Cruising Life

Quick Introduces New Series of Stabilizers

By Peter Janssen on January 23, 2024 Cruising Life, Gear

Quick, the Italian marine component company, just introduced its new Intercepta series of stabilizers at the Düsseldorf show. Designed for yachts from 50 to 130 feet, the new Intercepta X Series of stabilizers can be fully customized to fit any model and hull shape. They are part of Quick’s MC² brand that includes Viator fin stabilizers and Quick gyro stabilizers. Quick already offers a plug-and-play series of Intercepta stabilizers for boats as small as 20 feet. The new stabilizers come in four standard units, the X50, X65, X80 and X100, and the width can be customized to the centimeter. The…

NOAA Saved 350 Lives in U.S. Last Year

By co_admin on January 23, 2024 Cruising Life

Here’s some good news from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA’s satellites, known for their pivotal role in tracking weather and climate, were behind the rescue of 350 people from harrowing, life-threatening ordeals in the U.S. and its surrounding waters in 2023. NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites are part of the global Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system, or COSPAS-SARSAT, which uses a network of U.S. and international spacecraft to detect and locate distress signals sent from 406MHz emergency beacons onboard aircraft, boats and handheld Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) anywhere in the world. Since its start in…

Pardo To Build New GT65 with IPS1350s

By Peter Janssen on January 22, 2024 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Cantiere del Pardo, the large Italian builder, just announced at the Düsseldorf show that it’s planning a new Pardo GT65 cruiser with a walkaround deck, flexible layout, and Volvo IPS power. The 65 will be the third model in Pardo’s GT series, falling between the existing 52 and the 75 that’s coming later this year. The new GT65 will carry all of Pardo’s signature lines, with its reverse bow and low profile. It has wraparound glazing, a folding aft window in the salon that opens to the cockpit, a sliding glass sun roof in the salon, and large windows and…

Yamaha Unveils New, Light, V6 F350 Outboard

By Peter Janssen on January 22, 2024 Cruising Life, Engine Room

Yamaha just announced that it’s making a new 4.3L V6 Offshore F350 outboard that weighs just 629 pounds and that delivers a powerful 11:1 compression ratio. The new F350, available for OEM or repowering applications, fits between Yamaha’s F300 and EXT Offshore 425 outboards. It replaces the V8 350 that Yamaha produced from 2007 to 2019, which was popular for its horsepower but had a high power-to-weight ratio. The new V6 F350 comes in at 175 pounds less than the old V8; indeed, Yamaha says the new F350 has the best power-to-weight ratio in its class. It produces 70 amps…

Bolide 80: 73 Knots, Loro Piana Interior

By Peter Janssen on January 22, 2024 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

You probably won’t want to take the new Bolide 80 on a trip around the Great Loop, but it sure would be fun for a run over to Bimini, or Key West, or Catalina. One thing’s for sure: It would get a lot of attention, wherever it goes. The Bolide 80 looks fast and it is fast. Powered by three 2,000-hp MANs, that are staggered in the engine compartment, the Bolide 80 tops out at 73 knots. The long, low, aerodynamic hull has steps for efficiency; the Bolide has a range of 240 nm at 50 knots (not that it’s…

Shark Bites Boy at Bahamas Resort

By Peter Janssen on January 18, 2024 Cruising Life

A 10-year-old boy from Maryland was bitten by a shark at a resort on Paradise Island, the Bahamas, on Monday afternoon. The Royal Bahamas Police Force issued a news release saying “the boy was bitten on the right leg while participating in an expedition in a shark tank at a local resort.” The boy was taken to Doctors Hospital in Nassau in serious but stable condition and was recovering from surgery. He was to be airlifted back to Maryland. The attack occurred at Atlantis Paradise Island Blue Adventures. Stuart Cove’s, the organization that runs the shark diving program, said it…

New Schaefer 660: A Winner from Brazil

By Peter Janssen on January 18, 2024 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Today, when we think of larger, luxurious motoryachts, Brazil probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind. But Schaefer has built more than 3,500 yachts there in the past 31 years; it’s now Brazil’s largest builder, with models from 33 to 82 feet, and U.S. headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. The new Schaefer 66 flybridge motoryacht compares well with other builders around the world. The 66 has modern lines that won’t go out of style but that are appealing to the eye. And the 66, with four cabins and three heads below, has all the room for cruising with a…

Zeelander Building New 79-foot Flagship

By Peter Janssen on January 16, 2024 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Zeelander just announced that it’s building a new 79-foot-long Zeelander 8 flagship in its recently expanded plant in Holland. This latest Zeelander will be launched this summer, and it will carry the same unmistakable low profile reminiscent of America’s commuter boats of the 1930s and the company’s tapered transom and extendable beach club that set new standards for creating more space on the water. The Zeelander fleet already has a model 5, at 48’ 3”; a 6, at 55’ 9″; and a 7, at 66’ 7”. They all have the same lines, and the new 8 will have the same…

Mercury Debuts 2 New Electric Outboards

By Peter Janssen on January 16, 2024 Cruising Life, Engine Room

Mercury just introduced two new, more powerful, Avator electric outboards at the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Mercury now has a total of five electric outboards on the market. The new outboards are called the Avator 75e (10-hp) and the Avator 110e (15-hp). The high-torque, portable and rechargeable outboards are designed for small boats or tenders for cruising boats. The appeal for larger boat owners is that they can have an environment-friendly outboard for their tender and they don’t have to carry gas on board if they have a diesel-powered cruiser. The new Avators require minimal maintenance, and…

How To Avoid a Collision

By co_admin on January 15, 2024 Cruising Life

Crossing the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas, transiting Delaware Bay, heading into San Diego harbor, wherever you cruise, you’ll end up sharing the water with something larger than your vessel, including freighters or tankers that have very limited maneuverability. Consider that a ship cruising at 20 knots travels one nm every three minutes; you may be on a collision course sooner than you think. Here’s some great advice from Skipper Tips about how to track another vessel to avoid a collision, taking visual bearings. Even in an age of radar and AIS, you need to know how to do this…

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