Yachting June 2025

THE STORM CELLS were relentless. Our crew was about 80 miles southeast of Cape May, New Jersey, fishing a tournament. The weather was supposed to improve—eventually. Visibility was near zero all morning. The rain fell so hard, it was deafening at times. Thunder came consistently in hull-shaking waves. ¶ But it was the lightning that got our attention. The bolts were frequent, turning the black sky into day, briefly, before dissipating into oblivion. The atmosphere was electric, literally. ¶ A massive burst of purple and orange struck the ocean, mere feet from our 50-footer’s bow. Engine alarms blared. Electronics went wonky. ¶ But the engines were running, and everyone was safe. We restarted each diesel, one at a time. Alarms got cleared. We rebooted the electronics, and everything came back.…

BOAT-SHOW ATTENDEES often stop our staff on the docks and ask, “What’s the best boat to get?” And the answer we give is always the same: It’s the one that gets you on the water. ¶ That said, there are six boatbuilders in the following pages that have brand-new designs, and they are ready to help clients find the boat that gets them on the water next. ¶ Your passion might be long-range summer cruising with the family to exotic ports of call. It might be ripping off to the local sandbar at light speed for a day trip on a Sunday afternoon. Either way, there’s a boat for the mission at hand. ¶ And when it comes to features such as foldout decks, beach clubs, glass-walled spas, inboards, outboards,…

49'10" LENGTH OVERALL 15'5" MAXIMUM BEAM THE PIRELLI 50 Mansory Special Edition is a cafeinated, 60-knot version of Pirelli’s flagship speedboat created in partnership with Mansory, the German automobile-tuning company. The result is a luxe two-stateroom RIB with a deep-Vhull form and three custom-painted 600 hp Mercury Verado V-12 outboards. The RIB has other custom appointments too, including a rooftop spoiler, two integrated Hella roof lights and upholstery. • Whom It’s For: Superyacht owners seeking a decked-out version of Pirelli’s top-of-the-line RIB.• Picture This: You and your crew are competing at the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta of the Italian hotspot of Porto Cervo. Your kids want to watch the action on the often-windy waters of La Maddalena archipelago, so you get the keys to your Pirelli 50 Mansory Special Edition,…

ODDS ARE GOOD you’ve made a special nonslip shoe when country-music crooners are just as eager to buy it as Florida Keys fishermen. ¶ That’s what is happening with the Rogue Wave line from Huk—which is pronounced hook, if you want to sound like the cool kids out there. The South Carolina-based company launched its Rogue Wave line in 2020, and its 6-inch boot remains popular today. Huk just added a lower-profile men’s shoe and a women’s clog, in response to customers from warmer cruising grounds in Florida and the Bahamas, with the company’s Grip-X Slice outsole for traction on fiberglass boats. ¶ Skippers, though, aren’t the only ones who’ve found this footwear. Scott Smith, Huk’s vice president of marketing, says a country-music artist recently spoke on a podcast about…

60'11" LENGTH OVERALL 17'2" MAXIMUM BEAM AUSTRALIAN BOATBUILDER Maritimo is well-known for crafting rugged, long-range vessels. Its boats are built to tackle the demanding waters of the land Down Under, where sheltered harbors are few and the seas can be unforgiving. ¶ It’s a hard-won reputation earned over more than 22 years. Maritimo’s latest release—the M600 Offshore Flybridge MotorYacht—made its US debut at this year’s Palm Beach International Boat Show. Fans of the brand lined the docks for a firsthand look, and they were not disappointed. ¶ Like every Maritimo, the M600 is engineered for adventure, emphasizing a robust design and extended cruising capabilities. True to the builder’s “keep it simple” philosophy, the yacht is powered by twin 800 hp Volvo Penta D13 engines with straight shafts positioned at an…

36'1" LENGTH OVERALL 9'9" MAXIMUM BEAM THE FIRST THING that catches my eye as I walk into the Zin Boats production facility in Seattle is the Z11, a 36-foot all-electric tender the company built for Feadship’s Project 821. The Z11’s carbon-fiber lines are distinctive, and its trim looks sophisticated. Piotr Zin, the company’s founder and CEO, opens a hatch in the cockpit sole to reveal a machined-aluminum case with labeled orange cables extending from its port and starboard flanks. ¶ “That’s the Magic Box,” Zin says, smiling. ¶ Zin Boats—which builds high-end tenders and vessels—aims to sell its electric-drive technologies to third parties to help the boating world transition from internal-combustion engines to electric propulsion. Many of these technologies are showcased aboard the Z11, which Zin says is the world’s…