The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a high-performance boat somehow went airborne last Saturday night on the Lake of the Ozarks and crashed into the side of a house. The eight people on board were thrown from the boat; six, including the driver, had serious injuries. The Highway Patrol charged the driver, Adam J. Ramirez, 47, from Huntington Beach, California, with suspicion of boating while intoxicated. He was released for medical treatment. The accident occurred just before midnight. The boat, a 2014 Nor-Tech with three 300-hp Mercury outboards, was heading east and crashed into the home on the Osage Arm…
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Here’s some timely advice from BoatUS about how to protect yourself from the record-breaking heat while you’re boating this summer: ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 24, 2023 – As the country continues to bake under record high temperatures, boaters often head to the water for respite. However, some may be unprepared for what it takes to withstand a high-heat day. Here are five tips from the nonprofit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water that can help ensure everyone’s safety as temperatures climb. 1. Create shade. Direct sunlight can make the air feel 10- to 15 degrees warmer. Reduce the time…
A 17-year-old lacrosse player was killed last Friday night when the Regulator center console she was riding in with five others crashed into a stone jetty on the north shore of Cape Cod and she was thrown into the water. The Dennis Fire & Rescue dive team recovered the body of Sadie Mauro, a rising senior at Dover-Sherborn High School, about 11:30 p.m. The crash was reported about 9 p.m. in a series of 911 calls after the boat hit the jetty in Sesuit Harbor in Dennis. A teenage boy on the boat was taken to Cape Cod Hospital in…
Solaris just unveiled its 52 Open flagship powerboat that’s bound to get a lot of attention when it makes its debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival on September 12. The new Solaris Power 52 Open looks like a larger version of the Solaris 48 Open that won the European Powerboat of the Year Award three years ago and the 44 Open that was nominated for the same award two years ago. Solaris has been making sailboats in its Italian yard since 1974. It started a powerboat line in 2008 and now makes a Lobster Boat line and the Open line.…
The new Aquila 32 Sport catamaran provides an easy and comfortable platform for enjoying day cruises, water sports, picnics, or just a fun and social time on the water. Standard power is two 225-hp Mercury Verado outboards. With optional twin 300-hp Verados, the Aquila 32 tops out at about 44 mph, with a range of 240 miles. The larger outboards come with joystick control for easy docking and maneuvering. The Aquila 32 has a cabin sleeping two people in the lower port hull, and a head and shower on the starboard side. Air conditioning is optional. Two more people could…
Beneteau just unveiled the new Antares 12, the flagship of its outboard-powered Antares line. With two or three cabins and two heads, the new, 42′ 7″ Antares can be powered by three 300-hp V8 Mercury Verado outboards, or two 400-hp V10 Mercury outboards. The large teak swim platform has extensions on both sides that flank the outboards for easy boarding or access to water sports. You enter the cockpit via a gate on the starboard side. The bulwark on the starboard side drops down to provide even more social space or water access. An L-shaped lounge, facing a table, runs…
EJET has just launched its new 4X 12’ 9” high-performance electric tender that has a top speed of 35 knots and a range of 40 nm. The company says it’s the “world’s first” electric jet tender, and that it outperforms all others on the market. The 4X packs a lot of power, an electric motor providing 60 kW of continuous power, in fact, managed by an electric control unit that has three different efficiency modes on the tender’s 7-inch touchscreen: Eco, Normal, and Power. If the battery gets too low, the 4X will automatically switch to the Eco mode to…
The new Greenline 58 Fly hybrid will make its debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival in September. The 58 represents the start of a new partnership involving Greenline, Marco Casali of Too Design, and MICAD engineering. Casali drew a fresh exterior with clean lines for the new 58, and MICAD worked with Greenline on a new hybrid power system with a pair of 25kW electric motors and an adaptable hydraulic clutch that can be connected inline to any shaft-drive engine. Power options start with twin Cummins diesels from 610- to 715-hp, available on their own or with the hybrid drive.…
Picchiotti is trying to touch a nerve to the past with its new line of Gentleman’s Yachts, starting with a 24 Meter (78’7”) model that it’s building in Viareggio, Italy. The new Gentleman 24 is the start of a line of semi-displacement yachts with classic lines developed by Yacht Moments and Luca Dini Design, combining an aluminum hull with a glossy mahogany superstructure. The idea is to blend the charm of iconic gentleman’s yachts, going back to the 1920s and ‘30s, with modern technology. Picchiotti is building a limited number of the Gentleman’s series. It’s already working on hull number…
ROCK yachts in Turkey is now building a new 78-foot “compact explorer” yacht, designed by the Dutch firm Vripack with a range of 3,000 nm. ROCK says the 78, like its other models, is an SUV of the water, in this case meaning “sea utility vessel.” Indeed, Vripack designed the company’s first model, an 85-footer, with lines meant to evoke those of a Ranger Rover. “Vripack introduced us to the concept of an SUV yacht and it was love at first sight,” says Ali Sayakci, who owns the company. The steel and aluminum 85 (pictured above) was launched at the…