Author Peter Janssen

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Time To Say Goodbye

As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. For me, that time is now. I’ll be 88 years old on July 1; Cruising Odyssey is well established (this is our 399th weekly edition) and in good hands. It’s time to say goodbye. I’ve been a journalist all my adult life. My first job was as a reporter at a wire service in Chicago. I was in grad school at Northwestern (after Stanford) and had a half-tuition scholarship. To make the other half, I worked two or three days a week as a reporter for the…

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Dali Leaves Baltimore – Finally

Escorted by a fleet of four tugboats and a Coast Guard cutter, the 984-foot-long container ship Dali left Baltimore on Monday, almost three months after it hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge there, killing six construction workers and closing the busy harbor. The Coast Guard established a 500-yard safety zone around the Dali as it headed down to Norfolk. On board were a full crew of 22 and six salvage experts. The ship arrived in Norfolk the next day for repairs. Last week a Federal judge oversaw an agreement where some members of the original 21-man crew were allowed to…

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Feadship Launches First Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Yacht

Feadship has launched the first superyacht with zero-emissions hydrogen fuel cells at its Amsterdam yard. The legendary Dutch builder says this is the first hydrogen-powered superyacht in the world and represents five years of R&D. It’s 390-feet long and called Project 821. The hydrogen fuel cells can’t power the yacht across the Atlantic, but they can provide enough power to run the hotel load (including heat, air conditioning and other amenities) for a week without introducing any noise or carbon emissions. “The aim has been to develop a new, clean technology not just for this project, but for the world,”…

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Superyacht Crew Charged with Setting Greek Fire

Greek authorities arrested the entire 13-member crew of a 176-foot superyacht last weekend and charged them with setting off fireworks that burned 3,000 acres and the entire pine forest on the island of Hydra, south of Athens. The fire started Friday evening. Prosecutors in Piraeus say the captain of another superyacht in the area told them that the fireworks came from the yacht Persefoni 1. The crew was arrested when the yacht docked near Athens on Saturday, and they appeared in court on Sunday facing arson charges. “What was destroyed was an absolutely beautiful pine forest and on the night…

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New $43.5 Million Marina for Clearwater Beach

Here’s some good news for anyone cruising along the Gulf coast of Florida or even on the Great Loop. The City Council of Clearwater just voted to replace the aging  Clearwater Beach Marina with a new one with about 165 slips, modern amenities and a waterfront promenade. For the Clearwater Beach Marina, location is everything. It’s on Clearwater Bay, just south of the Memorial Causeway leading to the mainland and with no bridges between it and the Gulf, basically just around the corner. The ICW is on one side, and the iconic Clearwater beach is just three blocks away on…

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Nimbus Launches New 495 Flybridge Flagship

Numbus, the ever-growing Swedish builder, just launched its new 495 Flybridge flagship, a big move up from the 405 Flybridge that had been its largest boat. Nimbus says the 495 Flybridge is built for an owner-operator and it’s designed in the voyager or explorer style so a couple or a family can cruise comfortably along the coasts of Europe or the U.S. and spend long vacations on board. The company calls it “an island of its own.” Standard power comes from twin 480-hp Volvo IPS650 pod drives, with a top speed of 27 knots and a cruising speed of 20…

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Riveting Video of Ferry Docking in Greece

Don’t try this at home. But here’s a can’t-look-away video of a large ferry almost crashing into the bow of another ferry that’s already docked in the  port of Tinos, Greece. The video starts with the sleek Super Runner Seajets ferry entering the harbor on its run from Mykonos, a popular route. Then the captain spins the Seajets around to make his stern-to docking, swinging cross the bow of an already docked red-hulled Fast Ferry Andros. The starboard stern quarter of the Seajets seems to pass just inches away from the Andros’ bow, as passengers watch from the foredeck. Social…

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Pershing Launches New GTX80 Sports Yacht

Pershing just launched its new GTX80, the latest luxury performance cruiser in its GTX sports yacht series. With three 1,000-hp Volvo IPS1350 pod drives, the new 80-foot Pershing tops out at 34 knots, cruises at 28 knots, and has a range of 300 nm at 26 knots. But the new GTX80, like all other Pershings, is about much more than numbers. Indeed, the brand, part of the Ferretti Group, is known for its flowing lines and head-turning style as much it is for its performance. On the outside, the long, low, dynamic hull profile is marked by an almost vertical…

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CL Yachts Unveils New CLX99 Flagship

CL Yachts just announced that it’s building a new flagship CLX99, a larger, updated and more versatile version of the 96 it introduced at the Fort Lauderdale show in 2022. Martin Lo, CL Yachts director, said the new CLX99 is built on the same hull as the 96, but it has more interior volume, more external space and many new design features. It also offers new choices in layout aimed at potential owners in Asia and Europe, as well as the secondary charter market. Like the 96, the CLX99 was designed by Jozeph Forakis, a multi-talented, award-winning designer with offices…

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New Bluephire 34 with All-Glass Roof

 The new Bluephire 34 is a brand-new design, with an all-aluminum hull and an all-glass roof from one of Italy’s most experienced yards. It also introduces what the builder calls “several never-seen-before design features,” including a striking glass salon that opens at both ends, fore and aft. The 111-foot 34 is the first of a new Bluephire line created by Tureddi  Yacht, with later models from 98 to 197 feet. Tureddi has built more than 60 yachts in the past 45 years in Viareggio and Livorno for some of the best names in the business, including Sanlorenzo, Benetti, Codecasa. But…

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