Boat Reviews

CL Yachts Launches Entry-Level 65 Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on August 15, 2022 Boat Reviews

CL Yachts just launched the first hull of its new CLB65 family cruiser, its smallest yacht to date, at the Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Zhuhai, China. The new 65 is scheduled for its world debut at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, starting Oct. 26. CL Yachts, the new luxury brand from Cheoy Lee, is calling the 65 an entry-level cruiser, the smaller sister to the CLB72. It has a basic layout of three staterooms and three heads. Standard power comes from twin 800-hp Volvo IPS1050 pod drives, delivering a top speed of 27 knots. The 65 was designed by naval…

New Fairline 58 with Balconies, Beach Club

By Peter Janssen on August 15, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Fairline, the major British builder, is making an all-new Squadron 58 cruiser. It will be the first Fairline with balconies that drop down from the sides of the yacht and a large beach club aft. The forward rake of the hardtop over the flybridge gives the new Fairline a sporty look that carries over to its performance. With standard 900-hp Volvo diesels with straight shafts, the Squadron 58 should top out at more than 30 knots and cruise at about 26 knots. Twin 1,000-hp Volvos are optional. The new Squadron 58 replaces the Squadron 53, and it’s scheduled to be…

Sunreef Launching New Luxury 70 Power Cat

By Peter Janssen on August 8, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Sunreef says it will launch its new, luxurious and fully customizable 70 Power Catamaran at the Cannes Yachting Festival, starting Sept. 6. The massive new 70, which can hold 20 people on its main deck, is the latest in the Polish builder’s power range, which now runs from 60 to 100 feet. The builder of innovative power and sail catamarans, Sunreef is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The new 70 has a beam of more than 37 feet, so there’s simply a vast amount of usable space on the main deck and the flybridge. The salon, with windows all…

Glamorous New Riva 76 Heading to Cannes

By Peter Janssen on August 3, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The new, elegant and glamorous Riva 76 Bahamas Super yacht, with a cool cantilevered sunroof, will make its debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival starting Sept. 6. This Riva 76 has a glossy hull in what the Italian builder calls a Shark Grey color with Bright Black accents. And new glazing gives the Riva a distinctive look, while providing the lower accommodations deck with lots of natural light. The yacht has three cabins and three heads, plus a crew cabin with its own head. Standard power is twin 1,550-hp MAN diesels, with a top speed of 32 knots and a…

Hanse Launches Versatile New RYCK 280

By Peter Janssen on August 1, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

HanseYachts AG, the giant German builder, has launched a new powerboat line called RYCK, starting with the versatile and highly customizable RYCK 280. The new RYCK, named after the river that flows from the Hanse yard in Greifswald to the Baltic, can hold eight people and tops out at about 40 knots when powered with a 300-hp Mercury Verado outboard. It was designed by Bill Dixon, the British naval architect who has developed leading power- and sail-boats for many years. For its part, Hanse is one of the world’s largest boat manufacturers, building Hanse, Dehler and Moody brands for sail…

Jeanneau Builds 3-Outboard NC Weekender

By Peter Janssen on July 28, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Jeanneau just announced that it will display its new flagship 40-foot NC Weekender, a 40-foot cruiser with three 300-hp Yamaha outboards, at this fall’s boat shows in the U.S. The new boat, officially the NC 1295, has signature panoramic windows all around the salon, a large flybridge, a terrace that folds out of the starboard side of the cockpit, and three cabins and two heads below. Part of France’s giant Beneteau Group, Jeanneau is building the NC 1295 to meet the growing desire for outboard-powered cruising boats in the U.S., while also incorporating other trends, including the desire for several…

Sunseeker Launches Golden 65 Sport Yacht

By Peter Janssen on July 26, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The Sunseeker 65 Sport Yacht is sleek enough and powerful enough to turn heads in harbors around the world, but now, just to make sure that no one fails to take notice, it is offered with a custom gold paint job. Sunseekers, of course, are made in the UK. Not surprisingly, a new gold model has been sold to an owner in Southern California. Depending on the light, it’s not really a gold color. In fact, Sunseeker officially calls it a Custom Bronze. Whatever. Sunseeker launched the 65 Sport Yacht a year ago, and it has already won an award…

Dutch Start-Up Prints 3D Recyclable Boat

By Peter Janssen on July 26, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

A Dutch startup named Tanaruz has created a new way to make boats, recycle them, and then build you a new one using material from the old one when you want to move up. Tanaruz Boats has just launched its first boat, a 15-foot electric model called the Tanaruz DSI (pictured above), made by a 3D printer and a combination of polypropylene flakes with a blend of fiberglass. The flakes are melted to a heat of 200 degrees and then sprayed in a continuous stream, layer on layer. The ABB printer uses a Track Motion system and works 24 hours…

Lyman-Morse Building Hood 35 LM Flybridge

By Peter Janssen on July 26, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Lyman-Morse just announced that they’re building hull number two of the new Hood 35 LM at their factory in Thomaston, Maine. It’s the first of that model to have a flybridge, and it’s scheduled to be launched next spring. The flybridge boat, like the express version in hull number one, was designed by C.W. Hood Yachts in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and the lines are classic. When I first glanced at the rendering I thought of a modern, updated version of a Bertram 31, a Blackfin 32. Like those boats, the Hood 35 LM Flybridge is definitely built for performance. Power comes…

Holterman Launches New X-Treme 78 Sport

By Peter Janssen on July 25, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Holterman Shipyard in The Netherlands just launched its new X-Treme 78 Sport, the latest in its cruising yacht series. Powered by twin 1,000-hp Volvo IPS1350 pod drives, the new four-stateroom X-Treme tops out at more than 28 knots. Holterman was founded in 1964 in Meppel, northeast of Amsterdam. Its X-Treme series now has a 54, 62, 78 (Sport and Fly), 90 and 105. They are all meant to be relatively fast, comfortable, cruising motoryachts. The 78 Sport has an all-aluminum, V-shaped hull, designed by Bernd Weel Design. The luxurious interior is by Kitty van der Kamp Design. The design is…

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