Author George Day

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French Builder Prestige to Add M7 Power Cat to M Line

The new Prestige M7, whcih is to be intrpduced at the Cannes Festival of Yachting in September, joins the M48 and M8 in the now three-boat line of power cats. A flybridge liveaboard cruiser, the new design focuses on expansive outdoors spaces, fuel efficiency and a solar-powered silent mode. The designers have incorporated a wide platform aft between the catamaran’s sterns that becomes a kind of beach club with three levels and easy access to the water. Combine this with the outside lounge on the foredeck that has a sunken foot well and forward facing sofas and the almost 300…

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Update: Interim Report on Serious Ship Accident In UK Issued

This is an update on a story we ran two weeks ago about an accident involving a ship chartered by the US Navy. On March 10 at 0947 on a hazy morning in the English Channel, the Portuguese-flagged container ship Solong rammed the U.S.-flagged fuel supply ship  Stena Immaculate, pictured above, which was lying at anchor close to the English coast. The Stena Immaculate was under charter to the U.S. Navy’s Sealift Command and was loaded with more than 200,000 barrels of jet fuel. The collision breached one of the ship’s fuel tanks creating a massive leak. The heat generated…

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Aquador Celebrates 30 Years with New 400HT Express Cruiser

In January, Aquador celebrated its 30th year in business and the completion of its 4,000th boat. But who is Aquador? Finland has become a prolific builder of sport boats and express cruisers. You may have heard of Saxdor and Axopar, which have made a splash in the US as well as around the world. But you may not have head of Aquador, even though it has been building Scandinavian-style sport boats and express cruisers for 30 years. To celebrate this milestone, the team at Aquador are launching an all-new 40-foot 400HT at BOOT Dusseldorf in January. The 400HT is the…

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Fire Prevention Can Save Lives on Your Boat

If you have ever seen a fiberglass boat catch fire and burn, particularly a gasoline-powered boat, you will appreciate just how devastating a fire afloat is. Fiberglass is highly flammable and fuel tanks are bombs just waiting to have their fuses lit. So, as we get into the spring and many of us get our boats ready for the summer boating and cruising seasons, cast your thoughts to what you need to do to prevent a fire from starting and then how to deal with the emergency should it occur. Coast Guard approved fire extinguishers are required on all motorize…

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Marex Introduces New 390 Family Cruiiser

The Norwegian boat builder Marex, which launched its new partnership MarexUSA at the Palm Beach show last month, announced last week that they are adding a new 39-footer to their line. The new design will be known as the Marex 390 and will complement the 330 and 430. While this two-cabin express cruiser bears the family resemblance of her sister ships, her lines are more futuristic and the salon windows and the hull glazing have been endowed with curves and angles in the modern European style. Founded in 1973 and still family owned, Marex has long been a respected player…

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Dream Yacht Charters Introduces Beneteau’s Electric Island Cruising Concept to the BVI

At last September’s Cannes Festival of Yachting in the South of France, I attended Beneteau’s annual press event and was introduced to the innovative electric Island Cruising Concept Yacht.  Always an innovator, Beneteau had a vision of boating and chartering in the future. Now, Dream Yacht Charters is offering that future in the BVI. Their fleet of sail and power boats now includes the boxy-looking electric hybrid power boats that are like floating beach houses with accommodations for a normal chart6er party The Island Cruising Concept is all about indoor-outdoor living and practical sustainability. The idea is to be close…

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Fate of the SS United States Still Uncertain

This winter, when the famous American ocean liner the SS United States was evicted from her-long-time berth in Philadelphia, her fate to become an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico appeared sealed. The then owners of the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, had been forced to sell the ship, either for scrap or to become a reef. Yet, something unexpected happened. The ship had been sold to Okaloosa County, Florida and plans were made to tow the ship to Mobile, Alabama where it would be stripped of all contaminates in preparation for scuttling off the coast.  But, as…

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Nordhavn 71 Hull Number Three Arrives in California

The Nordhavn 71 has been the topic of much excitement since the design was first released in 2023.  The 71 joins the 51 and the 625 as models that are delivered as complete boats with all systems, electronics and amenities built in. Not exactly “production” boats but semi-custom models that each has a strong family resemblance. But, each 71 is an owner’s own unique yacht that reflects their personal style and cruising preferences. In the photos of the 71 number three, you can see the southwestern, Texas tastes of the new owners who hail from the Lone Star State.  The…

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Innovative Sirena 60 to Launch in July 2025

Following the announcement in January that Sirena Yachts was retiring the 58 and replacing it with the all-new 60, few details were available so our initial preview was brief. Since then, Sirena has released more information and a host of renderings of the new design that reveal its character and many interesting details. Designed by German Frers, the new 60 is a long-range cruiser with a three-cabin, three-head layout. Plus, a crew’s cabin can be tucked in under the cockpit. Sirena is striving for a boat that can operate in three different modes. At efficiency speeds, the 60 will have…

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Regent Craft Sea Trials Prototype of the All-Electric Viceroy Seaglider

Here’s a story that piques my imagination since I am a fan of all things nautical and love innovation. In early March, Regent Craft, a Rhode Island based start-up, launched its first full-scale protype of the all-electric, 12-passenger Viceroy seaglider. They named the craft Paladin, i.e., a defender of a noble cause. At 55-feet in length and with a wingspan of 65 feet, the design is the largest all-electric flying machine ever built and represents a significant technological breakthrough.  The prototype will initially spend several months of in-the-water and foiling trials as all systems and critical software are tested and refined.…

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