Innholdsfortegnelse for September 2021 i Yachting

88'8" LENGTH OVERALL 25'2" MAXIMUM BEAM…

Maritimo’s s55 is the Australian builder’s midsize model in the S (sedan) series, which also includes 53- and 70-footers. The S55 combines performance and long-range cruising ability with accommodations and entertaining space for six guests. This express cruiser is powered by twin 660 hp Volvo Penta D11 diesels and can hit a reported top speed of 30.1 knots or cruise at 6.1 knots for 3,150 nautical miles. ¶ A good bit of the S55’s 17-foot-2-inch beam is carried forward, increasing interior volume and creating room for a forepeak VIP stateroom with an off set queen berth to starboard and an en suite head to port. The full-beam master stateroom is amidships with a king berth, an en suite head to port and a lounge to starboard. Hullside windows flank the…

AZIMUT YACHTS’ foray into high-performance vessels began with the 86S. Twin 2,000 hp 16V 2000 MTU diesels power the 86-footer to a 40-knot top hop. The ride is made smoother by the 86S’s deep-V hull form with a 13-degree transom deadrise. ¶ The master stateroom has side windows and a breakfast nook, and there are a guest stateroom and a forepeak VIP. The enclosed salon is made into an open-air space when the sunroof and cockpit-connecting door are opened.¶ At press time, there were eight Azimut 86Ss on the market, ranging from $1,416,845 to $3,379,087 86'7" LENGTH OVERALL 19'11" MAXIMUM BEAM FROM THE ARCHIVE “Compared with Azimut’s more sedate motoryachts, the ride of this sporting version is rather like the difference between a sports car and a town car. The…

“50 Years of Family Memories” (July) brings me back to 1975, when I was taking a Maco 22 from Key Largo, Florida, to Eleuthera, the Current, in the Bahamas. Stopped at Chub Cay when it was just a motel. Blackhawk had to wait for high tide to enter. [Spotting that yacht was] a big deal for me, being from Indiana. My folks had just built a house on Eleuthera, which our family still enjoys. ¶ That was the first of three small boats I’ve taken over, over the years—the last being with my three sons, stopping in Bimini and enjoying the Big Game Club and the Hemingway memorabilia before the fire. ¶ Eleuthera really hasn’t changed over the years. ¶ Our youngest son, Ed, is in the “yachting business” [with…

59' LENGTH OVERALL 29'6" MAXIMUM BEAM…

THE IGUANA X Fisher is an amphibious craft that combines hydraulic, foldaway tracks for crawling over rocks and sand (and inclines as steep as 22 degrees) with up to two 300 hp outboards for top speeds of around 50 knots on the water. The X Fisher accommodates 12 people for angling adventures, and notbale features include a livewell, an insulated fish box, molded rod holders and horizontal rod stowage. A center console provides spray protection, and a sink and prep table help keep the crew satiated. Whom It’s For: The Iguana X Fisher is for adventure-minded anglers who don’t want to be constrained by marinas, moorings or launch ramps. Picture This: It’s early fall on Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the striped bass are biting. You and your buddies load up your…

THE PRESTIGE YACHTS X 70 I S A departure from the builder’s Fly and Sport models. It’s a crossover-style yacht (hence the X in X70) that repurposes space with design elements and features typically found on larger yachts. ¶ Designers of the X70 created striking lines and style. From the angled bow looking aft, the sheerline appears to separate upward, yielding a full-length salon window frame. The pilothouse sports a reverse-raked windshield, and the flybridge is sizable. ¶ From the aft deck, dual floating-step staircases lead to the flybridge (a single staircase is optional). These are three-ply, inch-thick teak steps, each one 26 inches wide by 14 inches deep, for maintaining solid footing while moving up to the upper side decks alongside the helm area. ¶ This layout means the…

FRANZ BOSE SAYS THE REACTION OF GUESTS IS ALWAYS THE SAME, EVERY SINGLE TIME. They start their charter aboard the Silent 55 near Palma de Mallorca, in Spain’s Balearic Islands, and feel the same way they felt the first time they experienced the emission-free ride of an electric car. ¶ “They can’t believe how quiet it was,” says Bose, who is the chief marketing officer of Silent-Yachts. “They couldn’t believe how much you are able to do with the boat without turning on the generator. With our yachts, you have a backup generator, but you only need it on very rare occasions: when you want to cruise longer distances or go faster than the regular cruising speed. People are amazed at how little during a charter week you have to…

NANCY PIFFARD, show director of the Newport International Boat Show, has held that title for 22 years. One of the show’s sales staff has been there 26 years. The partnerships coordinator, 35 years. ¶ “We love our show,” Piffard says. “Skipping it in 2020 was very sad.” ¶ Many yachtsmen who attend boat shows each year felt the same way during the pandemic and are thrilled this fall, as traditional boat shows return. The Newport show is back just in time for its 50th anniversary. The Norwalk Boat Show in Connecticut, a staple for 40-plus years, will run September 23-26. The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, held for more than 60 years, is set for October 27-31. ¶ Piffard says there’s no question that boaters are most of all excited…

137'6" LENGTH OVERALL 27'11" MAXIMUM BEAM…

IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME COUNTLESS times, in cruising destinations from the Bahamas to the South Pacific. The yacht is at anchor, and I have ventured off from the swim platform to explore the harbor on a stand-up paddleboard. I’m looking down through the aquamarine water as the sun pierces the surface and spotlights the underwater scene. I see staghorn, brain and other coral shapes, along with fish of every imaginable yellow, red and other hue swimming around the reefs. ¶ And then, the board blocks my view directly below. ¶ Until now, this paddleboard design limitation seemed like a given. Europe-based Loeva is showing that there is another way. ¶ Loeva’s board, called Le StandUp, is made in France from a carbon frame and a nano-structured acrylic glass called…

NONE OF US NEEDS ANY MORE REASON to be frustrated about the COVID-19 pandemic. But if you are just now seeing some seriously cool lighting systems on the water and trying to figure out how the boat owners got them, you can absolutely blame the coronavirus for keeping you in the dark. ¶ Imtra, the US representative for UK-based Lumishore, had been offering the Lumishore Lux lighting system exclusively to boatbuilders until early 2020, when the system made its debut for the general public at the Miami International Boat Show—“right before the world shut down,” says Tom “TJ” Orr, Imtra’s lighting project manager. ¶ The plan had been to educate owners of boats up to about 90 feet length overall about how the Lumishore Lux system could give them the…

IT’S A QUEST AS OLD AS TIME: heading to sea to forage dinner. Early mariners were limited by the wind’s direction and their simple sail plans, a limitation that internal-combustion engines fixed, but the basic problem remained. Namely, where to go to catch dinner or land prized pelagic species. ¶ High-powered radar came next, allowing mariners to see where birds were congregating, but radar range is limited by physics and the Earth’s curvature, and constantly repositioning boats costs money and time. Now, SiriusXM Marine’s Fish Mapping service yields information on a scale that radar can’t touch, and its satellite-communications receivers deliver it in an intuitive and graphically rich format. ¶ SiriusXM built a name for itself among boaters around 2005 with its Marine weather services. In 2019, SiriusXM unveiled its…