The Spanish builder De Antonio has carved out a special and innovative niche in the performance cruiser market. With futuristic styling, sumptuous living spaces and performance that blows your hair back, the range checks a lot of buyers’ boxes. The new 60 pushes the brands existing envelop right to the edge without sacrificing that special De Antonio DNA. The 60 comes standard with four Mercury Verado outboard that will deliver sped in the mid forties. But, you can opt for four 600-horsepower Verados –a whopping 2,400 horses—that will get you in the 50-knot range.  This a really going radical. The…

Lyman Morse, based in Thomaston and Camden, Maine, announced last week that they had begun building an all new Chris Hood-designed 46 LM. The new design expands the LM series and fits between the 35 LM and 57 LM. With classic downeast styling, the new 46 will be a classic combination of traditional Maine character, advanced composite construction and thoroughly modern engineering. Each LM yacht is a semi-custom project so owners have plenty of personal input in the final boat. The LM series models are built in series which means the builder can reduce delivery times while still focusing on…

The 125-foot Cangarda is the last of the sailing steam-powered yachts built in the U.S. during the gilded age of yachting. The yacht was built in 1091by the Delaware ship yard Pusy & Jones for the Michigan lumber baron Charles Canfield. Cangarda has had a storied life. She cruised widely under a series of owners and has entertained the powerful, royalty and world leaders. During World War II, the Canadian Navy used her as a training ship. She even spent 18 month under water when. In 1999 she sank in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, and lay submerged until 2020. But there…

It has only been 15 years since Absolute emerged on the scene in a very crowed segment of the cruising market. Yet, by dint of extraordinary designs and inimitable style, the brand has now developed 10 models from 48 to 70 feet. The new Navetta 62, which was introduced at last fall’s Cannes Festival of Yachting, bears all of her sisterships’ DNA. The plumb bow and hull sides bearing large sculptural glazing match very well with the low slung flybridge and the neat lines of the sheer and bulwarks. There is nothing shy about the new 62 The hydraulic stern…

It was just a year ago that  Outer Reef Yachts announced the introduction of the new 540 Adventure. The new boat follows in the wake of the 780 Adventure that was introduced 18 months ago. Like the bigger model, the new 54-footer will be built in The Netherlands. The new 540 was designed by the Dutch firm Bern Weel Design and carries the same purposeful, expedition styling as the 780. It is being built in fiberglass, with Divinicell coring above the waterline and in the deck and super structure. Powered by twin Volvo D8-600 engines with conventional straight shafts, the…

Tiara Yachts of Holland, Michigan, announced this week that the highly respected American builder will be introducing their all new Tiara 46 Luxury Sport at the Palm Beach International Boat Show on March 25. The new design is a performance cruiser powered by three 600-horsepower Mercury Verado engines that drives a deep-V hull with a dead rise at the stern of 21 degrees. This combination of power and hull form will give the 46 an eye watering top end speed and as soft a ride through the waves as can be created. “The 46 LS is a meaningful step forward…

Northman is a brand from a Polish builder that has been making boats for the European market for a couple of decades but has not had a real presence in North America. They now have a dealer in Miami Beach, Florida, Performance Yachts, that will elevate the brand’s visibility. That’s a good thing since Northman builds high quality boats, both power and sail, that combine thoughtful designs with fine yacht construction. The new Northman 1300 is their latest trawler-style family cruise and has a lot going for it. At 42 feet overall the new design packs a ton of social…

Here’s an interesting new design from a builder we have not reviewed before. FDC Yachts, based in Bodrum, Turkey has been building custom yachts, both power and sail, for 25 years and has more than 100 skilled craftsmen on staff.  The brand is not well known in North America but has a stellar reputation in the Eastern Mediterranean. The builder recently circulated images of their latest build known as Project Umai. The boat, at 86 feet, is not really a super yacht –over 100 feet, say—but appears to pack all of the DNA, sophisticated systems and luxury accommodations that we…