Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2019 i Yachting

It was an unusual scenario for the end of May. A warm-core eddy had spun out from the Gulf Stream, off the Northeast. Where there is an eddy, there’s usually good fishing. The rotating, bathlike water was coming closer, hovering about 100 or so nautical miles offshore—within striking range for our Long Island, New York-based crew. ¶ The sharp temperature difference between the colder shelf water and the eddy created a significant temperature break. It’s a sign we look for when fishing for pelagics. ¶ The text messages started: “See the break?” my brother’s read. “I did. We’re going after it,” my buddy Tom responded. Since Tom is the boat’s owner, where he goes, we go. ¶ We aimed for the first weekend in June. It was early when compared…

JUST ABOUT EVERY ANNOUNCEMENT from top yachtbuilders in Europe these days is heralding something that’s never been done or built or tried. ¶ At Amels in the Netherlands, Aurora Borealis, the yard’s first 220, has completed a technical launch and is on track for delivery this summer. The Tim Heywood design evolved from the Amels 212, with a swim platform and beach club that, at more than 7,000 combined square feet, aim to leave all others on the superyacht scene appearing to be, somehow, small. ¶ Meanwhile, also in the Netherlands, Heesen Yachts is on schedule for a January 2021 delivery of the first newly designed hull in its 5000 aluminum class. Project Aquamarine promises an effciency gain of 12 percent with MTU’s 16V 4000 M65L “green” engines, which Heesen…

32'6" LENGTH OVERALL 10'4" MAXIMUM BEAM A VIARA BOATS IS A new brand of luxury dayboats from MasterCraft. Its first launch is the Aviara 32. The vessel’s look is Euro-inspired, with a straight-edge sheerline, aggressively raked windshield and open layout. ¶ The 32’s deep-V hull form has 20 degrees of transom deadrise, and the boat was penned to accommodate sterndrive or outboard propulsion packages. Twin 380 hp or 430 hp Ilmor V-8s, with standard joystick piloting, are the sterndrive choices, while twin 300 hp or 350 hp Mercury Verados are the outboard options. ¶ With outboards, the vessel’s length overall increases from 32 feet, 6 inches to 34 feet, 4 inches. Draft is 3 feet with the Ilmors and 2 feet, 10 inches with the Verados, making the 32 skinny-water…

PURSUIT S 288 SPORT The S 288 is now the entry-level model in the builder’s four-hull Sport line, which ranges up to an S 408. At 30 feet length overall, the S 288 has room for many features found on her larger siblings. • Thrill of the Chase: With twin 300 hp Yamaha outboards, the S 288 can hit 48 knots. The engine package comes standard with the Yamaha Helm Master steering system and its Set Point feature, which has three modes that let skippers lock in a position, a heading or both. • Fully Loaded: Amenities aboard the S 288 include a hullside tuna/dive door, a transom livewell and dual in-sole fish boxes. Seating is aft and up front, so the crew can rest their legs between bouts with…

Yachting just returned from Monfalcone, Italy, where it got a first look at the next generation of Monte Carlo Yachts: the 70 (above left) and the 66 (above right). The models, penned by Nuvolari & Lenard (top), retain the builder’s design DNA with rounded hullside windows and high freeboard forward. But the design evolved too. Changes include cut-down bulwarks and sole-to-ceiling windows on the 70, and a sport-fisher-inspired profile on the 66, to name a few. Integral fuel tanks add about a foot of space to the master staterooms in both yachts. Stay tuned to Yachting for reviews of these new models. READER FEEDBACK Looking for photos and yacht news? Get social with Yachting: visit facebook.com/yachtingmagazine By email: letters@yachtingmagazine.com By mail: 460 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789 On…

61'1" LENGTH OVERALL 18'3" MAXIMUM BEAM AFTER GRUPPO GAVIO purchased Bertram in 2015, most who followed the iconic fishing-boat brand sensed that good things were coming. The introduction of the classically inspired Bertram 35 at the 2016 Newport International Boat Show let the world know that the new Bertram was serious about its heritage, but the question remained: Would the builder attempt to reclaim its place among the big boys of the convertible world with a tournament-ready battlewagon? ¶ The answer lies in the Bertram 61. ¶ The 61 has lines that are unapologetically masculine and blocky in a good way—think Mercedes G-Wagon. When I stepped aboard her business end, the cockpit features showed that her bite lives up to the styling’s bark. This particular 61 had a Pompanette fighting…

AN UNFAMILIAR DOCK, acrosswind, some current and a bevy onlookers. Sound stressful? ¶ Raymarine’s DockSense assisted-docking technology is poised to reduce this headache—significantly—using sensors, machine vision and deep machine learning to constantly define and defend a “virtual bumper” around the boat. ¶ I got my first look at the technology on Florida’s Lake X, the fabled (and secretive) former test ground for Mercury Marine’s outboard engines. An 8-knot breeze blew as Matthew Derginer, Mercury Marine’s vessel software and controls engineer, used a joystick to control a Boston Whaler 330 Outrage’s dual Mercury Verado outboards. He nudged the boat’s stern toward a slip at an intentionally steep angle. ¶ But instead of the stomach-churning crunch of fiberglass hastily greeting concrete, we heard the happy hum of a docking boat. Mercury’s Advanced…

It’s been more than a decade since Hatteras Yachts launched its GT line, lending new style to the North Carolina builder’s long-respected ability to construct fishing battlewagons. Today, the GT range includes open and flybridge models from 45 to 70 feet length overall, with the GT59 being the newest addition to the fleet. ¶ Like her siblings, the GT59 is built to suit serious anglers, with 156 square feet of dance floor where owners can mount a leaning post/rocket launcher combination stand, or an offset fighting chair for chasing Hemingway-worthy marlin. Adding to her fishy nature, there’s an in-transom livewell and a tackle center in the cockpit’s forward starboard corner, under the flybridge ladder and insulated in-deck fish boxes. Teak adds a rich look not only in the cockpit, but…

When it launched in 1991, the Viking Yachts 58 Convertible was the New Jersey builder’s largest model to date. From 1991 to 2000, Viking built and sold 110 of the 58-footers, dubbed Gen I. That’s a tough act to follow. But Viking is once again aiming for star status, having just raised the curtain on its second-generation 58 Convertible. ¶ The new 58C has a 17-foot-9-inch beam, which is the same width as the builder’s 55-footer, but with a different length-to-beam ratio for enhanced performance. The new hull form also repositions and changes the angle of strakes so water will break behind the house windshield, for a soft, dry and efficient ride. ¶ For big-game battles, the 58C’s cockpit has 165 square feet of teak-covered, fish-fighting space. There’s also a…

MOCHI CRAFT took on a big challenge when it reimagined an American tradition: the lobster boat. It did so with style, creating a yacht with radius curves, flowing lines and eye-catching hull colors. ¶ Our test 44, the smallest of five Mochi models from 44 to 74 feet in length, had twin 575 hp Volvo Penta diesels. ¶ There were two staterooms, including an amidships master, and two heads. ¶ At press time, seven Mochi Craft Dolphin 44s were on the brokerage market, ranging from $319,400 for a 2006 model to $437,072 for a 2008 version. FROM THE ARCHIVE “The cockpit is large with leather bench seating on either side that curves around at the top. In the deck salon, a C-shaped leather settee is to port and wraps nicely…