Author George Day

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Practical Tips for Removing and Installing a Propeller

Gilbert Park was getting his boat ready for a 300-mile cruise and decided to give the back end a good survey. The rudders looked fine, but the starboard propeller had some pock-marks that indicated electrolysis. Park wasn’t sure if the prop needed to be replaced or repaired but he knew he needed to take it to the local propeller store to get a professional opinion. And, that meant he had to pull the prop off the shaft. Once the split pin and nuts were removed, Park tried a bit of old-fashioned brute force. Despite a big hammer and a block…

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Naval Yachts Introduces the Pure Expedition Yacht XPM 78

Naval Yachts, the Turkish builder of fine motor yachts and expedition yachts, has introduced their  new XPM 78. If you hanker for high adventure cruising to the ends of the earth, then an expedition yacht is for you. The XPM 78 is a purposeful, businesslike, aluminum vessel with a nearly plumb bow, a fairly narrow beam, a large raised salon and a sugar-scoop transom. Up top there is a large, enclosed flybridge which will be useful when maneuvering through bergy bits in the Arctic. The hull form is a shoal-draft, semi-displacement configuration with a round bottom, chines at the waterline,…

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Out of Control Powerboat Kills Woman on Biscayne Bay

Last Saturday, on Florida’s Biscayne Bay,  Claudia Orellanes and Neil Schwabe were thrown from his twin-engine, 27-foot center console as it spun wildly out of control at high speed. As the boat circled, its propellers tragically struck both Orellanes and Schwabe inflicting serious wounds before taking off with no one at the controls. This is the second powerboat fatality on the bay in the last week. Orellanes was pulled from the water by nearby rescuers but died from her injuries. Schwabe was airlifted to an area hospital but as of Thursday no report on his condition had been published. Dramatic video…

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Grand Banks Celebrates 70th Anniversary

At  last week’s Palm Beach International Boat Show Grand Banks, the pioneering developer of trawler-style cruising boats for family cruisers, tthrew he first celebration in 2026 of it’s 70th year in business.  It’s hard to believe that the original company known as American Marine was launched in 1956. Grand Banks, which is now part of the Grand Banks Group that includes Palm Beach Yachts and East Bay Yachts, started life on the waterfront in Hong Kong. With the introduction of the Grand Banks 36 in 1964, the builder created its defining essence.  The salty, ship-like 36 footer invented the trawler…

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Marex Introduces New 390 Family Cruiiser

Here’s a look at one of our favorite new boats at last week’s Palm Beach International Boat Show where we got a look at the first model to come to North America. The Norwegian boat builder Marex, which launched its new partnership MarexUSA at last year’s  Palm Beach show, introduced their new 39-footer. The new design is known as the Marex 390 and fits in the line between the 330 and 440 Gourmet Cruiser. 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…

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At PBIBS, Hinckley Introduces New Picnic Boat 45

I’ve spent the last two days at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in Palm Beach, Florida, and have had the chance to see a dozen or more brand new family cruisers that are being introduced to the U.S. market for the first time. This morning we’ll take a moment to highlight one that comes from one of America’s most venerated builders. The new Hinchley Picnic Boat 45 is a big handsome day cruiser and sometime weekender with a speedboat’s brisk performance. The design was drawn by Micheal Peters and contains all of Hickley’s Downeast DNA but with a difference.…

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New De Antonio 60 Pushes the Envelope to the Limit

The Spanish builder De Antonio has carved out a special and innovative niche in the performance cruiser market. With futuristic styling, sumptuous living spaces and performance that blows your hair back, the range checks a lot of buyers’ boxes. The new 60 pushes the brands existing envelop right to the edge without sacrificing that special De Antonio DNA. The 60 comes standard with four Mercury Verado outboard that will deliver sped in the mid forties. But, you can opt for four 600-horsepower Verados –a whopping 2,400 horses—that will get you in the 50-knot range.  This a really going radical. The…

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Maine Builder Lyman Morse Lays Keel for New Hood 46 LM

Lyman Morse, based in Thomaston and Camden, Maine, announced last week that they had begun building an all new Chris Hood-designed 46 LM. The new design expands the LM series and fits between the 35 LM and 57 LM. With classic downeast styling, the new 46 will be a classic combination of traditional Maine character, advanced composite construction and thoroughly modern engineering. Each LM yacht is a semi-custom project so owners have plenty of personal input in the final boat. The LM series models are built in series which means the builder can reduce delivery times while still focusing on…

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Classic 1901 Steam Yacht Cangarda Finds New Life in Turkey

The 125-foot Cangarda is the last of the sailing steam-powered yachts built in the U.S. during the gilded age of yachting. The yacht was built in 1091by the Delaware ship yard Pusy & Jones for the Michigan lumber baron Charles Canfield. Cangarda has had a storied life. She cruised widely under a series of owners and has entertained the powerful, royalty and world leaders. During World War II, the Canadian Navy used her as a training ship. She even spent 18 month under water when. In 1999 she sank in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, and lay submerged until 2020. But there…

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Eight Must-See New Cruisers at Next Week’s PBIBS

So, what is PBIBS, you might ask? Well, it is what marine business folk call the Palm Beach International Boat Show that opens next Wednesday on Marc h 25. This all powerboat show, which is actually located in West Palm Beach along the Intracoastal Waterway, has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade and become one of our favorite shows. The mix of boats seems just about right in a balance between family cruisers (our thing), mega yachts, muscle boats and dinghies. Plus there are acres of gear and equipment and service companies with booths on land. Increasingly,…

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