Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2021 i Yachting

THERE IS A LOT OF TALK THESE DAYS about the need to rebuild infrastructure. Florida’s Town of Palm Beach Marina is leaning into that thinking, having just completed a $40 million upgrade. ¶ The marina has been popular with transient and local boaters alike since it was built in the 1940s. It is steps away from the Worth Avenue shopping district and is now equipped to welcome yachts from 60 to 294 feet. ¶ The marina’s official reopening is November 1, with annual, seasonal and transient reservations being accepted. All guests receive complimentary access to an oceanfront par-3 golf course, health-and-wellness facilities, and premier tennis courts. ¶ “Palm Beachers expect the best,” says assistant town manager Carolyn Stone, “and that’s what we’ll have when the completely upgraded and renovated marina…

The Burger 50 Cruiser has an interior by Florida-based De Basto Designs as well as a slide hull by Vripack in the Netherlands. Burger Boat Co. says the hull design improves ride quality by reducing pounding, fuel consumption and running angle (in tandem with Interceptors). The hull also handles weight changes with little effect on performance and prevents broaching in a following sea, according to the builder. The boat is built in aluminum with additional features including Volvo Penta’s Clear Wake Exhaust System to eliminate gurgling exhaust, a Seakeeper stabilizer, a Nautical Structures hydraulic swim platform, a transom garage and a transom barbecue. For long weekends on board, there are two staterooms belowdecks.…

FRANS HEESEN, AT LEAST AT FIRST, wasn’t in the superyacht business. He was in high-tech plastics, which, during the 1960s and ’70s, were becoming so ubiquitous that the word “plastics” became a famous quote unto itself from the Dustin Hoffman film The Graduate. ¶ But in 1978, Heesen acquired Striker Boats, which built in aluminum. The first yacht produced under the Heesen brand, Amigo, launched a year later, along with the entrepreneurial juggernaut we know today as Heesen Yachts. Frans Heesen had no way of knowing it at the time, but at 65 feet length overall, Amigo was a fraction of the size his yard would go on to represent in the superyacht industry. ¶ It was in 1988 that Heesen Yachts truly became the globally known brand it is…

There are yachts, and there are superyachts, but royal yachts tend to be something else again. The United Kingdom hasn’t had a royal yacht for almost 25 years, but the British government just announced its intention to replace Her Majesty’s Yacht Britannia. ¶ No firm details have been released of what this replacement could be, but design proposals were recently invited. Time is of the essence, given that the official policy statement came with a proposed launch date just three years away. ¶ The open brief suggests that what is needed now is less yacht, more national ship—a world-first build. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he sees the vessel as more of a floating embassy to support royals and government ministers alike. ¶ That concept is broadly familiar. During its…

SANLORENZO YACHTS’ R&D team built the Smart Helmet to help yacht crews troubleshoot issues at sea. ¶ The helmet has an 8-megapixel 1080p video camera; four visible-light cameras; two infrared cameras; a microphone and earphones; a heads-up-style display; and a wireless receiver that can access Wi-Fi or a smartphone for internet connectivity. Users can share what they’re hearing and seeing, and the helmet’s lens displays high-definition, interactive holograms over real-world imagery. ¶ Paolo Bertetti, Sanlorenzo’s vice president of R&D, says the company’s biggest challenges in creating the Smart Helmet were stability, image quality, ergonomics, reliability and ease of use. Take the next step: sanlorenzoyacht.com HOW IT WORKS Sanlorenzo’s Smart Helmet requires upload and download speeds of 1.5 megabits per second, but its 64-gigabyte solid-state hard drive lets users record audio,…

The Custom Line 140 is set to become the Italian builder’s new flagship. Custom Line says the superyacht is designed with a high-speed displacement hull, which—when matched to a pair of 2,638 mhp MTU 16V 2000 M96L diesels—should help provide a 21.5-knot top-end speed. Draft will be 7 feet, 7 inches with a range of 700 nautical miles. The yacht’s main deck includes a 322-square-foot salon and 322-square-foot master stateroom. There are four guest staterooms belowdecks, plus room for seven crew in three cabins. There’s also a captain’s cabin on the upper deck. Stay tuned for updates on this build. READER FEEDBACK Looking for photos and yacht news? Get social with Yachting: visit instagram/@yachtingmagazine, facebook.com/yachtingmagazine By email: letters@yachtingmagazine.com By mail: 480 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 236, Winter Park, FL 32789 On the…

Hull No. 1 of the Hinckley 35 was delivered in August, and the yacht made its official debut at September’s Newport International Boat Show in Rhode Island. The Maine-based builder worked with Florida’s Michael Peters Yacht Design to create the model, which is powered by twin 300 hp Mercury Verados or Yamaha outboards (350s are optional). Features include Hinckley’s ClearView windshield, which is a single pane for unobstructed visibility, and joystick controls at the varnished-teak helm station. There’s a V-berth belowdecks for naps on the hook, and a cockpit hatch accesses stowage that’s big enough for beach chairs, bicycles or anything else owners care to bring aboard. A Seakeeper stabilizer is available as an option.…

