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CL Yachts Announces New 65 Family Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on March 30, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

CL Yachts just announced that it will build the CLB65 flybridge motoryacht with an understated contemporary design and a hull by Howard Apollonio, the veteran naval architect. The three-cabin, three head cruiser is due to be launched at the end of this year. CL Yachts is the new luxury brand from Cheoy Lee Shipyards, which has been building ships and yachts in Hong Kong for five generations. The B in the new CLB stands for the company’s Bravo series of family-oriented cruising yachts. The Alpha series designates its high-performance yachts. The new CLB65 has an open layout, designed to make…

Miami Angel Investor Killed in Boating Accident

By Peter Janssen on March 30, 2021 Cruising Life

Aaron Hirschhorn, 42, a Miami entrepreneur and angel investor, was killed on Sunday afternoon when his motorized surfboard and a 38-foot Chris-Craft collided in Meloy Channel off lower Miami Beach and Government Cut in Biscayne Bay. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said he was pronounced dead at the scene. The commission was first notified of the accident by the Coast Guard, and it is conducting an investigation. When Hirschhorn, a water sports enthusiast, did not return home late Sunday afternoon, his wife, Karine Nissim, posted a message on Instagram saying, “Friends in Miami Beach who are out on…

Iliad Launching New 60 Long-Range Cat

By Peter Janssen on March 30, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Iliad Catamarans in Australia is making a new 60-foot power cat that it calls the ultimate voyager. The new Iliad will have a range of 3,500 nm at 7 knots when it’s launched in July, and it is one more example of the growth in long-range power cats around the world. Iliad Catamarans were launched just two years ago by Multihull Solutions in Mooloolaba, Queensland, on the Coral Sea. So far they have launched a 50 and a 70, and are working on an 80 after they complete the new 60. All the boats are made in China. The 60…

Navier 27: Semi-Autonomous Foiling Electric Boat

By Peter Janssen on March 29, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The people at Navier, a Silicon Valley startup, like to think big. Indeed, they say they are “reinventing the boat as we know it,” and they are designing “the boat of the future.” Hyperbole aside, the Navier 27, still in the design stage, will be the first U.S.-made foiling electric boat, and it will be semi-autonomous, at least at first. Later on, the company says that software updates will include self-driving capabilities, making the Navier 27 fully autonomous. Navier was founded by a pair of MIT engineers with backgrounds in ocean robotics, aerospace hydrodynamics and autonomous systems. The resulting Navier…

Front Street Shipyard Making New Hunt 41 Dayboat

By Peter Janssen on March 29, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine, is building a new, custom 41-foot Hunt Dayboat, powered by twin 480-hp Volvo IPS650 pod drives. With Hunt’s classic deep-V hull, the new 41 is expected to top out at 38 knots and cruise at 32 knots. The new boat has classic Down East lines, with a fine entry, long sheer and low profile, all the work of the iconic Ray Hunt Design studio in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Hunts have been known for their superior seakeeping abilities for past 60 years, ever since C. Raymond Hunt developed the first deep-V hull. The Hunt Dayboat…

Arksen Sells First 85 Explorer with 7,000-nm Range

By Peter Janssen on March 29, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Arksen has sold its first hybrid-powered 85 explorer yacht, with a range of 7,000 nm at 9 knots, to a family that plans to cruise around the world, starting with the fjords of Norway next spring. Arksen is a new company, the brainchild of Jasper Smith, a tech entrepreneur and adventurer, working with Humphreys Yacht Design in the UK and the Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight for construction. Design Unlimited did the interior. The Arksen 85 is designed for long-range cruising efficiency and it’s built to minimize its carbon footprint. It has a hybrid propulsion system, with an…

Cat Making Most Powerful 12-Cylinder Diesel Ever

By Peter Janssen on March 28, 2021 Cruising Life, Engine Room

Caterpillar has announced that it’s making a new 2400-hp, triple-turbo diesel that’s the most powerful 12-cylinder marine diesel on the market. New from the block up, the C32B Triple Turbo offers more power, faster acceleration and less noise than Cat’s previous engines, according to the company. Last year, Cat introduced the C32B marine diesel, rated at 2000 bhp (or 2025 mhp). The new triple-turbo engine is rated at 2400 bhp (or 2433 mph) at a speed of 2300 rpm. Cat says the engine is designed for use in large yachts and sportfishing boats, and for repowering applications. The new engine…

Silent-Yachts Building New 62 Tri-Deck Cat

By Peter Janssen on March 24, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Silent-Yachts is working on a new solar-electric 62 tri-deck catamaran, and the innovative Austrian builder has already sold three of them, two to Americans and one to a European. The new 62 is based on the platform of Silent’s popular 60, but with two additional feet aft and with the third deck, providing another level of space. The new yacht also will have a lot of carbon fiber to reduce weight. The self-sufficient cat has 42 solar panels, providing 17kWp, two 250kW electric motors and a battery capacity of 210kWh. The yacht has a cruising speed of 6 to 8…

Evo Designing Innovative 79-foot Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on March 24, 2021 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Here’s a new concept from Evo Yachts in Naples, Italy: A 79-feet-long combination of a sailboat and powerboat, with four helm stations, an aft “beach” area that’s just above the water, and an entirely new way of looking at the cruising experience. The new yacht is called the Evo V8, the first model in Evo’s new V line. Valerio Rivellini, the Neapolitan yacht designer, says the Evo V8 is at the intersection of sail and power. “Motor yacht owners begin their holiday when they reach their destination, either at anchor or in port,” he says, “whereas sailing yacht owners start…

How To Get Your VHF Ready for the Season

By co_admin on March 23, 2021 Cruising Life, Electronics

Here’s some timely advice from BoatUS about how to get your VHF ready for the season: ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 23, 2021 – In recreational boating, cellphones are just fine for routine communications. So why do you need a VHF radio – either a handheld or fixed mount – on your boat? Because in an emergency it’s the only thing that can directly connect you to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Rescue 21 system, giving you access to high-tech emergency response and Digital Selective Calling (DSC) capabilities that can hasten your rescue. All you have to do now is to ensure VHF…

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