Author George Day

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Lyman-Morse and Ray Hunt Design Continue Nearly Four Decades of Innovation with New Hunt 70

At the Newport Boat international Show on Thursday morning, I ran into Winn Willard, president of Ray Hunt Yacht Design, aboard the new Hunt 56 by DiMillo’s which he and his team designed. While we were admiring this handsome new cruiser, which we have reviewed, Winn mentioned that Lyman Morse was at work building a custom Hunt 70. That pricked my interest, so I wandered over to the Lyman-Morse stand, where they are showing the new Hood LM 42, also recently reviewed, and ran into Drew Lymam, president of LM. Yes, indeed, he is building the new Hunt 70 and…

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Teen Miraculously Rescued from Overturned Boat in Deadly Capsize off Alaskan Coast

Last week, the U.S. Coast Guard reported that a 15-year-old boy was rescued from his overturned fishing boat in a capsize that caused the deaths of his two fishing companions. In an interview with ABC News after the rescue, the Coast Guard pilot who found the boy said that he and the rest the crew were on “an emotional roller coaster” as they swept Alaska’s Bering Sea looking for survivors. Lt. Commander Jonathon Resch said, “We are beyond excited and beyond grateful that we found him, and at the same time, we are overwhelmingly remorseful that we didn’t find the…

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Hinckley Introduces Design for New 41 at Newport Show

This week at the Newport international Boat Show, Hinckley Yachts of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, introduced their new 41 with triple V10 Mercury outboards. The Doug Zurn design follows on the incredibly successful debut at the 2025 Newport show of the Hinckley 39 with the brand’s first bow-lounge configuration. The 41 will also have a large bow lounge with seating for six. This space accompanies the outside lounge area in the cockpit and the interior social area in the small salon. As Hinckley’s Director of Marketing Scott Bryant has noted, “Our owners tend to use their boats mostly for day drips…

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Nine New Power Cruisers Make Their Debuts at the Newport International Boat Show Next Week

Next week in Newport Rhode Island, cruising enthusiasts from all over the Northeast will make their annual pilgrimage to the ity by the Sea to attend the Newport International Boat Show. The show has grown in size and importance over the last decade and is now the place for many boat builders to debut their newest models. Here’s a look at nine new cruisers and trawlers that are having their debutant parties in Newport next week: Hunt 56 by DiMillo’s The new Hunt 56 marks the first model introduced under Hunt Yachts by DiMillo’s, pairing the legendary Ray Hunt Deep-V…

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Outer Reef Launches New 540 Adventure Sport with Quad Outboards

Here’s an innovative new model for Outer Reef, the respected builder of luxury cruising and expedition yachts. In league with their Dutch partners, the OR team has taken the proven 540 Adventure motor yacht and spiced it up with four, 12-cylinder, 500-horsepower Mercury outboards. You might think an expedition quality aluminum cruising yacht being adapted for outboards was something of an oxymoron.  But that would be missing the point. What OR is offering is a high-performance sport cruiser that is also a long range pasagemaker with a range of 2,000 miles or more. Outboards can be quieter yet faster than…

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Jeanneau Introduces New Sea Loft 480 Floating Cruising Villa

You have to hand it to the brand managers and designers at Jeanneau for constantly thinking outside the box. If fact, it seems at times that they don’t  know there is a box. The Sea Loft 480 proves the point. And it is informative that in the description of the boat on the Jeanneau website and brochure the concept of “cooking’ is an oft repeated theme. Sure, we all cook when we cruise, but they seem to be inferring that what’s going on here is instead cruising while actually cooking. And why not, the new design was created for families…

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Grand Banks Introduces New GB 65 Deluxe Family Cruiser

Grand Banks announced this week that they are adding an all new 65-footer to their line that will fit neatly between the 62 and 70. Like the other models in the 60 range the new 65 will be available with either an open flybridge or an enclosed Skylounge. Both versions share the new streamlined lines introduced by CEO and chief designer Mark Richards when he took over the company.  While the new designs have the traditional Downeast aesthetic that made the early models so distinctive, the new Grand Banks are sleek, graceful and downright handsome. Part of the evolution of…

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New Ferretti 800 Marries Stylish Grace with Immense Power

The new 800 from the Italian builder Ferretti carries the company’s unmistakable DNA – that unique Italian blend of style and power. At 80 feet, the hull is of a size that carries its lines including the flybridge sweetly and without any jarring visual angles.  The actual flybridge is almost invisible from off the boat. Like this generation of Ferretti yachts, the 800 has been dedicated to outdoor living at its best.  On the fore deck, the designers have included a spacious sunning area with wide sunbeds. Plus, there is a lounge and a dining table that will seat five…

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Finnish-Built Grandezza 34OB Packs a Ton of Quality and Space in a Small Package

This is a first for Cruising Odyssey. We have never reviewed a boat from the Finnish builder Grandezza even though they have been building boats for a generation and have dealers around the world. Simply put, they do not show boats at American shows and do not have an American distributor. So here we go. The newest boat in their line of sport cruisers from 25 to 37 feet is the 34 Outboard. This is the same hull used in the 34 inboard but by moving the propulsion aft useful interior spaces have been opened up. Built on Finland’s west…

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2026 Atlantic Sargassum Bloom Thickest on Record

This year has seen ocean temperature in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans set record levels with select areas reaching 100 degrees Fahrenheit. This increase is causing flora and fauna in both oceans to change traditional patterns and none more so that the great bloom of  Sargassum in the Atlantic. Up until 2011, the Atlantic Sargassum bloom was mainly confined to the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the North Atlantic. Small patches of the weed would break off and float into the trade winds that blew them west. But these were occasional patches and few and far between Starting…

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