Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2019 i Yachting

This new flagship for the Greek shipyard is available with inboard or outboard engines — but really, who wants to turn down the “radical option” of quad 400 hp power plants and a top-end of 74 knots? With that engine package, this boat’s cruising speed is expected to be 48 knots, which is, of course, faster than many boats go at wide-open throttle. As you can see below, a T-top shades the center console, and there are what the builder calls “shockproof” seats for handling all the wear and tear on hips and spines that come with zipping across the open water at such high speeds. 45'3" LENGTH OVERALL 11'5" MAXIMUM BEAM…

LOOK AT THE RUG in the photograph above and think about how it might feel under your bare feet. Or consider the armchairs. How might those fabric weaves feel to the touch? ¶ Hot Lab, which is handling interior design on Baglietto’s forthcoming 177-footer (delivery is expected in 2020), says the owner wanted a fresh, informal feeling in the salon and outdoor areas — where younger members of the owners’ family are expected to congregate. Private spaces, including the six guest staterooms on the main and bottom decks, as well as the formal dining room in the sky lounge, are reportedly more elegant and refined. ¶ Also note the way the sofas are placed inboard, allowing not only for traffic corridors, but also for natural light to enter through the…

MOORES YACHTS is a new boatbuilder in North Carolina that is associated with Moores Marine, the refit yard that has worked on such high-profile projects as Ernest Hemingway’s Pilar and the presidential yacht Honey Fitz. With such a pedigree, perhaps it’s no surprise that the first boat the company plans to produce, the M30, has clean and classic lines. What might be slightly more surprising is the vessel’s blistering projected top-end of 43.5 knots, a clip that should be quite thrill-inducing. This is, after all, an open-boat concept. Whom It’s For: The M30 is for the yachtsman who has an eye for timeless lines, and a nose for cold-molded construction and a smooth-riding hull (drawn by North Carolina’s B&B Yacht Design). Picture This: The marina is a sea of nearly…

SPORT-FISH BOATS get bigger every year, but not all anglers want a sun-blocking battlewagon. There is still a great deal of love for the midsize, owner-operated fin-chaser. ¶ Enter the Viking Yachts 38 Billfish. To fight story-worthy marlin, you need room to move quickly around the cockpit in stand-up gear, and to spin an angler rapidly in a fighting chair, which is why the 38 Billfish has 109 square feet of dance floor, 23 square feet more than Viking’s earlier 37 Billfish. It also has a mounting plate for a chair or a rocket launcher, along with two in-sole fish boxes for sizable game fish such as yellowfin tuna, a transom fish box and livewell, and a bait freezer. Mirrored mezzanine seats to port and starboard let the crew keep…

ABSOLUTE’S NAVETTA MODELS have proven extremely popular in a relatively short space of time. The first Navetta model, the 58, made its debut at the 2014 Cannes Yachting Festival. The second model, the Navetta 52, was shown at Cannes the following year. The flagship Navetta 73 premiered in 2017, and now comes the Navetta 48, which reportedly is already sold out for a year’s worth of build slots in Italy. ¶ The Navetta 48 is well-proportioned and immensely practical. She shares the same design cues as her sisterships: a snub bow and chine cheeks, a high foredeck, deep side decks, a near-vertical windscreen with shade from the deck above, a big flybridge and plenty of glass. And even though she’s the smallest Navetta, she offers many of the same onboard…

ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF Sea Ray’s 450 Sundancer was a media room abaft the salon, a space created thanks to compact Cummins Zeus poddrive power. There was an a Ultraleather settee, which converted to a berth, and a 37-inch flat-screen TV, gaming port and two ottomans. A Shoji-style pocket door separated the salon from the forepeak owner’s stateroom. That berth had an extension that could retract electrically to increase floor space when desired. ¶ At press time, we found 10 Sea Ray 450 Sundancers for sale ranging from $399,000 to $512,928. FROM THE ARCHIVE “The Zeus joystick makes maneuvering a cinch, and the electronic MerCruiser DTS shifters and throttles were easy to operate. Power steering makes the 450 handle like a sports car, and with optional twin 364 hp…

