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Lazzara LSX 67 Wins Prizes in Venice

By Peter Janssen on June 27, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Lazzara Yachts new LSX 67 Limited Edition just won two prestigious awards, one for Best Motor Yacht Under 25 Meters, and one for Best Master Cabin Design, at the annual International Yacht and Aviation Awards in Venice. The awards honored the unique design features of the LSX 67, particularly the full-beam master suite with direct access to the entertainment center and beach club on the aft deck. The company says the LSX 67 is the only yacht in its class to offer such an arrangement. The large master suite offers uninterrupted views outside both port and starboard sides, as well…

Fatal Boat Crash Closes Port of Miami

By Peter Janssen on June 26, 2023 Cruising Life

A fatal boat crash closed the Port of Miami for about 12 hours over the weekend. A 32-foot center console hit the Pelican 11, a Fisher Island ferry, about 3 a.m. on Sunday. (A sistership is pictured.) The boat then sank in the north channel near Dodge Island. The ferry crew pulled one man, Angel Dominguez, 29, from the water. He said his friend, Cristian Gaston Fernandez, 27, had also been on the boat and was missing. Miami Fire-Rescue workers found Fernandez’ body in the water. Dominguez was taken to a trauma center in serious condition. No one on the…

How To Stay Safe on the Fourth: BoatUS

By co_admin on June 26, 2023 Cruising Life

Here’s some great advice from BoatUS about how to stay safe while enjoying the Fourth on your boat: ANNAPOLIS, Md. June 26, 2023 – Lakes, launch ramps and harbors will again be crowded on the boating season’s traditional peak holiday period surrounding the July Fourth holiday. As the number of boats, personal watercraft and paddlecraft goes up, boaters should no look further than recently released annual U.S. Coast Guard statistics for some lessons on how to keep everyone aboard safe during this busy time of the year, especially for on-water fireworks shows. According to data from the recently released 2022…

Two Deputies Save Manatee

By Peter Janssen on June 26, 2023 Cruising Life

Here’s a feel-good story for the start of summer. Two deputies in Florida held a manatee’s head up out of the water for more than two hours, keeping it from drowning, before help arrived and ultimately set it free back in the water. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office gave this account of the manatee rescue: Deputy Jill Constant got a call recently, when the red tide levels were high, from a woman saying that a manatee was in distress in the Intracoastal Waterway. The animal was trying to beach itself on some rocks on Shell Key Preserve, about 11 miles…

Brabus Offers Mercedes, Axopar, Watch for $1.5 Million

By Peter Janssen on June 21, 2023 Cruising Life, On Watch with Peter Janssen

Here’s something you probably haven’t thought of before. Brabus, the high-end German car customizer, is now offering a special Stealth Green Exclusivity Package, bundling a tricked-out Mercedes luxury off-road vehicle, a 38-foot Axopar boat, and a Panerai submersible watch, all for just $1.5 million. They all are painted Stealth Green. You could buy all these things separately, of course, piece by piece, but Brabus, which was founded in Bottrop, Germany, in 1977 to customize high-end cars, particularly Mercedes-Benz, now offers you the advantage of one-stop shopping. And then you have the Stealth Green thing too. The new Brabus 800 4X4…

New Saxdor 270 GTO Now in the U.S.

By Peter Janssen on June 21, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The aggressively styled, low-profile, outboard-powered Saxdor 270 GTO, built in Finland, is now for sale in the U.S. through the massive MarineMax dealer network. With its almost vertical bow, glass see-through transom, and drop-down wings on both sides of the aft deck, the new, trailerable Saxdor is a super-modern Scandinavian platform that will turn heads on either side of the Atlantic. It has a two-step, deep-V hull, with a 20-degree deadrise aft, and power up to twin 300-hp outboards. Cruising speed is 45 knots. The Saxdor 270 can hold seven people for daytime cruising and entertaining, and it has a…

Lyman-Morse Building New Monhegan 42 Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on June 20, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Lyman-Morse in Thomaston, Maine, just announced that it’s building a new Monhegan 42 Down East cruiser designed by C. Raymond Hunt Associates in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The new 42 is the third in Lyman-Morse’s semi-custom Monhegan series, and it shows how an owner can customize an existing platform to suit his or her specific needs. The semi-custom approach delivers the attributes of a custom yacht, but with a considerably shorter lead time. It also builds on the success of a proven design. The Monhegan 42 has Hunt’s iconic deep-V hull, with power from twin 550-hp Cummins QSB 6.7 diesels. Its…

Charter Boat Sinks in Channel Islands; 14 Saved

By Peter Janssen on June 20, 2023 Cruising Life

A charter fishing boat hit some rocks off the coast of Southern California in the middle of the night last week and sank. A good Samaritan vessel nearby picked up all 14 people on board after they abandoned ship. The Coast Guard says it received a Mayday call at 2:33 a. m. from the captain of the Sea Jay fishing boat reporting it had hit a rock and was taking on water off Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the Channel Islands about 20 miles off Ventura Harbor. Ten passengers and four crew were on board. The captain, Chauncey Peal,…

Ocean Temps Warmest Ever in May: NOAA

By Peter Janssen on June 19, 2023 Cruising Life

Ocean temperatures last month were the warmest ever recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The records date back to 1850. Meanwhile, North and South America recorded the hottest temperatures ever in May, while May was the third-warmest on record for the entire world. Temperatures in North America were driven by wildfires in Canada (pictured). Here’s the NOAA report: It was another warm month for the globe, with May 2023 ranking as the world’s third-warmest May on record. Earth’s ocean surface temperatures also set a record high for the second month in a row, according to scientists from…

Sunreef Building Sleek New Hybrid 88 Ultima Cat

By Peter Janssen on June 19, 2023 Cruising Life

Sunreef Yachts just introduced its new sleek hybrid 88 Ultima luxury power catamaran that the innovative company says blends the best of monohull dynamics with multihull living space and shallow draft that lets it tie up at marinas around the world. Ever since Francis Lapp founded Sunreef in Gdansk, Poland in 2007, the company has won lots of awards for its high-tech green innovations that combine solar/electric and hybrid power. The new 88 Ultima has custom-engineered batteries, hybrid propulsion and what Sunreef says is the industry’s first solar skin system. The new cat is 88 feet long with a 30-foot…

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