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Volvo Unveils Most Powerful IPS Yet

Volvo Penta just announced that it’s testing a new, more powerful IPS (Inboard Propulsion System) for larger vessels from 82 to 180 feet with a top speed from 12 to 40 knots. Volvo calls the new system an IPS professional platform, or IPS 40, and it’s the most powerful IPS yet. The IPS 40 is designed to work with Volvo’s 800-hp D13 engines. The platform can be installed as twin, triple, or quad applications, meaning it can work on vessels with from four to eight engines. Volvo says the IPS 40 “is a true piece of state-of-the-art engineering.” It is…

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Volvo Unveils New Assisted Docking System

Volvo Penta just introduced its new Assisted Docking system for IPS boats, and it’s designed to overcome the effects of wind and current while docking. Assisted Docking isn’t guaranteed to eliminate all the fear and stress from docking in adverse conditions, but it certainly comes pretty close. Volvo announced the new system at its virtual booth in the Consumer Electronics Show. It first unveiled the self-docking prototype two years ago. Assisted Docking uses software from Volvo’s GPS-based Dynamic Positioning System to work with the IPS fingertip-controlled joystick. The new package includes a “human-machine interface” (or HMI, as Volvo calls it)…

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New DutchCraft 56: Ready for Diving, and Everything Else

The new DutchCraft 56 is nothing if not versatile. With its spacious, open aft deck, it’s perfect for diving and watersports. And with its luxurious four-cabin, three-head layout below, it’s also inviting for comfortable cruising. Either way, you’ll get where you want to go in a hurry. With twin Volvo IPS950 pod drives, the DutchCraft 56 tops out at 40 knots. At 25 knots, it has a range of 500 nm; add the optional 1,188-gallon long-range fuel tank, and it has a range of 750 nm, also at 25 knots. The DutchCraft 56 is made, not surprisingly, in Holland, and…

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New Tiara 49 Coupe: Lots of Light, IPS Performance

Tiara’s new 36-knot, bright and open 49 Coupe will be on display at the Palm Beach show, starting March 26. The 49 Coupe features a salon filled with light from windows all around (and the large sunroof, when it’s open), and two staterooms with two heads below. Power comes from twin 600-hp Volvo IPS800 pod drives; they deliver a top speed of 36.1 knots and an optimal cruising speed of 26.2 knots with a range of 219 nm. Volvo is a long-time partner with Tiara (I tested the very first IPS on a Tiara in the Great Lakes more than…

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New Long-Range, Innovative Sherpa XL Launches in Dusseldorf

Arcadia Yachts launched its first revolutionary long-range Sherpa cruising boat at the Düsseldorf boat show ten years ago. Now it is returning to that show, starting January 18, with its latest version, the Sherpa XL, with a lot of innovative interior and exterior design features and a range of 1,400 nm at 10 knots. Sherpas don’t look like many other boats. The name means that they’re ready to carry owners and guests to far corners of the globe in safety and comfort, while also putting them in touch with the natural environment of the sea. Arcadia, with a yard near…

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Azimut Brings Sporty New Atlantis 45 to the U.S.

The new, sporty, low-profile Azimut Atlantis 45 is making its U.S. debut at the Fort Lauderdale show as a successor to the company’s 43. The new two-cabin, two-head, light-filled Azimut is powered by twin 440-hp Volvo IPS600 pod drives, giving it a top speed of 33 knots and a cruising speed of 28 knots. And it’s a boat that’s made for enjoying the sun. It has a large sunpad on the foredeck for lounging or a picnics, while another sunpad all the way aft adds a separate lounging and social area. The windshield and side windows are all large, and…

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New Cruisers Cantius 46: Easy Cruising, Easy Entertaining

The new Cruisers Cantius 46, the latest in the Wisconsin builder’s coupe series, makes cruising comfortable and easy. It’s a two-stateroom, two-head cruiser with a 31-knot top speed, and it’s designed to be used by a couple or a family and it invites entertaining, either underway or at the dock. One of the major social features of this new Cruisers is the grill station under a hatch in the transom. It’s meant to be used from the wide, hydraulic swim platform, and it has an electric grill and fridge, serving as an al fresco barbecue station. The cockpit itself has…

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Boca Grande Owner Repowers Iconic 1970 Bertram Moppie with New Volvo IPS; Ready To Do More Cruising

Some boating nostalgia: In 1960, a 30-foot wooden prototype Bertram with a revolutionary deep-V hull, won the Miami-Nassau race in record time. Indeed, it beat the second place boat by about two hours, and the second-place boat was the only other boat to finish that day. In the face of eight-to-12-foot seas, the other boats in the race returned to port or finished the next day. That winning boat was designed by C. Raymond Hunt for Miami yacht broker Richard Bertram, and it was named Moppie, after Bertram’s wife. After the race, Bertram rented a warehouse in Hialeah, turned the…

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Brand New Ranger Tugs 41 Flagship: Two-Stateroom, Two-Head Family Cruiser with IPS Performance

Ranger Tugs has just launched its new flagship, a 41-foot family cruiser with two staterooms, two heads, and Volvo Penta IPS performance. The R-41 also has enough amenities to furnish a New York apartment, including standard washer and dryer, three AC units and three refrigerators. The 41 is Ranger’s largest boat yet – by a long shot. Until now, the Ranger Tugs line went from 23 to 31 feet. Ranger Tugs, along with Cutwater Boats, are made by Fluid Motion in Washington State, one of the most successful builders in the U.S. Ranger and Cutwater have well-earned reputations for building…

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Elegant New CL Yachts 72, a 31-Knot Cruiser, Makes a Debut in Miami

CL Yachts, a new brand under the Cheoy Lee Shipyards umbrella, unveiled its first two yachts at the Miami Yacht Show – a CLB76 and a just-sold CLB72. The new owner of the 72 celebrated the sale with a champagne toast for his family and friends; he plans to cruise in Florida and the Northeast. The new 72 (pictured above) is a four stateroom, four-head cruiser, with a two-berth crew cabin and head aft. It carried a listing price of $3.95 million. Powered by twin 1,000-hp Volvo diesels with IPS1350 pod drives, it has a top speed of 31 knots…

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