Zut Alors
View forward from the cockpit of Zut Alors while sailing under a bright sky.

Zut Alors

Beneteau Oceanis 40.1

Meet Zut Alors

A modern cruising sailboat, and her story.

Zut Alors is a Beneteau Oceanis 40.1. This site is her online home: a place for sailing photographs, selected logbook entries, and useful notes from the ongoing work of learning, maintaining, and improving a cruising boat.

It is intentionally simple. The emphasis is on the boat, the water, and the experiences worth recording rather than on a constant stream of updates.

More about the boat →
Stern of Zut Alors at the dock, with the boat name visible across the transom.
Zut Alors at the dock.
Aboard Zut Alors while sailing.

Life aboard

Built to be sailed.

The best part of the boat is not a specification sheet. It is the view from the cockpit, a good breeze, the work of handling the boat well, and the places that become reachable from the water.

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From the logbook

Only the days worth remembering.

The logbook collects selected passages, destinations, weather, milestones, and sailing days. It is not intended to duplicate the vessel's operational log or document every outing.

Open the logbook →
Zut Alors ashore in a travel lift during maintenance.

Projects aboard

Sailing is only half the story.

Commissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting, and upgrades are part of owning a boat. Selected projects will be documented here when the notes and photographs are useful enough to preserve.

Projects & maintenance →