Cruising Life

New wallypower58 Debuts in Miami

By Peter Janssen on February 15, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The elegant, minimalist new wallypower58 is making its U.S. debut at the Miami show this week, bringing a bit of glamour from the Med to Biscayne Bay. The new 58 is marked by its clean lines and Wally’s wraparound glazing on the sweep of the windshield that envelops the salon. Although it probably will be used mostly as a day boat, it does have room to sleep four for overnights. Wally was founded in Monaco in 1994 by Luca Bassani, who launched an iconic and award-winning line of sail and power boats. Wally is the only yacht builder to win…

Illegal Charter Skipper Fined $98,364

By Peter Janssen on February 15, 2023 Cruising Life

In case you’ve ever thought about making some money on the side by chartering out your boat, here’s a cautionary tale from the Coast Guard. It helps to follow the rules: NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard imposed a civil penalty, Feb. 6, 2023, to a mariner found operating a charter vessel in violation of federal laws near Destin, Florida. Coast Guard Station Destin boarding team members, Sector Mobile Marine Investigators and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officers conducted multiple boardings of the involved pontoon vessel over the past year after receiving tips from concerned members of the public. Following an extensive investigation led by Coast Guard Sector…

New All-Electric 20-Knot Quadrofoil

By Peter Janssen on February 14, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Here’s a fun, new, all-electric foiling craft that looks something like a cross between a jet ski and a waterborne sports car. Indeed, the Quadrofoil Q2S from Slovenia can foil, or “fly,” at about 6 knots, and it can cruise for about two hours at its top speed of 20 knots. You drive it with a steering wheel that feels like an Audi, and the cockpit features high-end ergonomics inspired by the European auto industry. The Quadrofoil Q2S is driven by a 5.5kW electric motor that’s powered by two 5.2kWh lithium-ion batteries. You can charge it from a standard 110V…

New Azimut 50: Entry-Level Flybridge

By Peter Janssen on February 14, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The new Azimut 50 Fly, the entry-level yacht in the Italian builder’s flybridge series, is a family-friendly cruiser with lots of light, style and social areas inside and out. The 50 is designed for an owner-operator, with three cabins and two heads below, plus (primarily for the European market) a crew cabin with its own head under the large sun pad on the aft deck. Most U.S. buyers (the boat is sold by MarineMax here) will probably opt to use this space as a very large lazarette. Power comes from twin 670-hp Volvo diesels, with a top speed of 32…

Scout Unveils 3,000-hp 67 LX

By Peter Janssen on February 14, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Scout Boats just unveiled its new 67 LX, a long, lean, $5 million, 3,000-hp speed machine. There’s a model of the boat at Scout’s display at the Miami show; the real thing won’t be launched until the spring of 2024. The Scout 67 LX is large enough so you won’t have to leave any friends behind, and its five 600-hp Mercury V12 Verado outboards mean you’ll be able to give them an adrenaline rush underway. Top speed is projected at 52 knots, with a range of about 435 nm at 35 knots. The new Scout flagship (its largest so far…

Nordhavn Launches First New 625

By Peter Janssen on February 14, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Hull number one of the new Nordhavn 625 series was launched and successfully sea-trialed near the South Coast yard in Taiwan in December. It’s now on its way to the Nordhavn headquarters in Dana Point, California, where it will be commissioned soon and delivered to its owners, a couple from Nevada. The new 625 fits right in with the Nordhavn fleet of long-range cruisers that has only been growing in number and reputation since the company’s 40-footer cruised around the world in 2001 and 2002. Its hull is based on the Nordhavn 60, with a nod to the 55 and…

Leen 72 Crosses Atlantic: Owner’s Report

By Peter Janssen on February 8, 2023 Cruising Life

Ellee, hull number one of the new LEEN 72 trimaran series built in La Rochelle, France, just crossed the Atlantic, cruising from Portimao, Portugal, to Bermuda, via Ponta Delgada in the Azores. Here’s the owner’s report: “Our crossing took place in January, 2023, from Portimao in Portugal, where we prepared the boat, to Bermuda, before reaching soon the East Coast of the United States. “January is not the best time to sail in these latitudes. So we had to extend our route to get around some of the low pressure systems that circulate in these latitudes during this period. “We…

All-Electric Voltari 260 Cruises to Bimini

By Peter Janssen on February 8, 2023 Cruising Life

A 26-foot, carbon-fiber, all-electric boat just set a record of sorts by cruising 91 miles from Key Largo in Florida to Bimini in the Bahamas on one charge. Although the Voltari 260 is a high-performance vessel with a top speed of 60 mph, it crept along at less than 5 mph on the Bimini trip so it would not run out of juice. The trip took about 20 hours. Built in Canada, the Voltari 260 is made with aerospace-grade carbon fiber for maximum strength and efficiency. It weighs just 7,000 pounds and is powered by a 142kWh Lithium-ion battery pack…

New Cutwater C-288 Pocket Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on February 8, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The all-new Cutwater C-288 Coupe is a versatile, trailerable pocket cruiser that’s ready for doing just anything you want to do on the water, whether fishing, cruising, picnicking, or even working remotely on board. The C-288 is powered by twin 250-hp Yamaha outboards producing a top speed of about 45 knots, and a range of about 200 nm at 30 knots. It has a 10-foot beam for stability, and a double-stepped, deep-V hull with Cutwater’s Laminar Flow Interrupters, basically small indentations that help in higher-speed cornering. The boat sleeps two in the forward cabin, which also has an enclosed electric…

New Endurance 590 Blue-Water Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on February 7, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The Endurance 590, a blue-water cruiser designed to be run by a couple, is the latest member of the Endurance by Hampton Yachts fleet. A sturdy, three-cabin, two-head cruiser, the new 590 is built for comfortable living on board, even on a long cruise. Experienced cruisers will like a lot of its design features, including a Portuguese bridge for weather protection, a pilothouse with interior stairs to the flybridge, and an open plan that offers unobstructed views from the aft deck settee all the way forward to the pilothouse helm. The walkways are wide and protected overhead, the engine room…

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