Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2019 i Yachting

Derecktor shipyards, long known for its shipyards in Mamaroneck, New York, and Dania Beach, Florida, has signed a deal to renovate Florida’s Port of Fort Pierce into a refit facility for power and sailing yachts bigger than 200 feet. ¶ “We are limited to 900 tons; everybody else is similarly limited,” says John Koenig, Derecktor’s head of communications. At the new site, he says, Derecktor will have 28 feet of water right up to the bulkhead and a 1,500-ton Travelift with no overhead restrictions such as bridges. ¶ “We will have the ability to compete with the European yards for refit work on the 150-, 180-, 200-foot sailing yachts,” he says. “Perini Navi sent us a very nice letter of encouragement, saying they’re excited to have the option of a…

• VESPA ELETTRICA ZERO EMISSIONS Vespa scooters, which Piaggio makes in Italy, have been icons of European style since the first model premiered in 1946. Countless mega-yachts carry Vespas on deck and in lazarettes for launching onto the roads from Antibes to Monaco. Americans have long loved Vespa’s style too; Hollywood A-listers dating back to Charlton Heston, Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne and Marlon Brando have ridden them on- and off-screen for decades. ¶ Now comes the 21st-century incarnation of the Vespa. Called Elettrica and priced at about $7,200, it is the first silent, electric-powered, zero-carbon-emissions model from the manufacturer. As Vespa puts it, the Elettrica is “a work of art with a technological heart that is born as the symbol of our modern times and the years to come.” ¶…

I have showered open-air on the stern at daybreak. I have seen gleaming white yachts in sizes ranging from humble to mega; some with sails, some without, and some on which sails could be put, but the owner couldn’t be bothered to do so. I have seen clouds alight in a Pantone guide’s worth, only to be mirrored by a metallic, shimmering sea. ¶ My quartet of shipmates from Tennessee and I have taken a weeklong hiatus from our day jobs to live out the lyrics of any country song involving boats and sand here in the British Virgin Islands. On this sunny, 83-degree day—as every day promises to be here—our Caribs are going down cold and the radio is cranked on the flybridge of Jewel Box, a brawny, three-stateroom Aquila…

Absolute builds its yachts—which range from a 40 to a 73, covering four lines—in Piacenza, Italy, a city of about 100,000 southeast of Milan. The builder emphasizes two things: innovative Italian design and a sturdy, safe and quiet ride. When I got aboard the Absolute 58 Fly off Staten Island, New York, I wanted to see if she measured up. ¶ As is the norm for Absolute, the main deck has a single, standard layout. The design aids in efficiency during the build process and speaks to the builder’s confidence in its choices. If there’s only one option, it better be well thought out—and it is. ¶ A teak alfresco dining table dominates the cockpit, with bench seating at the transom. In the salon, there’s an aft galley to port…

JASON DUNBAR WAS LOSING SLEEP. His friend owned the 106-foot Broward Altitude Adjustment II and wanted Dunbar, a broker with Luke Brown Yachts, to sell it. Dunbar knew the statistics on Browards: One sells, on average, every 66 days in America. Others had already sold for the year. The sale was likely to take longer than his friend wanted. ¶ The factor of time suddenly became key to the sales equation. While some owners make price the key factor in a sale, hanging onto a yacht for years—and paying the carrying costs until they find a buyer—Dunbar’s friend most valued time. That’s why Dunbar became one of the first brokers to work with Boathouse Auctions, an online service that launched in October. ¶ The site’s creator, Jack Mahoney, says he…

38'1" LENGTH OVERALL 12'6" MAXIMUM BEAM Just before this year’s boat shows in Miami, I had the chance to run the Tiara Sport 38 LS, part of a new series of outboard-powered vessels from the Michigan boatbuilder. The weather was blustery with spattering rainstorms dimpling Biscayne Bay’s gray chop. It wasn’t great boating weather, but it was great conditions for boat testing. ¶ My test vessel was special because it unveiled a new propulsion package representing a partnership between Volvo Penta and Seven Marine. The optional helm-to-prop system combined Volvo Penta’s Electronic Vessel Control (EVC) with Seven Marine’s beastly 527 hp 6.2-liter V-8 outboard motors. Seven Marine brings the horses while Volvo Penta offers DuoProp drives and an amalgam of its “Easy Boating” features, including a Glass Cockpit System, joystick…

73'2" LENGTH OVERALL 18'4" MAXIMUM BEAM Versatile. It’s the word that came to mind as I scanned early images of the Ferretti Yachts 720’s outdoor spaces. ¶ Take the full-beam teak swim platform and transom garage, for example. Flip up the top half of the garage, and there’s stowage for a couple of Seabobs. Close that door and flip down the whole garage to reveal a sun bed. Add some carbon-fiber poles in the swim platform’s corners, and there’s a sun shade to cool off the space. Additionally, the swim platform accommodates a tender up to about 13 feet in length. ¶ The flybridge, constructed with carbon fiber and composite material, measures just under 330 square feet. The carbon fiber should reduce weight aloft, ensuring a steady ride on rougher…

