Stephens Waring Yacht Design, the custom naval architecture and engineering firm in Belfast, Maine, doesn’t exactly follow the crowd. If you’re interested in a plastic floating condo that holds 12 for drinks, is top-heavy and gets 0.6 nm per gallon, you probably don’t need to go there. But if you love classic designs and old-world craftsmanship, combined with modern materials and technology, then you’ve found the right place.
Their latest, which they write about after extolling the virtues of expedition yachts (business-like, seaworthy and serious), is a 49-foot mini-expedition yacht called Kodiak, which they say “speaks to the adventurer in all of us.” With a narrow beam of only 13 feet, and powered by an 810-hp Cat diesel, Kodiak is projected to top out at 24 knots; or you can cruise just about anywhere you want all day. Take a look: http://stephenswaring.com/whats-so-flippin-cool-about-expedition-yachts/
