Nothing is more important this time of year than knowing where Matthew – or any other hurricane – is heading your way. Here’s some great advice from a professional shipping weather expert about the best sites to look at for the most reliable predictions. You’ll want to look at this, and save it. https://gcaptain.com/best-online-hurricane-tracker/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gcaptain+%28gCaptain.com%29
If you like to think about what makes boats go fast – particularly in rough water – take a look at this video. It’s a really interesting presentation by Winn Willard, VP of C. Raymond Hunt Associates, about how Ray Hunt developed the Deep-V hull about 56 years ago, and why it is so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-RbCLrN_Sk&feature=share
Somebody in Port Clyde, Maine, doesn’t like Tony Hooper, a lobsterman there, and they’re taking it out on his boat. In a major escalation of the area’s occasionally simmering lobster wars, someone has cut the mooring line and hoses on Hooper’s boat, Liberty, three times since Aug. 17, causing it to sink or fill with water and run aground. In the picture above, Hooper watches as Liberty is hauled out in nearby Rockland to have the engine and electronics repaired – again. Read all about it: http://bangordailynews.com/2016/10/03/news/midcoast/port-clyde-lobster-boat-sunk-for-the-third-time-since-august/
With Hurricane Matthew heading north, salvage crews are racing to pull Time Out, the 72-foot yacht that ran ashore in Palm Beach, up to the beach where they will cut it up and cart it away. You may remember that Time Out hit the beach about a month ago after the owner said he had downed a few Long Island Iced Teas; he subsequently was charged with boating under the influence. The owner and the town were fighting about who was going to pay the $200,000 to get the boat out of the water. See the story below: http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/local/grounded-yacht-slowly-moving-off-palm-beach/nsj6Z/
The captain returned his 80-foot Hatteras to its slip in Miami Beach Marina about 11:30 at night and went home. Half an hour later, a thief broke in, started the engines and tried to drive away. He hit half a dozen other boats and a concrete bulkhead before the Hatteras started to sink. He swam away. Take a look at the video here of another boat owner who saw the whole thing: http://www.oceanofnews.com/stolen-80-hatteras-yacht-crashes-sinks-miami-beach-marina/
Now the stories about boating safety and drinking are starting to appear in the aftermath of the death of Miami Marlins’ star pitcher Jose Fernandez when his 32-foot center console hit a jetty in Government Cut, immediately killing him and two friends, about 3 a.m. on Sunday. It turns out, according to this story, that Fernandez was at American Social on Brickell, a popular restaurant/bar with a dock on the Miami River, about an hour before the accident. As people who love to go cruising, in Florida and around the world, it’s important for us to know what the press…
This is just a tragedy in so many directions. Jose Fernandez, a 24-year-old star pitcher for the Miami Marlins, was killed early Sunday morning when the 32-foot SeaVee he was riding in with two friends hit a jetty marking the north side of Government Cut in Miami. The Coast Guard found the boat, turned over on top of the jetty, during a routine patrol at 3 a.m. Sunday. A spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the boat hit the jetty at speed, probably 50 mph or so, and the three men, whose bodies were found…
The Annapolis Powerboat Show just ended, and the reviews are coming in: “Best Annapolis in recent years” – Dave Northrop, director of sales and operations, Americas, for Grand Banks and Palm Beach Yachts. “Our attendance was 4.8% better than 2015 and the best since pre-2008.” – Paul Jacobs, show president and general manager. “The overall attitude of customers was more positive than any of us can remember.” – Jeff Messmer, VP of Ranger Tugs and Cutwater Boats. “It looks like it will be a great show.” – Bentley Collins, VP of Sabre and Back Cove Yachts. “We were so…
The beautiful new Hunt 72 was just named Best Powerboat at the Newport International Boat Show, a particularly significant honor this year given competition from several other important and eye-catching new boats. But once you climb on board the Hunt, it’s easy to see why it was chosen. The classic lines are gorgeous; the proportions are just right, the sheer is long and graceful; standing on the aft deck and looking forward the teak side deck and railing seem to stretch on forever. Then there’s the 72’s exquisite fit and finish and virtually entire forests worth of varnished teak inside…
The Back Cove 32 was just named Best Powerboat Under 35 Feet at the Newport International Boat Show, a major honor for the Maine-built classic couple’s cruiser. I’ve been a fan of Back Coves since I tested the very first one they made, a 26, ten years ago, and I’ve tested every model since then. The single-diesel, fuel-efficient, user-friendly themes of the brand, combined with their iconic Downeast lines, make them very appealing, and the new 32 lives up to the company’s reputation. You walk on the boat through a centerline door in the transom, and then the deck is…