Boat Reviews

New Sundeck 580 Light-Filled Italian Cruiser Comes to Lauderdale

By Peter Janssen on September 8, 2019 Boat Reviews

The new, aggressively styled, Italian-built Sundeck 580 cruiser, with massive amounts of sunning and relaxing space on the flybridge and the foredeck, will make its U.S. debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, starting Oct. 30. Sundeck Yachts are built in Ravenna, on the Adriatic, and they bring a contemporary Italian design to their cruisers, with an emphasis on comfort and efficiency. The new 580, with its plumb bow and windows all around, has lots of light-filled interior volume for a cruising boat; it also makes use of exterior space to make cruising enjoyable. The foredeck, for example, has…

New Cutwater 32 CB: A User-Friendly, Fast Family Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on September 3, 2019 Boat Reviews

The new flagship of the ever-growing, increasingly-popular Cutwater fleet, the new 32 Command Bridge is a user-friendly family cruiser with a creative combination of space, comfort and performance. Indeed, standard power on the new Cutwater 32 CB is twin 300-hp Yamaha outboards, and they will deliver enough speed to help you reach that remote cove before nightfall or let you outrun an approaching storm. Cutwater is known for its ability to pack a lot of standard features inside and out its boats. The 32 CB has a master cabin forward, with an island bed, LED lighting and a head and…

New Corona 70 Power Cat: Light and Space Everywhere

By Peter Janssen on September 2, 2019 Boat Reviews

The new Corona 70, a semi-planing power cat, is simply filled with light and space. There are windows and glass doors everywhere, and if you’re looking for more space than is usual on a 70-foot yacht, consider the bull-beam lower deck, where the starboard hull folds out to provide a private balcony off the master stateroom. And the transom does double duty, opening up to house a “beach club” there with chaise lounges, sofas, low tables and large screen TVs. If you want to make a statement, the Corona 70 would be at the top of your list. That is,…

Wally Launches Stunning New 48 Day Cruiser in Cannes

By Peter Janssen on August 27, 2019 Boat Reviews

Wally will launch its new 48 day cruiser, with its elegant, clean, Euro-style looks and its fold-down bulwarks, at the Cannes Yachting Festival, starting Sept. 10. Powered by twin Volvo IPS650 pod drives, the new Wally tops out at 38 knots, and has a range of 305 nm at 24 knots. The Wally 48 looks powerful and swift underway, but it comes into its own when it’s stopped, and you can fold out the aft bulwarks to expand the cockpit on both sides. In fact, when they’re down, you can walk all the way around the aft-facing sun lounges in…

Nordhavn To Show New 63 Aft Pilothouse Cruiser in Newport

By Peter Janssen on August 27, 2019 Boat Reviews

Nordhavn will be showing its new 63 aft pilothouse cruiser at the Newport International Boat Show, starting Sept. 12. With a hullform based on the popular (and well-proven) Nordhavn 55, the 63 will take you anywhere in the world. It’s powered by a single 325-hp John Deere diesel, and it carries 2,500 gallons of fuel, so it definitely is capable of repeating the route of the historic Nordhavn Atlantic Rally 15 years ago, from Fort Lauderdale to Gibraltar (with stops in Bermuda and the Azores). If you want to stay closer to home, the Nordhavn 63 will carry you in…

First Look: New Hinckley 40x Sport Boat with Three Outboards

By Peter Janssen on August 1, 2019 Boat Reviews

Here’s a first look at the brand-new Hinckley 40x Sport Boat that was just launched in Newport, Rhode Island, with three 300-hp Mercury Verado outboards. Designed by the legendary C. Raymond Hunt Associates, the new Hinckley was built specifically for outboard power, and it has a 23-degree deadrise at the transom to cut cleanly through rough water. The new Hinckley, coming from the Down East company that invented a genre when it introduced the iconic Picnic Boat in 1994, has two cabins and one head to make cruising comfortable and easy. In keeping with the times, Hinckley says the new…

Hinckley Building 40x Sport Boat with Three Outboards and a Cabin for Two Couples

By Peter Janssen on April 3, 2019 Boat Reviews

The renderings of the new Hinckley 40x sport boat, the cruising boat version, are certainly appealing, but they really don’t do the boat justice. I just saw a model of this latest Hinckley at the Palm Beach show, and it’s simply a beautiful boat. Everything is right – the proportions, the flowing lines, the updated application of Hinckley’s classic Down East heritage. The 40x is the second version of the outboard-powered sport boat that Hinckley introduced six months ago, and it will be launched in a few months. The first version, the 40c, was the center console model, although as…

Jeanneau To Launch New Owner-Friendly NC 37 Coastal Cruiser at Miami Show

By Peter Janssen on January 15, 2019 Boat Reviews

The new Jeanneau NC 37, a one-level family cruiser with a hull designed by Michael Peters, will make its North American debut at the Miami International Boat Show starting Feb. 14. With its panoramic side windows, large sunroof and fully opening glass door aft, the new Jeanneau is a light-filled, French-styled coastal cruising boat that makes living on board easy underway or at anchor. You can step aboard from a large teak swim platform and enter the cockpit via a stainless steel gate on the starboard side of the transom. The cockpit is built for lounging, with a large L-shaped…

New Ocean-Crossing Leopard 51 PC: A Big, Fast, Family Cruiser or Charter Boat

By Peter Janssen on January 1, 2019 Boat Reviews, Charter, Cruising Life

A seakindly, large, long-range cruising boat, the new Leopard 51 PC comes in either a three- or four-cabin configuration, and is designed for either private or charter use. In either configuration, the Leopard 51, which is delivered on its own bottom from the Robertson & Caine yard in Cape Town, South Africa, is a fuel-efficient family cruiser with a nice turn of speed and enough interior volume to make a long cruise or charter enjoyable and comfortable. Designed by the Dutch firm of Simonis Voogd, the Leopard 51, with a beam of more than 25 feet, provides a stable platform…

Greenline Launching New 48 Coupe with Solar, Hybrid or Diesel Power

By Peter Janssen on December 19, 2018 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Greenline Yachts, the Slovenia builder that’s at the forefront of the electric- and hybrid- power revolution, is launching a new Greenline 48 Coupe at the Düsseldorf show in January; it will be introduced to the U.S. at the Miami show in February. The 48 Coupe is modeled after the company’s 48 Flybridge model, and comes after customers said they wanted a large coupe-style boat. Because of its coupe configuration, the new 48 has an array of 2.4kW solar panels on its cabintop, providing the equivalent power of a small generator running all the time. The solar panels provide enough power…

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