Cruising Life

Denison Accepts Bitcoin for Yacht Sales, Charters

By Peter Janssen on December 8, 2021 Cruising Life

Denison Yacht Sales says it now will accept Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment for yacht sales and charters. Denison made the decision after several clients asked to pay in cryptocurrencies. “Bitcoin does a lot of things that are really unique on terms of efficiencies,” said Bob Denison, the president of Denison Yacht Sales. “One of them was privacy and security for the person that owns the Bitcoin currency. It allows buyers to send money any day at any time of day, so there are no physical restrictions, like a bank not being open.” He said that Bitcoin “just added…

StellarCAT Building New Tri-Deck 82

By Peter Janssen on December 8, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

There’s a new player in the luxury cruising power catamaran market. StellarPM, a Fort-Lauderdale-based specialist in yacht project management and construction, just announced that it’s building a new three-deck, 82-foot, all-aluminum StellarCAT with simply enormous living and entertaining spaces. Designed for serious ocean-crossing cruising, the StellarCAT AL25-3 has an enclosed upper deck, a skylounge aft of the wheelhouse that can be opened or closed, a master suite on the upper deck with its own veranda, and as many as six staterooms for guests and two for crew. Working with shipyards around the world, StellarPM has already designed a 68-foot power…

Sunseeker To Launch New Predator 65

By Peter Janssen on December 7, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Sunseeker plans to launch its new Predator 65 at the big Düsseldorf show in January. The sleek, low-profile Predator 65 has the same layout and hull as the Predator 65 Sport Yacht, but it does not have the Sport Yacht’s flybridge. Sunseeker expects to sell about equal numbers of both versions. The new Predator is distinguished by an aggressive, raked front windshield and large carbon fiber and glass sunroof that slides back to reveal a sizable opening over the helm and salon. The result is a bright, airy salon, with an aft galley that can also serve the aft deck.…

Ocean Reef Celebrates 25th Vintage Weekend

By Peter Janssen on December 7, 2021 Cruising Life

Once a year, the members-only Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo, Florida, opens its doors to the public for its Vintage Weekend, a collection of classic boats, planes and cars. This year’s event, the 25th, drew enthusiastic owners and aficionados of all those means of transportation for a weekend of parties, parades and boat-plane-and-car-watching. Ocean Reef has a world-class marina, and often is the host of owners’ rendezvous and fishing tournaments. It also has a golf course, an airport and tennis courts. The outdoor swimming pool and beach area is always a favorite. I once spent a New Year’s weekend…

Red Voyager: An SUP with a Deep-V Hull

By Peter Janssen on December 7, 2021 Cruising Life, Gear

Ever since C. Raymond Hunt first developed the Deep-V hull more than 60 years ago, it’s been the hull of choice for Hunt Yachts and many other brands around the world for its superior offshore performance. But Ray Hunt could not have foreseen the latest iteration of a his Deep-V: It’s now on a new line of Red Voyager inflatable stand-up paddleboards, because it’s said to cut through the water easier, providing a smoother ride for the person standing on top. The Red Paddle Company is using a Deep-V on three Voyager SUPs to make cruising long distances safer and…

Art Basel Miami: Showcase for Creative Boats

By Peter Janssen on December 6, 2021 Cruising Life

Miami being Miami, yachts and high-end boats of various sizes and shapes were a big part of the scene at Art Basel Miami Beach last week. The Miami art week, one of the mainstays of the global art market, had been cancelled last year because of the pandemic, but this year crowds of art enthusiasts crowded the area’s galleries, restaurants and exhibition halls to celebrate the reopening this year. And the art world had much to celebrate. Picasso’s Mousquetaire et Femme a la Fleur sold for $20 million; an Ad Reinhardt abstract for $7 million. Sunreef Yachts, the luxury Polish…

Nordhavn 76 Crossing Atlantic; Follow Along

By Peter Janssen on December 6, 2021 Cruising Life

The Spirit of Ulysses, a 2007 Nordhavn 76, has started a 2,000 nm transatlantic crossing from the Canary Islands to Barbados, and already has powered through 50-knot winds and some boisterous seas. The boat just finished the first leg of the trip, from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands to Cape Verde, where the crew headed straight for the fuel dock and took on 2,260 gallons of diesel. (See a video of the arrival below.) They also did some grocery shopping, got tested for Covid (all negative) and prepared for the rest of the trip. They hope to land in Barbados…

GM Invests $150 Million in Electric Outboards

By Peter Janssen on December 1, 2021 Cruising Life, Engine Room

General Motors just invested $150 million in Pure Watercraft, the Seattle-based company that makes electric outboards and battery packs. The investment represents a 25 percent stake in the company. Pure Watercraft, founded by Andy Rebele nine years ago, makes all-electric Pure Outboards as a drop-in replacement for boats that use 25- to 50-hp gas outboards. It also has partnerships with manufacturers to sell complete electric boats, in the RIB, pontoon boat and small fishing boat categories. The Pure Outboard operates with a 25kW electric motor that the company says is the equivalent of a 50-hp gas outboard. It is built…

How To Use Ranges To Cruise Safely

By co_admin on December 1, 2021 Cruising Life

Here’s some great advice from Skipper Tips about how to use ranges to cruise safely: You enter an unfamiliar channel late in the afternoon. You scan your chart plotter or nautical chart to check for dangers to the left, or to the right. Rocky shoals lie close to the channel edges on each side. Be on the lookout for one of the sailor’s best friends – channel ranges (also called transits). These markers will lead you down the center of a narrow channel in safety, keep your sailboat in deep water, and help you navigate with confidence, day or night.…

Ship’s Cook Kills Captain at Sea

By Peter Janssen on November 30, 2021 Cruising Life

The police in Mauritius say the chief cook on a 623-foot bulk carrier ship has confessed to killing the captain by stabbing him 30 or 40 times with a kitchen knife. The cook says the captain humiliated him for weeks in front of the crew and withheld his cigarette ration. The cook, Calopez Alfred Kenneth Banghanoy, 33, had a fatal argument with the captain, Rolly Baquillos Solante, 44, on the carrier ship Meghna Liberty (formerly named the Loch Shuna) late at night on Nov. 14 in the Indian Ocean. The ship, with a crew of 20, was heading from South…

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