Thursday, April 3

Browsing: Cruising Life

Celebrating 20 years of Alexseal Yacht Coatings is an excellent time to look back at how it all began and forward to the things to come. Twenty years ago, the global paint manufacturer Mankiewicz had a mission: Creating a one-stop-shop yacht coatings portfolio applicable from the first primer coat to the final topcoat. “ALEXSEAL Yacht Coatings” was born. Thomas Schultz, Global Sales Director at Alexseal, reviews the course already taken. And what lies ahead in the coming years. Engineering in a Can “Developing and applying yacht paints is one of the fine arts in the coatings industry,” says Thomas. Very…

Focus Yachts has carved out a special niche in the express-cruiser and day-boat market in Europe and now has a distributor in the U.S.A. The new 38-foot 3x, just launched this summer, combines exceptional performance with luxury and style that you might equate with a Maserati or Aston-Martin motorcar. One could easily imagine James Bond and a special Bond girl chasing villains in one of these. But, we digress. The new 3x is the latest design to be introduced by this family-run boat building business based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It joins four sister ships from 37 to 50 feet…

As we look into this story, there are still more questions than answers. But here’s what happened. At 2:30 pm on Saturday July 27, the 122-foot motor yacht Lovebug was motoring off Edgewater, Maryland, when it suddenly began listing heavily to starboard. Trevor Hardmon was in his own boat nearby and realized that the $8 million-dollar yacht was starting to roll over and sink. There were five people on the yacht’s transom who were in trouble, so Hardman called the Coast Guard. “I would say within four to five minutes the boat was consumed and the captain had made the…

Since its founding in 2019, Skyhawk has become a leader in wireless, battery-operated, cellular-connected monitoring devices.  Last year, the company came out with its Oversea models designed for boats and they earned both an Innovation Award at the 2024 Miami Boat Show and a place on the NNMA’s Top 100 New Products list for 2024. Oversea monitors keep an eye on all the important aspects of a boat that has been left untended for a length of time. Monitors have specific responsibilities, so you can mix and match them as you deem necessary. You can have monitors for your battery…

Offshore Yachts, one of America’s oldest and most respected boat builders, has launched a new series of modern cruisers under the CE series label from 65 to 72 feet.  For the first time, the Newport Beach, California, builder has partnered with a European design firm for the naval architecture of the new CE series. Baracuda Yacht Design, based in Spain, worked closely with the Offshore team to create a more modern and slightly European looking styling that also will improve fuel efficiency and seakeeping qualities. The new CE 65 has all of the Offshore DNA, based on a boat building…

The new Glacier 48 from the Latvian builder Glacier Yachts is an intriguing new design from the offices of Guido de Groot.  This all-aluminum build has a purposeful, expedition-yacht look from the bow. But as your eyes sweep aft you pick out a lot of subtle and interesting details that show how versatile this design can be. The 48 has a central saloon with open side decks running forward on both sides. These are contained by high bulwarks and there are sturdy handrails so you and your guests will feel secure moving forward to moor or anchor the boat or…

This is not something we expect to see every day. On July 16, off Hay Point on the Queensland Coast of Australia, the bulk carrier HL Eco was maneuvering in preparation to anchor when it had mechanical problems and lost steerage. Without control, the HL Eco drifted down onto the YM Serenity, another bulk carrier that was anchored nearby, and collided with its bow. The incident was captured on video by a crew member aboard YM Serenity and shows the port side of HL Eco crashing into YM Serenity and the ensuing damage. HL Eco is powered by LNG and…

YOT Catamarans, based in France, is a new brand in the power cruising market. It launched the business last year with an attractive, modern 36-foot cruising cat designed by Slovenian design wizards JnJ Yacht Design. The cats are built in France by the famous Catana yard, which is known for its high-quality performance sailing cats. Catana also builds the Bali line of charter cats. The brief behind the design of the YOT 36 takes two concepts seriously, efficient performance and spacious indoor-outdoor living. On the performance side of the equation, it is worthwhile pointing out that power cats are inherently…

Now here’s something a little out of the ordinary for Cruising Odyssey, a 130-foot steel expedition yacht from the Hong Kong builder Cheoy Lee, also known as CL Yachts. The yacht, which will be built of steel instead of the company’s usual composite yacht-build method, will have transoceanic range so it will be capable of expeditions from the Arctic to the Antarctic and all points in between. While we are used to thinking of CL Yachts as builders of private yachts in the 65 to 90-foot range, this much larger yacht is not a stretch for the 150-year-old family-owned boat…

Azimut, one of Italy’s largest and most prestigious boat builders, has launch the Seadeck series of boats that are designed to reconnect boaters to the sea, build and cruise more sustainably and offer a slower and gentler lifestyle afloat. The Seadeck 6 is a 57-foot family cruiser powered by three Volvo IPS Drives 500s (380 hp.) that can be upgraded to the 480-hp. model. The expected top end speed will be 33 knots with a fast cruising speed of 24 knots. Azimut reports that technical efficiencies in. the power train and hull design will reduce the boat’s carbon emission by…

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