The hardtop roof on Sunseeker’s Predator 50 can be fully opened or closed, which should mean comfortable cruising no matter what the weather brings. All of the glazing you see in the photo below brings natural light into the two standard staterooms. (A third, with bunks, is optional for families cruising with kids.) And the guy standing aft in the photo? He’s near the beach club, which has an optional barbecue, overhead shower and fold-down transom seating. Also aft is the Predator 50’s garage, which can stow a Williams Turbojet 325 tender. 54' LENGTH OVERALL 14'9" MAXIMUM BEAM…

SINCE THE EARLY 1200s, the Castello di Giorgio has towered atop a rocky promontory overlooking Lerici, Italy. It has been restored and is now home to a paleontology museum, as well as to rotating exhibits — which, through March 10, include a photographic journey through the nearby Sanlorenzo shipyard. ¶ The exhibition includes 30 black-and-white photographs by Silvano Pupella, whose work has been featured across Western Europe. In Navigators: A Voyage Through the Sanlorenzo Shipyards, he sought to immerse viewers in the yacht-production process. ¶ Massimo Perotti, CEO of Sanlorenzo, reportedly conceived the idea to show unseen perspectives on Italian yacht construction. ¶ “In this exhibit, Sanlorenzo wishes to tell the story of the intrinsic beauty of its products, which, even before being completed, have a hidden charm of their…

SPEED AND STYLE are the trademarks of the Hodgdon 10.5m Open Tender. Naval architect Michael Peters penned the vessel, which is powered by a single 370 hp Volvo Penta D6 diesel, giving the boat a 35-knot top-end. ¶ The tender’s helm is forward, allowing cockpit seating for 12 guests. There’s a transom sun pad, swim platform, and underseat stowage for water toys. Owners can customize the ride with any choice of woods, fabrics and colors. • Whom It’s For: Hodgdon has geared this limousine tender toward the superyacht owner who appreciates a classic profile, razor-straight sheer line, and semicustom options. • Picture This: The beaches in the middle distance look crowded this morning. No worries. At 28 knots, the Open Tender has a range of 175 nautical miles. You’re off…

I FIT HADN’T BEEN for his grandmother, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon may never have developed a lifelong passion for the sea. ¶ Born and raised in Pinner, a town in northwest London, Le Bon fell in love with all things water when his grandmother moved to the south coast of England in 1965. He was 6 years old. She had bought a home close to Poole Harbour, which has more than a dozen marinas and yacht clubs, attracting sailors of all ages. ¶ “For 10 years, every summer holiday, every Easter holiday, every half-term, every weekend from May until October, that’s where I was with my family,” Le Bon says. “I know Poole Harbour really well.” ¶ The lead singer of the iconic 1980s pop band remembers getting up…

The Sin the Princess S78 stands for Sport, but I’d also opt for sleek, slippery or stylish. The builder’s new S Class flagship appears to be an express cruiser until you look closely and see the low-profile flybridge. Its design is so well-executed that it’s almost invisible at first, and it leaves room for a skylight above the salon. ¶ This yacht’s notable design traits are not limited to looks. Twin 1,900 hp MAN V-12s put the sport into the 78. She topped out at 39 knots during our sea trial, enough speed to get Massachusetts owners over to Nantucket, or California owners over to Catalina for brunch with time to spare. ¶ The S78’s hull form is based on the builder’s Y75 and, like that yacht, has four en suite…

VOLVO PENTA’S hybrid propulsion concept for its Inboard Performance System (IPS) is designed to deliver low- and zero-emissions modes. The project is undergoing testing now, with sea trials slated to begin in early 2020. If all tracks on schedule, Volvo Penta will begin delivering the system to commercial customers in 2021, followed by recreational-yacht installations. ¶ “Fulfilling the marine requirements [was] definitely a major task, since electromobility systems are new for many in the industry,” says Niklas Thulin, Volvo Penta’s director of electromobility — a term that describes the development of electric-powered drivetrains to move away from carbon emissions and the use of fossil fuels. ¶ Volvo Penta’s concept places a clutch and electric motor between each of the vessel’s diesel engines and IPS pods. Operators open the clutch to…

The Horizon FD77 motoryacht is expected to make her debut at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in March. The FD77 will become the smallest model in the builder’s Fast Displacement line and is intended to be cruised by owner-operators. Designer Cor D. Rover, who is known for his work on superyachts, coordinated with Horizon on the design, which includes larger-yacht styling features such as the sole-to-ceiling windows shown in the photograph below. There’s a main-deck master stateroom, with three guest staterooms belowdecks. 80'6" LENGTH OVERALL 23' MAXIMUM BEAM…

