Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2019 i Yachting

ADMITTEDLY, THE OWNER of the 35-foot Bertram Moppie Fiddler says it took him a beat to get used to his boat’s new power package and controls after repowering the 1970 build using Volvo Penta IPS600 with D6 435 diesels. ¶ “I’m 54, so I’m a little old-school,” he stated in a press release. “When I put my hand on the joystick, it took a minute—but I got it. Not as quick as my 20-year-old, who picked it up in a second, but I picked it up pretty quick.” ¶ With the repower, handled by Florida Detroit Diesel-Allison, Fiddler moved from a 24-knot top speed to 34 knots, turning her into the more muscular day-boat the owner envisioned. ¶ “Now it’s a picnic boat on steroids,” he says. “It’s bigger, beefier…

86' LENGTH OVERALL 20'8" MAXIMUM BEAM A round table is less formal than a rectangular one. Round tables have equal seating, and everyone converses comfortably across the meal. Round tables might even be called relaxed. Round tables are democratic. ¶ And if there is one feature of the Princess Yachts Y85 that defines the personality of this model, it’s the dining table in the salon. It’s round. ¶ With the Y85, the British builder looked to create a yacht that has all the luxuries that fans of the Princess brand expect but with comforts that also make the spaces feel relaxed. The Y85 is a yacht that can be owner-operated or run with a captain, and its features imbue the rich onboard spaces with casual touches. The combination of luxe…

STYLISH DATA Anyone who cruises with Evinrude outboards can bolster their helm’s look with Nautilus 3.5 color screens ($550 to $750), available with or without GPS. Preset pages display engine metrics, and fuel and fluid levels, while mode selection lets skippers adjust power steering and trim assist. Various homepages show information ranging from rpm to fuel consumption to pressure levels. Evinrude, evinrude.com WIRELESS JUICE Scanstrut’s Rokk Wireless-Active ($150) delivers waterproof, wireless chargeability to popular phones (including some Apple and Samsung models). It has a helm-mounted dock whose self-aligning jaws grip and hold the phone as it charges, through any nonmetallic case. For safety, Scanstrut’s Rokk Wireless-Active charging stations also sport a thermal cutoff feature. Scanstrut, scanstrut.com SONAR-EQUIPPED Garmin’s EchoMap Ultra multifunction displays come in 10-inch ($1,600) and 12-inch ($2,800) screen…

THE GRAND BANKS 59 ALEUTIAN RP was the result of a design collaboration between the builder and naval-architecture firm Sparkman & Stephens. The 59’s mission was to maintain a traditional Grand Banks trawler aesthetic but offer higher performance. ¶ Hull design is a modified-V shape with prop pockets and a skeg keel. Top speed: about 25 knots. ¶ Construction for the hull is solid fiberglass, while the superstructure has Airex foam coring. ¶ At press time, we found nine Grand Banks 59 Aleutian RPs on the market, ranging from $1.2 million to $1.9 million. FROM THE ARCHIVE “The 59 is actually a 25-plus-knot yacht, with two hearty 1,000 hp Caterpillar C18s tucked under the hood. Standard power is a pair of C9s (900 hp). If you want to motor along…

38'11" LENGTH OVERALL 9'10" MAXIMUM BEAM THESE DAYS, THE Sunseeker brand is most associated with luxury motoryachts, but serious performance has always been a key DNA strand for the British company. There have been all manner and sizes of 50-knot Sunseeker Predators over the years, as well as various Superhawks and the Renegade 60—and, even further back, Hawks, Mohawks and Thunderhawks. The 39-foot XS 2000 from more than a decade ago is the closest relative to the British builder’s new Hawk 38, the first outboard-propelled Sunseeker runabout since the Sportsfisher 37 of the early 2000s. ¶ Owing to a frisky, short chop while I was on board, the Hawk 38 seemed to spend less time afloat than airborne. This boat has an anti-stuff bow, stab tubes and a triple-step hull,…

45'6" LENGTH OVERALL 15'4" MAXIMUM BEAM VIKING YACHTS’ 46 Billfish is a vessel that takes owners from the mid-30-foot dayboat category into the traveling, tournament-circuit-ready stage. ¶ The big sister to the 38 Billfish, the 46’s extra waterline should increase comfort off shore on those choppy days and enhance internal volume, easily accommodating a larger crew or a family when cruising. ¶ To that end, the layout belowdecks has a forepeak master stateroom with a queen island berth and a hanging locker. Aft to port is the second stateroom with two bunks for crew or the kids. There is a single head with a walk-in shower abaft the second stateroom at the foot of the stairs leading from the main deck. ¶ Interior wood is high-gloss teak, and the salon…

60'1" LENGTH OVERALL 15'5" MAXIMUM BEAM It’s easy to see that the Uniesse 56SS is a yacht designed and built by yachtsmen, for yachtsmen. ¶ As David Schwedel, executive director of the Uniesse Marine Group, says, “This is not a cookie-cutter yacht. This is a labor of passion.” The builder checks every stitch in the leather helm seats and encourages owners to select marble not from a sample but instead at the quarry. And for the 56 Super Sport, Uniesse added smart touches inside and out, from soundproofing to creature comforts. ¶ The 56SS is the smallest model in Uniesse’s three-model Super Sport line, which includes a 65 and a 70, and the builder customizes her just like the bigger sisterships. The 56SS that I got aboard was slate gray…