Horizon did many things right with its V68. ¶ Those things start with the salon layout. Sure, the salon is where we entertain, but oftentimes it’s for lounging, and the L-shaped settee faces a 50-inch TV in the corner. It’s not a pop-up or swing-down unit that makes you crane your neck to see it, but instead sits right in front of you, just like at home. Two bucket chairs add to the layout’s flexibility, and a wet bar in the after corner is situated for serving guests in the salon and cockpit. ¶ That cockpit is nearly 11 feet long from the salon doors to the settee. And the salon doors fold—not slide—out of the way, while the half-window abaft the wet bar swings up, further joining the two…

Over the course of three years, a 135-foot Dubois aluminum sloop completed a circumnavigation that included a visit to Antarctica and a deep soak in the high latitudes. Interestingly, her most persistent challenge during this time wasn’t plying the high seas, but rather accommodating her increasingly data-hungry guests. The trouble, explains Capt. Mike Lawrence, is that Destination sails with as many as 20 guest-owned wireless devices operating on the yacht’s network, which also has to support the vessel’s navigational and operational data needs. ¶ The solution, Lawrence says, was to upgrade the yacht’s dual KVH V11-IP satellite-communications antennas to KVH’s V11-HTS antennas, which provide significantly faster service, dual channels and—thanks to their operating frequencies—a massive coverage footprint. ¶ Satellite-communications systems have existed for decades, but the South Pacific, the high…

A YACHT’S ARRIVAL IN THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE MED IN TIME TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S EVE IS NOTHING UNUSUAL. It is uncommon, though, for a yacht to do so on her own bottom, rather than aboard a transport ship. It’s even more unusual when that yacht is from Overmarine Group, the company behind the Mangusta brand. ¶ Or is it? If the Mangusta name makes you think of the builder’s maxi opens, then yes, you’d never expect one of these fast cruisers to make such a journey. But when you realize the yacht in question is Hull No. 1 of the Mangusta Gransport 54 series, then it’s perfectly logical. Gransport is a fast-displacement line, blending good speed with economical range, open-model looks and the comfort of displacement yachts.…

The Pardo 50 is part of a new generation of mega-size walkaround yachts. Instead of a center-console cabin with a portable toilet, there are two staterooms, two heads with showers and room for a civilized single-berth crew cabin with its own head. ¶ Is this a long-range cruiser? Nope, but the Pardo 50 is built for long weekends at Bimini, Nantucket or Catalina Island. Even just for afternoon outings with family and friends, there are user-friendly features, including 30-inch-wide teak side decks that lead forward to a 7-foot-6-inch-wide sun pad with pillows, a removable overhead sunshade and pop-in speakers. The bow also features twin couches with a removable table, creating a perfect spot for relaxing after dropping the hidden, retractable anchor. ¶ The teak-clad cockpit is the yacht’s social center, with…

SEEING SOUND Lumishore’s Lumi-Link Command Center ($980) allows programmable control over a yacht’s Lumishore-built LED lighting systems, via a compatible Garmin, Raymarine or Simrad multifunction display, a wireless device or a Lumi-Link display. Users can adjust colors with palette wheels, and slider bars control the lights’ projected intensity. Users also can enable effects including strobes, sweeps or cycles. Lumishore, lumishore.com HEARING COLOR JL Audio’s M6-series speakers ($430 to $650) are designed to withstand the harsh saltwater environment and stand up to invasive UV light. They come in 6.5-, 7.7- and 8.8-inch models that can be spec’d with classic or sport grilles, as well as JL Audio’s optional transflectivered, green and blue backlighting feature (later models include remote RGB controllers). All M6 speakers have silk dome tweeters. JL Audio, jlaudio.com FAST…

70'10" LENGTH OVERALL 18'8" MAXIMUM BEAM Fleming yachts launched the fleming 65 in 2005 and to date has built 51 hulls. ¶ Company founder Tony Fleming has cruised his personal 65-footer some 60,000 miles from Mexico to Alaska to the Galapagos and beyond. ¶ The company builds its semidisplacement yachts with solid, hand-laid fiberglass hulls. Superstructure and decks are Corecell foam. ¶ The 65 has three staterooms in layouts that include an amidships master option. ¶ At press time, seven Fleming 65s were on the market, including a 2009 model for $2,395,000 and a 2013 version for $3,475,000. FROM THE ARCHIVE “Underway, the Fleming 65 was a delight. We topped out at nearly 17 knots, but 1,600 rpm, somewhere around 11.5 knots, gives a comfortable ride in most seas and…