Friday, March 29

The Lasting Appeal of 1920s Commuter Yachts: Here’s a Slideshow of Six of Today’s Best

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The idea – and then the reality – of commuter yachts started in the Roaring Twenties, when newly rich (and old-monied) Wall Street masters of the universe wanted a faster, and much more fun, way to commute to work from their estates on the golden North Shore of Long Island Sound than on the railroad. Think Gatsby, but with longer lives. As a result, sleek, low-profile, 20-knot yachts, usually with enough mahogany inside to populate a small forest, were born.

The elegant designs of commuter yachts, with their clean, graceful and often awe-inspiring lines, have lived on. Here’s a slideshow of six of today’s best from the Robb Report, ranging from Doug Zurn’s 45-knot Zurn Lynx, which looks like a modern version of a classic commuter yacht, to the futuresque Yachtwerft Meyer Silverline.

The Hodgdon Liberty Commuter Yacht, pictured above, is probably closest to the original commuters,  with its long sheerline, low profile and pronounced reverse transom. Built in Maine, this 80-foot Hodgdon has the mahogany interior of the original commuters, but it also has some carbon-fiber parts, including the mast, boom and rudder stocks. And it’s powered by state-of-the-art twin 1,100-hp MAN diesels, producing a 25-knot cruising speed. Read more and see the slideshow:

https://robbreport.com/motors/marine/slideshow/commuter-yachts-the-great-gatsby-would-have-loved/

 

 

 

 

 

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