Evo Yachts was created in 2014 as a collaboration between Blu Emme Yachts and designer Valerio Rivellini, both based in Italy. The Evo V8 is the brand’s flagship model with a length overall of 78 feet. According to the builder, top speed is 24 knots, with a cruising speed of 19 knots. As you can see, the motoryacht has two steering wheels, much like some sailing yachts. There are two additional helm stations on board: at the bow on the main deck (with Volvo Penta joystick controls, along with a joystick control for the bow thruster) and in what the builder calls a “vanishing console on the rooftop” (there’s joystick control up there too). Inside are four en suite staterooms, with the master stateroom located aft.…

IN 2010, ARUN MAHESWARAN took a job at a company that made carbon-fiber gangways and similar products for yachts. He was a technical draftsman who had never set foot on a yacht, but through his work, he found himself spending a lot of time aboard them at events such as the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Monaco boat shows. ¶ “By 2016, I had seen a lot of yachts and met a lot of people,” he says. “I loved it, but I saw a lot of cheap furniture on expensive yachts. This is why I started the company Octoport.” ¶ A number of things about yacht furniture—and, in particular, exterior furniture—left Maheswaran scratching his head. Why, he wondered, were superyacht owners buying teak furniture whose color changed after a couple of…

THE POWERBOAT DRIVERS IDLE NEAR THEIR STARTING LINES OFF MONACO, waiting for the signal to punch the throttles. But they’re different from those who have raced here since 1904: These nine boats are competing in the Solar Class at the 2021 Monaco Energy Boat Challenge. ¶ Every July, the Monaco Yacht Club organizes this race, which features next-generation technologies. This year, after five days of competition—including a 16-nautical-mile-lap race, slalom racing and a championship race—the Dutch-flagged Sunflare solar team claimed top honors in the sun-powered class. ¶ Is their boat’s top speed of about 29 knots going to break any world speed records? No. But the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge is a harbinger of recreational boating’s not-so-distant future. ¶ That future, of being carbon-free, has been a long time coming.…

In Dr. No, the 1962 film based on Ian Fleming’s sixth novel about British spy James Bond, actor Desmond Llewelyn made the British secret-service armorer code-named “Q” famous. Q maintained the airs of a refined British butler while furnishing Agent 007 with innovative, stealthy and game-saving gadgets and weapons. All the bagpipe flamethrowers, cigarette darts and other inventions helped foster expectations for tradecraft devices that stretched the envelope. ¶ If these expectations for constantly improving tech sound a bit like a computer geek’s enthusiasm for the latest operating-system update, you’re en route to understanding the Q Experience’s philosophy toward branded and white-label multifunction displays. ¶ The first multifunction displays arrived in the mid-2000s, offering boaters the ability to control and display cartography and networked instrumentation on a single screen. As…

South Africa-based Robertson and Caine builds Leopard Catamarans, which come in power and sail models. The Leopard 46 Powercat is the second model in a new generation of power designs that also includes the Leopard 53 Powercat. On the 46, there are queen-plus berths in all the staterooms. A new feature is at the after end of the salon, where the galley is to port and a “galley server area” is now to starboard. It can be used for stowage and houses a wine chiller or ice maker, along with a dedicated locker for drinks. There are separate engine rooms completely apart from the guest areas, and the main helm is forward on the flybridge, under the hardtop. Maximum speed is reportedly 22 knots with a range of 1,600 nautical…

WOODEN BOATS’ 35-foot LimoTender pairs sleek exterior styling with a protected interior. While the whip is feature-rich, its most impressive element is its movable deckhouse, which allows it to tuck into a superyacht’s garage. The LimoTender is built out of carbon fiber with a PVC-foam core, and it’s powered by twin 220 hp Volvo Penta D3 diesel engines that deliver a reported 35-knot top speed and 25-knot cruising speed. • Whom It’s For: This LimoTender is the perfect ride for owners who want style and shelter when conveying from shore to their main ride. • Picture This: It’s a drizzly morning in Camden, Maine, but the forecast is encouraging. You and your family hop in the LimoTender for a sheltered ride ashore to Boynton-McKay Food Co. before an afternoon cruise through…

The mongoose may be low to the ground with short legs, but it is a skilled, opportunistic predator. It feeds on smaller mammals and birds, as well as their eggs, along with a wide variety of insects. It especially likes snakes. In fact, the mongoose’s speed and agility make it extremely successful in pouncing on and killing venomous snakes like cobras—a contest that other would-be predators often lose. ¶ The mongoose is the inspiration behind the Mangusta brand. The Italian word for mongoose is mangusta. During the 1980s, when fast open yachts populated the Mediterranean, Italian entrepreneur Giuseppe Balducci decided to go head-to-head against Tecnomarine’s dominant Cobra design. He established Mangusta in 1985 and, in the 1990s, introduced the first open mega-yacht—aka a maxi open. ¶ More than 300 deliveries…

THE TIARA YACHTS 3600 sovran was the entry-level model in the Michigan builder’s four-boat Sovran series. Accommodations include a forepeak stateroom with a queen island berth and a 13-inch flat-screen TV. Four more people can sleep on the convertible dinette to starboard and on a portside settee that converts to upper-and-lower berths. A 13-foot-4-inch swim platform has a foldable dive ladder and a shower with hot and cold water. At press time, there were five 3600 Sovrans available, ranging from $179,000 to $254,900. FROM THE ARCHIVE “Though she is somewhat conservative by European standards, her lines can be traced to a theme that has pleased American yachtsmen for five decades. Compared with past Tiara products, she is smoother, softer and more graceful. While she is built on a platform of…