Cruising Life

Tow This New Sub Behind Your Truck

By Peter Janssen on February 15, 2022 Cruising Life

U-Boat Worx, the Dutch company, just introduced the lightest personal submarine ever at its facility in Curacao. It weighs just 4,400 pounds, and you can tow it behind your truck, launch it from land, or deploy it from your yacht. The new sub, called Nemo, comes in one- and two-person versions, and can dive down to 330 feet. The two-seater weighs 5, 510 pounds. The company says that it has the same footprint as two jet skis. The actual dimensions are 9’ 2” long, 7’ 8” wide, and 5’ 1” high. Nemo is built to be owner-operated, so now you…

Let’s Celebrate: It’s Whale Week!

By Peter Janssen on February 15, 2022 Cruising Life

You may have missed the news here (there’s a lot going on in the world), but this is Whale Week. Who knew? But the good people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who keep track of these things, say this is the time to celebrate whales, among the largest and oldest animals on Earth who can be found on every ocean on Earth. NOAA has put together a lot of stories and videos about whales in the link at the bottom of this story, but I particularly enjoyed this one: 11 Cool Facts About Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, marine…

New Greenline 40 Hybrid: A Cruiser’s Boat

By Peter Janssen on February 14, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The new Greenline 40 Hybrid is a cruiser’s boat. It’s user-friendly, easily handled by two people, but not too big to be overwhelming. And it has a state-of-the-art hybrid power system, delivering 22-knot speeds under twin Volvo diesel power, while also providing silent running at 11 knots under solar-electric power. The two staterooms and one head make it large enough to hold a family, or another couple, on an extended cruise, and its bridge clearance of just 12’ 2 inches are meant to slide under those structures on the Great Loop or the Intracoastal Waterway in the Southeast. Greenline started…

Silent Launches New 60, Expands Business

By Peter Janssen on February 14, 2022 Cruising Life

Silent-Yachts, the pioneering Austrian builder, is in a major growth mode. It’s launching its first Silent 60 solar/electric luxury catamaran this month (pictured above), and its rebranding itself to start new businesses – from tenders to resorts – all centered around its renewable energy theme. In the past few years, Silent has staked out a leading position in the global electric yacht market. It now makes yachts from 60 to 120 feet. Last week, it announced that it had a record 21 orders for new boats in 2021. Now the company is rebranding itself as well as expanding. Because of…

New Walker Bay 525: A RIB with Style

By Peter Janssen on February 13, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Walker Bay is showing its line of luxury RIBs at the Miami show, including the new Generation 525 DLX RIB, with elegant styling and deep-V handling. You can see the Walker Bays in the water at the Sea Isle Marina or on land at the Miami Convention Center. Walker Bay makes several series of RIBs, both open and center console models, from eight to 21 feet. At 17’ 2”, the 525 DLX is the flagship of the Generation series, which starts at 11’ 3”. The 525 can hold up to ten people, and up to a 115-hp outboard. The boat…

Four-Story Rogue Wave Hits BC

By Peter Janssen on February 13, 2022 Cruising Life

In an event that scientists say happens “once in a millennium,” a report published last week says that a wave as high as a four-story building was recorded off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The wave, measuring 57’ 7” high, was the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded. It was measured off Ucleulet, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, on November, 2020. It was recorded by MarineLabs Data Systems in Victoria, BC, and announced last week in a study published in the journal Scientific Reports by Dr. Johannes Gemmrich and Leah Cicon from the University of Victoria. The giant…

Simrad Launches New NSX Line of MFDs

By Peter Janssen on February 10, 2022 Cruising Life, Electronics

Simrad just announced its latest generation of multifunction displays, the Simrad NSX, during a global livestreaming event from Egersund, Norway, introducing new chartplotters and fishfinders for powerboats. The new mid-range NSX line will be available in 7-, 9- and 12-inch displays and is based on an all-new operating system. Simrad will launch the new line at the Miami boat show, starting next Wednesday. NSX has a new interface with a user-friendly touchscreen with clear views. Charts include C-MAP nav capability and are compatible with sonar, radar and autopilot systems. Simrad says its Setup Wizards system will help users through every…

Grounded Ocracoke Inlet Yacht Inching to Water

By Peter Janssen on February 9, 2022 Cruising Life

More than two weeks after it ran aground on the beach in Ocracoke, North Carolina, Scott Pumphrey’s 55-foot motoryacht is inching closer to getting back in the water again. The yacht, a 2001 Novatek named Vivens Aqua, is being pulled along the beach by an excavator while it sits on four giant pneumatic pins that roll it forward, slowly, very slowly. The 55,000-pound boat rolls on three pins at a time while the rear one is removed, deflated, moved to the front and inflated again. This takes a while. But the boat only has another 500 feet or so before…

Sergio Davi Crosses Atlantic on 36-Foot RIB

By Peter Janssen on February 9, 2022 Cruising Life

Sergio Davi, the Italian adventurer, just crossed the Atlantic on his 36-foot RIB. Davi left Mindelo on Cape Verde on Feb. 4, and stepped off his boat this afternoon in Kourou, French Guyana, in South America, 1,770 nm and six days and eight hours later. This was the longest, and most dangerous, leg of his 10,000 mile journey from Salerno to Los Angeles on his RIB named Aretusa Explorer. Joining him was Teo Aiello, the co-owner of Nouva Jolly Marine, which made the RIB. Aiello’s brother, Antonio, was on board for the previous leg, 836 miles from Grand Canary to…

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