Author George Day

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Explore Indonesia’s Vast Archipelago on Boutique Luxury Yachts

Now here is something different for adventurous travelers, a boutique-style charter on mini-cruise vessels in Indonesia. The outfit is called Rascal Voyages and they have two vessels Rascal and Rebel, each with five cabins, that will take you to the most pristine islands, reefs and beaches on the planet. Indonesia is a vast country made up of thousands of islands. It is also one of the world’s most populous countries but most of the people live on Java and very few live on the outer islands where there is no infrastructure, no airports and no bridges. The only way to…

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Marine Industry Leaders Gather to Discuss Sustainability

Last spring, the American Bureau of Shipping convened their first sustainability conference for the yacht industry in Monaco in an effort to share knowledge of the industry’s ongoing efforts to promote sustainability in yachts. Experts in their respective fields discussed efforts to develop alternative fuels, how to create more efficient electrical systems, where the development of fuel-cell technology is leading and more. It was agreed that the yacht industry had to take a public stand on sustainability since yachts are leisure craft and yachting is often considered by the general public to be wasteful and a prime source of carbon…

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Williams Jet Tenders Celebrates 20 Years in Business with Two New Models

The British designer and builder of water-jet powered tenders, Williams is marking it’s 20th year with the introduction of a new version of the SportJet 520 and a limited edition of their TurboJet 325. The new 520 delivers eye-watering speed and will accelerate in seconds to a top end of 56 knots. This latest version has many upgrades including new ergo-dynamic seating, a boarding step and a boarding handrail. The new limited-edition TurboJet 325 is a size that will fit into the dinghy garages on boats over 40 feet yet it still delivers high speed performance and the ability to…

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A Local’s Guide to Newport, RI at Boat Show Time

The Newport International Boat Show is only three weeks away with the kick-off on Thursday September 12. There are many reasons for coming to Newport for the show. It is the largest in-the-water show in the Northeast and features a broad selection of both sail and powerboats. Plus, acres of tents house hundreds of marine vendors of all types, many of whom offer great show discounts on their products and services. If you are coming to the show, you are also coming to the City by the Sea that is considered the sailing capital of America and has a new…

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Science Explains the Waterspout that Sank the Bayesian

One of the lead news stories of the week was the tragic and somewhat baffling capsize and sinking of the 183-foot yacht Bayesian near Porticello, Sicily, with the loss of seven souls. Fortunately, 15 of the 22 people on board survived. The consensus among Italian officials has solidified on the likelihood that the yacht was hit by a very local and very powerful waterspout that forced it over onto its side leading to massive flooding and ultimately, in minutes, to its sinking into 180 feet of water. Everyone has the same question: How could this have happened?  I have cruised…

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Beneteau to Build New Swift Trawler 54 Passagemaker

This year, Groupe Beneteau is celebrating its 140th year in the boat building business. Known as a builder of sailboats for most of that time, the expansion into the cruising powerboat world three decades ago certainly made waves across the boating market. The company’s Swift Trawler line helped define the market transition from 8-knot trawlers to roomy, ocean-going, trawler-like cruising boats that could run long distances at speeds in the mid-to-high teens. The new Swift Trawler 54 Passagemaker that the builder announced this summer will be the sixth model in the Swift Trawler line and fills a gap between the…

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Outback 50 Redefines Indoor-Outdoor Cruising

The Outback 50, designed by Michael Peters, has been on the scene for five years and still, in our estimation, occupies a unique niche among performance cruisers. It is a truly a boat that embraces the outdoor lifestyle. The concept begins with what Outback calls the “Infinity deck” or the expansive after deck that is open on the sides but covered with a hard-top extension of the salon’s cabin top. The sheer line has a step down as it runs aft and the cabin top, enclosing the flybridge and upper lounge, has a pleasant curve, so the straight hardtop aft…

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Heroic Teen Stops Runaway Motorboat on New Hampshire Lake. Watch Video

This is a story with a happy ending, but it certainly could have gone the other way had it not been for the bravery of 17-year-old Brady Procon. Procon was sitting on the porch of a rented cottage on the shore of New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesauke when he heard his father yell out that there was a driverless, out-of-control motorboat speeding in circles in the no wake zone where children were swimming. The motorboat belonged to a local sailing club and in a freak accident one of the sailing dinghies tipped over next to the instructor’s motorboat. Its mast hit…

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Update and New Video of Capsized Mega Yacht Love Bug

The capsized 121-foot mega yacht Love Bug was intentionally run into shallow waters near the Chesapeake Bay’s West River last week after it began taking on water. A witness on hand, Tim Hardman, who owns Tour Boat Annapolis, reported that he saw the yacht listing and as he got closer he could hear the high water alarms ringing. “As we tried to figure out what part of the boat we were looking at, we realized it slowly started to list and lean over to one side,” Hardman said. “I would say within four to five minutes the boat was consumed…

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Delphia 10 Builds Unusual Inland and Coastal Cruiser

And now for something a little different, a family cruiser that intentionally goes slow. The Polish builder, Delphia, now owned by Groupe Beneteau, has been building lake and coastal cruisers for 30 years and they continue to embrace the notion that cruising should be serene, quiet and, yes, slow. Their 32-foot Delphia 10 has a displacement trawler-style hull that provides a lot of interior volume for living and sleeping spaces. The boat comes with a number of power packages, including an all-electric system, and with the beefiest diesel, a 110-horesepower Yanmar, it tops out a nine knots.  It’s most efficient…

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