AS QUESTIONS GO, the biggest one involved with the Macallan Masters Journey is whether to open the best bottles on the private jet or save them for the chartered yacht. ¶ For a base price of $46,000, a group of 13 guests can taste the Macallan’s Masters Series — including the Macallan Rare Cask, the Macallan Reflexion, the Macallan No. 6 and the Macallan M — while flying aboard a Monarch Air private jet from New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport to Florida. There, luxury cars are waiting for the drive to the dock in Hallandale Beach, where a Golden Yacht Charters cruise to Miami begins aboard an 80- to 116-foot Ferretti or Azimut. The entire experience takes about two to three hours by plane, and then another three or so hours…

SKIPPING ALONG a checkerboard-flat Long Island Sound, I watched the 15-inch Garmin display on my Back Cove 34O show 37.5 knots at wide-open throttle. Twin 300 hp Yamahas, standard power, hummed in symphonic synchronicity as my ride shot across the salt. At top-end, the 34O (O for outboard) is about 9 knots faster than her single-diesel sisterships, the 34 and 37, with their largest engine options. ¶ I found my 34O’s SeaStar hydraulic steering to be real-time responsive. The boat’s Zipwake trim system, which had been programmed with the vessel’s specifications, kept her running attitude true. A standard Side-Power bow thruster helped get the boat’s nose placed just where I wanted it. ¶ The Back Cove 34O bears a distinct family resemblance to the builder’s other models, including the 34…

FUSION ENTERTAINMENT, just a few years ago, had tons of ideas but not enough money. Enter the powerhouse Garmin, which bought the New Zealand-based marine entertainment company and spent the past few years injecting capital and technology into the mix. ¶ “It’s like we have rocket fuel behind us,” says Marcus Hamilton, Fusion’s marketing director. “Now it’s all coming quickly to fruition.” ¶ The biggest debut has been the Apollo RA770, which earned awards at the IBEX trade show and from the National Marine Electronics Association. The idea behind Apollo, Hamilton says, was to get quality audio “from the kick drum of the musician to the eardrum of the consumer,” with every component built to withstand wind and water. ¶ While a lot of entertainment systems installed on boats let…

Le Bon was born in 1958. He joined Duran Duran in 1980, after auditioning for the band dressed in a pink leotard. ¶ Duran Duran has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The group had two No. 1 hits in the United States (“The Reflex” and the James Bond theme “A View to a Kill”) and 11 Top 10 hits. ¶ Duran Duran’s performance at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia for Live Aid in 1985 was the final show with the original five members. In 1986, drummer Roger Taylor announced he was leaving the band. ¶ Le Bon and Nick Rhodes reunited with the other three original members of Duran Duran in 2001. Andy Taylor left again five years later, but the band plans to tour the United States this…

MATERIAL CHOICES Why use simulated teak instead of the real thing? Palm Beach wanted to offer hose-and-go maintenance. Yachtsmen said they didn’t want to have to worry about sandy feet and sunblock when walking into the cabin, and today’s synthetic materials are far easier than wood to clean and maintain. THE SEA OF FIBERGLASS SEEMED ENDLESS. Chesapeake Harbour Marina in Annapolis, Maryland, has 200 slips on 10 docks, and I feared there was no chance of ever finding the Palm Beach GT50. ¶ I needn’t have worried. It took about 10 seconds for my eyes to land on the metallic-blue hull, with its tumblehome and radiused transition to the topsides, capped by a curvaceous white cabin with a wraparound windshield and a raked mast. The Palm Beach GT50 dominated the…

I’M NOT WINTER’S BIGGEST FAN. Days are stingy-short and cold in the Pacific Northwest, making it challenging to get a saline fix. Fortunately, boat-show season provides an opportunity to go somewhere sunny and check out the latest marine electronics offerings, which can be integrated into a yacht’s navigation systems during the off season. Here’s a look at some exciting new options. • DIGITAL YACHT Autohelm created the SeaTalk network in the early 1990s to let autopilots access networked navigation information, and SeaTalk served as Autohelm and Raymarine’s proprietary network until its 2012 retirement. This absence created headaches for owners of legacy Raymarine equipment that couldn’t easily be networked with newer NMEA 0183 equipment or personal computers. Now Digital Yacht’s SeaTalk1 to NMEA gateways ($199) delivers bidirectional data conversions between a…