Cruising Life

Electric WiderCat92 Heading for U.S.

By Peter Janssen on August 28, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The massive, luxurious, electric WiderCat92 will be heading to the United States early next year. Last week, Wider, an Italian builder, announced that it formed a partnership with MarineMax so the U.S.-based retailer will be its exclusive distributor in North America. The Wider yard is now building five of the 92-foot cats, including two scheduled for the U.S. With the new partnership, “MarineMax will be able to make Wider a household name among American boaters,” said Marcello Maggi, the Wider CEO. MarineMax is one of the largest boat dealers in the world, with 79 dealerships in the U.S. Whether in…

Iguana Launching Electric Amphib with Evoy

By Peter Janssen on August 25, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Iguana just announced that it will launch a foiling amphibious boat powered by an Evoy 300-hp electric outboard at the Cannes Yachting Festival, starting Sept. 6. Iguana says it will be the first fully electric amphibious boat. With its retractable foils and tracks, the new Iguana will be able to go on land, sea and, flying a few feet above the surface, on air also. Iguana, in France, and Evoy, in Norway, have formed a partnership to produce the new electric amphib, called the Iguana Foiler. With its robust surface-piercing foils, the boat reduces its energy consumption by 50 percent,…

Absolute Building New Navetta 75 Flagship

By Peter Janssen on August 24, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Absolute is building a new luxury 75-foot yacht, the flagship of its Navetta fleet, with some innovative features inside and out. The new Navetta 75 will have four staterooms and four heads, plus a separate crew quarter with its own galley and head. But what’s interesting is the master stateroom on an intermediate level between the main deck and the lower accommodations deck (pictured below). It’s in the bow, and it’s full beam with private access, premium furnishings, and a large en suite head. And it has large windows for spectacular views. Going aft, the cockpit is designed as a…

New Marex 420 Made for Cruising Families

By Peter Janssen on August 23, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Marex, the prize-winning Norwegian builder, just announced that it’s making a new 420 Gourmet Cruiser, designed for cruising families. The boat will be the company’s new flagship, and will be launched at the Düsseldorf show in January. Founded in 1973, Marex is a family-owned company; it’s now run by the two sons of the founder. It now makes six models of cruising boats from 31 to 37 feet. It has a reputation for craftsmanship, precise engineering and creative ideas. Its Marex 33 won a European Powerboat of the Year Award earlier this year. The company says the new 420 will…

Megalodon Shark Much Worse Than We Thought

By Peter Janssen on August 23, 2022 Cruising Life

The bad news is that the megalodon shark was bigger, faster and fiercer than we had thought. In fact, it was 52 feet long, weighed 70 tons, swam faster than a great white, and could devour a 26-foot orca in just five bites. The good news is that the megalodon became extinct about 3.6 million years ago. Paleontologists and marine scientists have long tried to judge the real size of a megalodon. They had to make their estimates based on megalodon teeth discovered in the 1860s. Shark skeletons are largely cartilage, so they don’t result in many fossils. But now…

ZEN Building Totally Fossil-Free 50 Power Cat

By Peter Janssen on August 23, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

ZEN Yachts just announced that they’re making a revolutionary new 50 all-electric power cat, with an optional wingsail, that is totally fossil free. There’s not even a generator for backup power. The new ZEN50, with a 26’ 7” beam, is meant to be a luxury motoryacht that’s totally emissions free. Indeed, the company says it’s the first truly emissions-free 50-foot power catamaran on the market today. With a huge solar panels on the hardtops over the flybridge and the foredeck, the cat is built to be self-sufficient. Even the tender uses electric power only and can be charged by the…

Superyacht Sinks Off Italy. All Safe. Video

By Peter Janssen on August 21, 2022 Cruising Life

My Saga, a 129-foot superyacht cruising from Gallipoli, Turkey, to Messina, Sicily, sank over the weekend about nine nm off the southern coast of Italy. All nine people on board, passengers and crew, were rescued. The captain of the luxury yacht, with accommodations for 12 guests in six staterooms, plus eight crew, called the Port of Crotone on the Ionian Sea on Friday night, saying it was taking on water. Two patrol boats rushed to the scene, and rescued some passengers. At dawn, a tug started towing My Saga to safety in Crotone, but the weather worsened. The yacht was…

Explosive Fire Destroys Mattapoisett Boatyard

By Peter Janssen on August 20, 2022 Cruising Life

An explosive six-alarm fire roared through the Mattapoisett Boatyard on Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts on Friday afternoon. About 100 firefighters tried to extinguish the fast-spreading fire for more than five hours. Four people were injured, including three firefighters who were later released from the hospital. A 50-year-old man was seriously burned and remained in the hospital. All told, the fire destroyed five buildings, dozens of boats and more than three dozen vehicles. A yard worker told WJAR-TV that a boat in one of the yard’s sheds caught fire “and it went up very, very fast. Everything went up.” “We had a…

Swan Launches Elegant 43-foot Powerboat

By Peter Janssen on August 19, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Swan’s new 43-foot powerboat has been getting a lot of media attention lately, and deservedly so; it’s a beautiful boat from one of the most highly regarded builders in the world. Here’s our story about the boat that we published back on Jan. 19, 2001, with updated pictures from Swan: Nautor Swan just announced the debut of its first powerboat, the 43-foot Swan Shadow, with the same elegant, minimalist design that the famed Finnish builder has been using on its sailboats for generations. The new Swan Shadow is a bit faster than previous Swans. Indeed, with optional triple 350-hp Mercury…

Dutch-Made Long Island 33 To Debut in Newport

By Peter Janssen on August 17, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Long Island Yachts says its Dutch-made 33 Runabout that will make its U.S. debut at the Newport show, starting Sept. 15, is a modern version of traditional Downeast boat. And it has the classic lines of luxury runabouts made there, with a low profile, long sheerline, even a beautiful tumblehome. But the Long Island 33 Runabout isn’t made in Southwest Harbor, Maine, or even on Long Island. It’s built at the Long Island Yachts yard n Hofweg, a bit north of The Haag in The Netherlands. The Long Island 33 will be displayed at the Newport, Rhode Island, show by…

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