SISTERSHIPS Aqua Blu is part of the Aqua Expeditions fleet, which started with the river cruisers Aqua Amazon and Aqua Mekong. The company specializes in bringing high-end experiences to remote destinations. Aqua Blu is the first superyacht to join the fleet and base year-round for charter in remote parts of Indonesia. MINOTTION BOARD The owner of Aqua Blu says designer Cor D. Rover is using “a lot of Minotti” furnishings in the makeover of the yacht’s interior. The decor will be neutral with white accents, to emphasize the natural light already coming in through the vessel’s windows. ALFRED WALLACE Alfred Russel Wallace was a British explorer who conceived the theory of evolution separately from Charles Darwin while in the Amazon and Indonesia. The owner of Aqua Blu brought a book…

46 MM POLISHED CERAMIC BEVEL 32 GB BUILT-IN MEMORY GARMIN SAYS ITS MARQ Captain is the world’s first smartwatch with luxurious design, a nautical aesthetic and the latest GPS technology. ¶ Much like Garmin’s quatix smart-watches, which were introduced in 2013, Marq Captain watches help navigate using internal GPS antennas, or via wireless communication with a yacht’s Garmin multifunction displays to deliver networked instrumentation data directly to the watch’s user-customizable face. However, Marq Captains deliver these features in a more sophisticated package. ¶ According to Todd Register, Garmin’s creative leader, Garmin’s toughest challenge in creating the Marq Captain was learning to employ high-end materials and finishes to create an elegant platform that supports its core GPS-based functions. ¶ “We had to locate partners around the world that could execute our…

01. FLOATING NUMERALS The digits that tell the time in hours and minutes on the MB&F HM7 Aquapod ($165,000) are designed to look three-dimensional, as if they are floating. 02. SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL It’s used to make both the bezel and tourbillion bridge. Additional features include a 72-hour power reserve and indexes filled with Super-LumiNova. 03. SWAP-OUT STRAP Made of rubber, the strap comes in platinum red (shown above) as well as black and white, so it can be interchanged depending on the wearer’s mood.…

32'5" LENGTH OVERALL 10'9" MAXIMUM BEAM GREECE-BASED ONDA TENDERS partnered with Mannerfelt Design Team in Sweden to produce the 331 Gran Turismo. The 32-foot-5-inch speedster has a deep-V, twin-step hull paired with twin 250 hp outboards. According to the builder, this combination allows it to sprint across the water at upward of 60 knots with the hammer down. •Whom It’s For: This is a tender for an owner with a healthy penchant for a little bit of wind and spray, as well as for the needle-sharp performance of a boat imbued with Mannerfelt’s racing heritage. •Picture This: You’re in the sky lounge of your 180-footer off Mykonos when you get a hankering for the best braised octopus this side of Athens. It’s served at a shaded little beach bistro about…

FABULOUS IN FALL NORFOLK, VA BROOK SMITH can talk to boaters all day about why they should tie up in Norfolk, Virginia. As the manager of Waterside Marina, he spends countless hours next to scenic Town Point Park—within steps of shops and eateries, the Nauticus museum and the battleship Wisconsin, and the ballfield Harbor Park, where the Triple-A Norfolk Tides round the bases, hoping to get called up to Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles. ¶ But it’s during the fall, Smith says, that transient traffic really picks up—and during one fall weekend in particular. This year, it will be October 19-20. That’s when the Town Point Virginia Fall Wine Festival is scheduled to take place. ¶ “It’s just become the thing to do,” he says. “People come over with their…

IN THE INTERIOR, THERE WAS GREEN VELVET ON THE WALLS. WHEN THE OWNER OF THE 144-foot Heesen Bliss bought her in 2017, he was looking at the yacht’s bones, not her decor. The previous owner had been a decorator with, well, highly personalized tastes. ¶ “There was a lot of purple, and a lot of dark green velvet on the walls,” says Michel Chryssicopoulos, a partner at IYC, which manages Bliss for sale and charter. “I’m sure that years ago, it looked very good, but after 12 years, she needed a major refit, which happened.” ¶ As you can see in the photographs above, the interior now has bits of fun colors bubbling up here and there, as opposed to forcing guests to bathe in them. Chryssicopoulos says that what…

AN EARNEST CROSSWIND PIPED across the waters off Florida’s Virginia Key, where the Miami International Boat Show was well underway. Victor Avila, Dockmate’s chief technical specialist, handed me a Dockmate wireless device and control of the Topaz 27 center-console—in clear view of several thousand spectators. As a lifelong sailor who’s shy about docking powerboats, I felt mild trepidation, but the system was so intuitive that I quickly got comfortable spinning circles and performing other maneuvers using the controller and, through it, the Topaz’s single screw and bow and stern thrusters. ¶ Crosswinds, currents and skinny margins for error: At its brightest hour, docking is an art form. At its darkest, it’s a public shaming that so often comes with a memorable yard bill or marriage counseling (or, worse still, the…