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Beneteau Starts Epic Cruise from Seattle to San Diego on New Swift Trawler 47

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By Peter Janssen on May 15, 2019 Cruising Life

Beneteau’s Swift Pacific Adventure is now well underway, an epic voyage down the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego on a new Beneteau Swift Trawler 47. The boat, escorted by a Swift Trawler 35 and a Swift Trawler 44, left Lake Union and traversed the Ballard Locks, went up Puget Sound to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and then turned left. Here’s the description from Jackson Willett, the captain on board, as the boat “headed into the open swell of the Pacific and the rounding of Cape Flattery. With 10-to-12-foot rollers on the nose, the Swift Trawler unflinchingly…

New Wave Marine Remote: Control Your Boat From 492 Feet Away

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By Peter Janssen on May 15, 2019 Cruising Life

Here’s something new that will help you maneuver around the docks, even in a strong wind or current. The Wave Marine M880 from Nauti-Tech, a remote that fits in your hand, controls your boat’s engines, thrusters and other devices, and it’s built to work with everything from small boats or superyachts. So far, it’s offered as standard equipment on the Westport 125 and on Grand Banks and Palm Beach Motor Yachts. The company says the Wave Marine M880 is the most powerful remote available; it can control a boat from up to 492 feet away – that’s a distance equal…

Update from The Moorings: Getting Back to Normal in the BVI

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By Peter Janssen on May 14, 2019 Cruising Life

Here’s an update from The Moorings about their flagship marina in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, now 19 months since Hurricane Irma hit the area, causing an enormous amount of damage. Today many of the marina and its facilities are back to normal; the others are getting there. It has been 19 months since Hurricane Irma impacted the British Virgin Islands in September of 2017. The Moorings reopened our Tortola operations just three months after the storm, and since then we have been working tirelessly to restore our flagship marina and fleet. To those of you who have already…

California Woman’s Boat Hit Whale Last September; She’s Still Recovering

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By Peter Janssen on May 14, 2019 Cruising Life

Last September 30, the boat that Melissa Thomas, a 48-year-old wildlife photographer, was riding in hit a 30-ton humpback whale in Monterey Bay, California. She was riding in the bow, and was thrown back into the boat’s windshield by the impact. She’s still recovering from her injuries. On that September Sunday, Thomas and three friends were heading out into the bay to scuba dive, when they saw several humpback whales lunge feeding not far away. Fascinated, they watched for about half an hour, and then started to drive away toward their dive spot. Suddenly a whale arched out of the…

Adventurer Sets New Record, 35,853 Feet, in Dive in the Pacific. Finds Plastic

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By Peter Janssen on May 14, 2019 Cruising Life

Victor Vescovo, a retired Navy officer, Dallas investor, and multi-discipline adventurer, just set a new world record with a dive to 35,853 feet in the Marianas Trench in the Pacific in his Triton submarine. And he found plastic. Vescovo actually made two separate solo dives in the sub, DSV Limiting Factor. He spent about four hours exploring the ocean floor each time, another record for time spent at the bottom of the ocean. It took 3.5 hours for the sub to reach the bottom and another 3.5 hours to ascend back to the mothership. He beat the previous record for…

What To Do in a Lightning Storm

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By Peter Janssen on May 14, 2019 Cruising Life

Few things are more terrifying on the water than a nearby lightning strike; the sound and the fury of the explosive electrical discharge will stir fear in the heart of the most crusty mariner. Now, with boating season getting underway, here’s some timely advice from the US Power Squadrons/America’s Boating Club about how to protect yourself if you do get caught out in a lightning storm: Most lightning strikes occur in the afternoon with 70% occurring between noon and 6 p.m. As the air temperature warms, evaporation increases. This warm, moisture-laden air rises and evaporates, forming fluffy cumulus clouds. As…

Tartan Legacy 36, Grande Duck off Newport RI.

New Legacy 36: A Classic Cruiser with Down East Lines

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By Peter Janssen on May 14, 2019 Cruising Life

Legacy is ready to launch a new 36 in a few weeks, and it has three others in various stages of construction. With classic Down East lines and economical 26-knot performance, the Legacy 36 is an attractive cruising boat for a couple or a small family. When Tartan Yachts, in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, bought Legacy two years ago, it relaunched the Mark Ellis-designed Legacy 42 with IPS pod drives. Then it turned to the 36 and the 32 in the Legacy portfolio, with the 36 getting a lot of interest recently. The Legacy 36 comes with three layout options, involving…

Three Easy Tips for Safe Boating This Summer from Boat US

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By Peter Janssen on May 13, 2019 Cruising Life

ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 13, 2019 — Wearing a life jacket, avoiding alcohol, and taking a boating safety course tops the list of things you can do now to improve your chances of a long, safe summer of boating. For this year’s National Safe Boating Week (May 18-24) here’s three timely safety tips from the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water. Be on the lookout for small craft. The U.S. Coast Guard reports that operator inattention and improper lookout are at the top of the list for contributing factors to accidents. Combined with the increasing popularity of paddlecraft such as kayaks and standup paddleboards, boaters should…

Port Washington, NY: Think Gatsby, Plus a Great Cruising Destination on Long Island Sound

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By Peter Janssen on May 12, 2019 Cruising Life

Here’s a story I wrote a while ago for Southern Boating about Port Washington, New York, a great cruising destination (“Exit One on Long Island Sound”) if you’re heading for the Northeast this summer: If you’re cruising east of New York City this summer, think about a stopover at Port Washington on Long Island’s North Shore. With its large marinas and mooring fields, waterfront restaurants and marine services, “Port,” as locals know it, is one of the major boating destinations on the East Coast. It’s worth a visit whether just for an overnight if you’re heading farther east, say to…

New Cape Powercat 3500: It’s All About the Ride, and the Room

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By Peter Janssen on May 9, 2019 Cruising Life

Taking advantage of two trends, the increasing popularity of power catamarans and the explosive growth of outboard power, Cape Powercats is introducing its new 3500, and it comes in either a center console or a pilothouse version. And you can customize either one to fit your cruising lifestyle. The good news is that the new Cape Powercats use the same hull as the one on the Buzzards Bay 34 power cat that received rave reviews when it was launched in 2010. When I was talking to JP Skov, a partner in Northstar Yacht Sales in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, who’s handling…

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