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Grand Banks Launches New Eastbay 60 in Newport

GB Marine Group just introduced its new Eastbay 60, an elegant, three-stateroom sedan with the company’s patented V-Warp hull and a top speed of 38 knots, at the Newport show. The new cruiser is the eighth model in the line since Eastbay launched its first boat, an Eastbay 38, in 1993. That boat had a C. Ray Hunt hull. Now all of the yachts in the GB Marine Group – Grand Banks, Palm Beach and Eastbay – have the V-Warp hull for comfort, range and speed. And they are all made at the rapidly expanding GB Marine Group yard in…

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MJM, Sabre, Garmin, All Winners at Newport

MJM was the big winner at the Newport International Boat Show, walking away with two awards (Best Powerboat in the show and Best Powerboat Over 30 Feet), while Sabre won the People’s Choice award for the most popular boat, and the Garmin inReach Mini 2 Marine Bundle won the Best Electronics Award. The Everglades 285cc won in the Best Powerboat Under 30 Feet category. The awards are for domestic and foreign products launched in the U.S. after April 1, 2022, that made their boat show debuts in Newport. Show attendees selected the People’s Choice Award; all the other awards were…

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Mike Straub Completes Loop on Sea-Doo

Mike Straub, a very determined software developer from Omaha, Nebraska, just completed the Great Loop on his 12-foot Sea-Doo. Straub started on June 9 from Bellevue, just south of Omaha on the Missouri River, and put more than 6,000 miles under his hull until he crossed his wake on the Missouri earlier this week. Straub wrote on his Facebook page, Sea Doo Looper, that he’s now going up the Missouri and plans to arrive back in Omaha on Saturday. For Straub, the Loop was hardly a whim. He believes in living his passion. A few years ago, he drove across the…

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Sea Bubbles Unveils New Hybrid in Cannes

Sea Bubbles just unveiled their new 26-foot hydrofoil at the Cannes show. It’s powered by a hybrid system using electric motors and a hydrogen fuel cell; top speed is 22 knots with the foils deployed. A French company, Sea Bubbles introduced its first vessel, a five-seat hydrofoiling Bubble Taxi, in 2019. The new Sea Bubble, holding eight passengers, is designed for the recreational market. It’s larger and faster than the original. The new craft provides a smooth and quiet cruise at 18 knots. It can run for two hours and 30 minutes at that speed. You then can recharge it…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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