Wednesday, April 2

Browsing: Cruising Life

This Turkish builder of luxury cruising power catamarans is based in Tuzla near Istanbul, Turkey. The company was started in 2018 and splashed onto the scene in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic with their innovative, aluminum Vision F80. It turned heads, and not just because it is bright pink. The founder’s vision was from the start to go big and go with ultimate quality and luxury. So, they followed up the F80 with the Vinson F82 and the Vison F101.  The F80 set the bar for the company and let the world know that a new luxury yacht…

On Wednesday, Hinckley Yachts of Portsmouth, Rhode Island announced that it had finalized the acquisition of the Bay Bridge Marina on Kent Island, Stevensville, Maryland. The deep-water marina and marine facilities lie at the epicenter of the Chesapeake Bay’s yachting region. “Bay Bridge Marina is a wonderful location that allows us to offer our customers the best possible experience on the Chesapeake,” said Gavin McClintock, CEO of Hinckley. “This is an exciting step in strengthening our service network while also providing a world-class marina destination for discerning yachtsmen.” The new marina, which is well established  and respected throughout The Chesapeake, adds…

New England yacht designer Chris White is well known for his innovative multihull designs, mostly on the sailing side of the cruising coin. But he also has drawn and built numerous cruising power cats that are stylish, fast and provide both a very stable ride and excellent fuel efficiency. Over the last few years, Chris has partnered with Bill Koffler at Aquidneck Custom Composites in Bristol, Rhode Island to create two 72-foot custom sailing catamarans and the Sprindrift 45 power cat. Currently Chris and Bill are building the new Sprindrift 47 Flybridge power cat for a very experienced cruising couple…

Last week, the USS United States was towed from her berth in Philadelphia, where she has been moored since 1997 and began her last journey to a shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The greatest ocean liner ever built in America, the majestic ship, now in disrepair, will spend a year being stripped and decontaminated before being scuttled off Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to become the largest man-made reef in the world. The ship is being towed by a mighty ocean-going tug with a 5,600 horsepower engine and shepherded  by two assistant tugs. The route took them down Delaware Bay, south to…

Yacht designer Chris Hood and Maine boat builder Lyman Morse have had a long and creative partnership. The Hood 35LM and Hood 57LM are both modern classics that combine Downeast style with comfortable accommodations and stellar performance. In 2025, Lyman Morse with launch the all-new Hood 42 LM Flybridge again designed by Hood. Like her sisters, the 42 will have a sweeping sheer line and a very traditional looking hull and cabin. But, like her sisters, she will also have a thoroughly modern underbody that will provide excellent stability and tracking, will reduce pounding in head seas and will provide…

The British Virgin Islands are the world’s most popular charter destination. There are hundreds of boats to charter, both power and sail. There are dozens of anchorages, some with moorings and some without. And, there are a score of beach bars and restaurants that all have been rebuilt since Hurricane Ivan struck the islands in 2017. If you are in the BVIs on your own boat or aboard charter boat, there are some regular attractions that most people tick off. There’s the Bite an Norman’s. There’s the wreck of the Rhone to snorkel over. There are the famous Baths on…

The short video below of a humpback whale swallowing a man in a kayak has been making social media rounds and there has been some confusion and speculation about what really happed. “I thought it had already eaten me and swallowed me,” Adrián Simancas told the Associated Press in an interview about his shock encounter off the coast of Chilean Patagonia. And, the clip does seem to show that Simancas was in the wrong place at the wrong time just when rthe giand humpback opened its giant maw as it was feeding along the coast. It certainly looks like the whale then spat out…

Here’s a somewhat strange story of a situation gone bad that the Coast Guard and other rescue services along the California coast worked together to remedy. Earlier this week Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles received a distress call at 8 pm. The call was  from TowBoat US in Ventura which was relaying a VHF call from a sailor on a sailboat in distress 18 miles east of Catalina Island. Apparently, the sailor had fallen asleep and when he awoke his friend and his friend’s dog were missing and the dinghy they had been towing was gone.  The sailor reported that…

The Miami International Boat Show that took over the city last week and had more than a thousand boats of all shapes and sizes on display is often the launch pad for new designs and products just being introduced to the market. So, that makes the show perfect for the annual NMMA-BWI Innovation Awards. Judged by a panel of boating journalists who are members of Boating Writers International, the awards are given out in a range of categories and are intended to highlight boats and products that show significant innovation, imagination and style. Ease of use and the adaptation to…

This week 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 last summer. 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 will be 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 new boat will have a range…

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