Author Peter Janssen

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Princess Launches New V50 Cruiser

Princess Yachts, one of the largest builders in the UK, just launched its new V50 Open cruiser at the Cannes Yachting Festival. The new V50 is an updated version of an aging 50 that was one of Princess’ most popular cruisers for many years, with an all-new hull and deck and considerably more power. For the update, Princess worked with Pininfarina, the iconic Italian design house, for a sleek, more modern look. Power comes from twin 480-hp Volvo IPS650 pod drives, providing 80-hp more than the earlier boat as well as making docking and low-speed maneuvering easy with the IPS…

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Barton & Gray Launches First Daychaser

Barton & Gray Mariners Club just launched their first Daychaser, an elegant 48-foot luxury day boat, designed specifically for club members by Doug Zurn. Until now, the club’s fleet has included almost 70 Hinckleys, spread among 30 ports around the country. The club, founded in Nantucket in 2006, has been growing rapidly. It now forecasts a record number of 12,000 outings this year. Members, who pay a base fee of $39,500, usually use the boats for one- to four-hour cruises; the boats come with a captain and concierge service. A few years ago the club realized that it needed a…

Gear
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New Humphree Stabilizers for Mid-Sized Boats

Humphree just introduced its new Lightning interceptor trim and stabilizer system, designed specifically for boats from 25 to 45 feet. It’s meant to provide a stable and comfortable ride on all powerboats, whether they have inboard, outboard, or stern-drive  propulsion. A Swedish company, Humphree was founded in 2002 and has been building trim and stabilizer systems for recreational and commercial boats ever since. (It has a U.S. office in Selbyville, Maryland.) In recent years, I’ve tested a variety of larger cruising boats with automatic Humphree interceptor systems and have always been impressed by their fast and smooth response. With the…

Charter
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The Good Life on European Hotel Barges

You still have some time left for a late fall cruise, or you can plan now for next spring and summer. Either way, European Waterways has a fleet of luxury hotel barges in Europe and the UK where you can enjoy first-class service and accommodations while cruising through some of the most historic and beautiful waterways of the world. Here’s a small sample of the barges, the routes and the opportunities to immerse yourself in the local culture along the way: La Belle Epoque is a 12-passenger deluxe hotel barge, with wood paneling, custom seating, a spa pool, and marble…

Cruising Life
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La Niña To Hit U.S. for 3rd Straight Year

La Niña, the temporary cooling of waters in the central Pacific that has the greatest influence on weather in the Northern Hemisphere, lives on, and on, and on. Indeed, the world’s leading meteorologists just predicted that La Niña will enjoy a “triple dip” this year, making it the first time this century when it will persist for three straight winters here. “It is exceptional to have three consecutive years with a La Niña event,” said Petteri Taalas, secretary general of the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. “Its cooling influence is temporarily slowing the rise in global temperatures, but it will not…

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Lazzara Designs New 60-Foot Outboard Cat

Joe Lazzara, of the iconic Lazzara yachting family, has designed a new 60-foot catamaran powered by four 600-hp Mercury Verado V12 outboards. It’s a Legacy LC-60, part of the Legacy Superyachts by the Lazzara Family group, and it’s an aluminum cat with an efficient planing hull with some innovations designed to make boating more user-friendly. The Legacy cat has a steady and wide platform, with a lot of carbon fiber for strength and light weight. With the four outboards, top speed is set for 45 knots, with a cruising speed of 30 knots. The new cat is marked by its…

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Highfield To Launch 2 New RIBS in Lauderdale

Highfield just announced that it will launch two new sport RIBs at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, starting Oct. 26. For the U.S. market, Highfield will introduce the Sport 900, an almost 30-foot company flagship, and the slightly smaller 25-foot Sport 760. Highfield has been making premium aluminum-hulled RIBs from 10 to 30 feet in China since 2011; they are now sold in 38 countries around the world. The company actually is launching a total of five new models for 2023. They have military-grade, high-tensile chromated and powder-coated aluminum hulls, based on Highfield’s commercial Patrol series, with enhanced stability, seaworthiness…

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Shark Kills U.S. Tourist in Bahamas

An American tourist was attacked and killed while she was snorkeling with her family in the Bahamas on Tuesday. Caroline DiPlacido, 58, who lived near Erie, Pennsylvania, was on a seven-night cruise on the Harmony of the Seas with her husband and three children. The liner left Port Canaveral on Friday. When it docked in Nassau, the family took an excursion with a local tour company for a snorkeling trip. The family was snorkeling near Rose Island when police said a bull shark attacked DiPlacido. Her husband and children rushed to her aid, along with employees of the tour boat…

Engine Room
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Evoy Launches 300-hp Electric Outboard

Evoy just launched its new Storm 300+hp electric outboard at the Cannes Yachting Festival; it’s the most powerful electric outboard in the world. Evoy, a Norwegian company, also announced that it’s formed partnerships with three boat builders, in a major move forward in the drive to replace fossil-fuel motors with electric motors that are quiet and produce no fumes or emissions. The market leader for high-performance electric motors, Evoy now makes inboard and outboard electric motors from 120-hp to 400-hp for recreational and commercial vessels. The Evoy 300+hp offers 225kW of continuous power, it weighs just 363 pounds, and it’s…

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Silent Yachts Making 60-Knot Electric RIB

Silent Yachts just announced that it’s creating a new line of electric-powered performance boats, starting with a 60-knot Speed 28 RIB. The new 28 will be powered by two 200kW electric motors that provide a range of 70 nm at 30 knots. Silent made the announcement at the Cannes Yachting Festival this week. The first hull of the Speed 28 is scheduled to be launched in October. The new RIB has futuristic looks, embedded solar cells, and foils for performance. It can be used as a superyacht tender, or it can be trailered anywhere to function as a high-performance, all-around…

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