Author George Day

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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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Sea Levels May Be Higher than Many Scientists Thought

Science, as we know, is a process of marching by rial, error, experiments and theories toward the truth. Along the way some data is kept and other discarded. That’s ust what has happened with the generally accepted level of oceans. It turns out that sea levels around the world are in fact higher, and in some cases much higher, that the measurements and observations from satellite have indicated. It turns out that the method of measuring the sea level’s relationship to the shoreline was not providing a cross-reference data set and was often under reporting the accrual levels. And the…

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New Absolute Navetta 62 Sparkles with Italian Brio

It has only been 15 years since Absolute emerged on the scene in a very crowed segment of the cruising market. Yet, by dint of extraordinary designs and inimitable style, the brand has now developed 10 models from 48 to 70 feet. The new Navetta 62, which was introduced at last fall’s Cannes Festival of Yachting, bears all of her sisterships’ DNA. The plumb bow and hull sides bearing large sculptural glazing match very well with the low slung flybridge and the neat lines of the sheer and bulwarks. There is nothing shy about the new 62 The hydraulic stern…

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Starlink Changes the Cruising Lifestyle for Better or Worse

It has been almost six years since Elon Musk’s visionary company Starlink flipped the “on” switch and changed the way we access the internet when far from cell towers and cable hook ups. Starlink now has. 10 million subscribers and has played vital roles in all walks of life, including the Ukraine’s valiant efforts to beat back the invading Russians. For normal cruisers, Starlink has provided an affordable way to stay linked to the internet and thus allows us to work from our boats anywhere in the world.  That means we can live a blended lifestyle in which we can…

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The Great Eastern Loop Offers A Summer of Adventurous Cruising

While the Great Loop of the eastern half of the US is famous and often referred to, its little cousin, the Great Eastern Loop, is well worth any adventurous cruiser’s attention The 2,400 mile loop makes a circumnavigation of the US Northeast and the Canadian Maritimes. Nominally, the route starts in New York City and leads up the Hudson River to Lake Champlain. From there it follows the Richelieu River the length of the Chaplain Valley into Canada where it joins the St. Lawrence River at the city of Sorel-Tracy.  There’s a 17-foot height limit on this section of the…

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Outer Reef 540 Adventure Has 2,000-Mile Range

It was just a year ago that  Outer Reef Yachts announced the introduction of the new 540 Adventure. The new boat follows in the wake of the 780 Adventure that was introduced 18 months ago. Like the bigger model, the new 54-footer will be built in The Netherlands. The new 540 was designed by the Dutch firm Bern Weel Design and carries the same purposeful, expedition styling as the 780. It is being built in fiberglass, with Divinicell coring above the waterline and in the deck and super structure. Powered by twin Volvo D8-600 engines with conventional straight shafts, the…

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New Tiara 46 LS Makes Debut at Palm Berach Show

Tiara Yachts of Holland, Michigan, announced this week that the highly respected American builder will be introducing their all new Tiara 46 Luxury Sport at the Palm Beach International Boat Show on March 25. The new design is a performance cruiser powered by three 600-horsepower Mercury Verado engines that drives a deep-V hull with a dead rise at the stern of 21 degrees. This combination of power and hull form will give the 46 an eye watering top end speed and as soft a ride through the waves as can be created. “The 46 LS is a meaningful step forward…

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American-Built Northern Marine Raised-Pilothouse 57 Has a 5,000-Mile Range

Here’s a look at an American-built long range cruiser that embodies the very best of classic trawler design and construction. Hull number one was launched in 2022 in Anacortes, Washington. The Northern Marine raised-pilothouse 57 is long-range expedition yacht, designed for an owner-operator to cruise anywhere in the world. The 57, powered by a single 325-horsepower John Deere, has a range of 5,000 nm at 8.75 knots. The boat holds 2,600 gallons of fuel and burns 4.2 gph at that speed. Top speed is over 10 knots. Northern Marine has a rich heritage of building commercial fishing boats, working trawlers…

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