, past Cape Verde where Hurricane Aaron was forming, and into the Mediterranean at an average of 8.5 knots over 30-plus days.▶ 0:10 The boat arrived structurally intact, with rig and systems undamaged, which Evenson treats as the most credible sea trial possible.▶ 9:00 He examines specific engineering choices: a triple-purchase mainsheet split across two load points using Dyneema, flush hatches with internal drainage channels routed overboard, a carbon rig with three headsails on electric furlers, running backstays for cutter-rig depowering, and a 9-ton ballasted swing keel — roughly 30% of displacement — an unusual configuration in aluminum cruising boats.▶ 1:31 Midships cabins under the raised-deck salon exploit the boat's motion-stable center.▶ 6:01 A full-headroom workshop and a walk-around, sound-isolated engine room draw particular praise.▶ 6:35 Evenson's stated concerns: electric furlers on an expedition boat (he recommends hydraulic), the aluminum-to-fiberglass superstructure bond on a flexing hull, and the swing-keel lifting mechanism failing in remote locations like French Polynesia or Patagonia.▶ 9:48 Annual operating costs, he estimates, run $150,000–$220,000; a single fuel fill of the 650-gallon tank costs roughly $3,000.▶ 12:40

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