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Jeanneau To Debut New Family Cruiser in Miami

By Peter Janssen on August 14, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Jeanneau will introduce its all-new 30-foot NC 895 Series Two family weekend cruiser at the Miami International Boat Show in February. The NC 895 has two cabins and one head below. And it cruises at 20 knots, with power coming from twin 250-hp outboards. They make driving fun and maneuvering easy. The new Jeanneau is meant to be a safe, comfortable, versatile boat. There’s little maintenance involved; it’s the kind of boat that you can wash and put away. Jeanneau, part of the giant French Beneteau Group, has designed the NC 895 with a slash of windows running along the…

16 Hurt in Ozarks Fuel Dock Explosion

By Peter Janssen on August 14, 2023 Cruising Life

Sixteen people were injured in an explosion at a fuel dock on the Lake of the Ozarks last Friday afternoon. Missouri State Police say the explosion occurred when the driver of a 2000 Carver motorboat turned on the ignition after refueling the boat at Millstone Marina. They said a spark in the engine area caused the explosion, which ejected three people from the boat. Two people on the fuel dock were also injured, The injuries ranged from minor to moderate, according to the state police. Four adults and a 15-year-old girl were taken to the hospital. The others were treated…

Push Tug Sinks Off Myrtle Beach, SC

By co_admin on August 14, 2023 Cruising Life

U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities are responding to a 59-foot push tug that sank Tuesday night approximately three miles off North Myrtle Beach. Horry County Fire Rescue personnel rescued the three crewmembers aboard the tug. The vessel is currently in 30 feet of water and has approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel on board. There are no reports of shoreline impacts, and the vessel’s owner is coordinating with local salvage to mitigate environmental and waterway impacts. Coast Guard crews are evaluating the site to determine if there is a specific navigational hazard. (The name of the tug has not…

Even More Hurricanes This Year: NOAA

By Peter Janssen on August 13, 2023 Cruising Life

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season will be even worse, possibly much worse, than had been predicted, according to NOAA. In fact, last week NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) announced that the likelihood of an “above normal” season is now 60 percent, double what it had predicted in its forecast in May. NOAA also said this year’s season could produce 14 to 21 tropical cyclones, while the May forecast called for 12 to 17. It now said that six to 11 of them (instead of five to nine) could become hurricanes with winds of at least 74 mph, including…

New Reina 44 “Houseyacht” Heading for Miami

By Peter Janssen on August 9, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The first in a new line of what the company calls luxury houseyachts, the Reina 44 will arrive in Miami from the factory in Turkey next month and make its global debut at the Fort Lauderdale show in October. Reina says it has launched a new category of boat that combines the best of a yacht, a power catamaran, and a houseboat. The new Reinas are built to serve both as a yacht and as a luxury home on the water. The builder, Reina Boats, was founded by Hayri Dayi and Emin Günal, who saw the leap of interest in…

Two Fisherman Rescue Owl Far From Shore

By co_admin on August 9, 2023 Cruising Life

Here’s a mid-summer, feel-good story from My Modern Met. Read on: Taking a boat out on the open seas is a fun pastime for many people, especially during warmer months. For two men who went fishing in Florida, it unexpectedly became a rescue mission. A woman named Paige Galdieri shared an amazing story that happened to her brother and his friend. On a fishing trip over 20 miles away off the coast of Sarasota, Florida, an owl landed on one of their fishing rods. Realizing the poor bird got lost and was far away from home, the two men rescued…

Fossil of 200-Ton Whale Found in Peru

By Peter Janssen on August 9, 2023 Cruising Life

You think whales are big now? You should have been here 39 million years ago. That’s when a 200-ton whale, the Perucetus, swam the coastal areas of the world, with its flexible body moving slowly in waves from head to toe. Paleontologists found a fossil of the giant whale in Peru and they say it is probably the heaviest animal that ever lived. In fact, it is two or three times heavier than the blue whale, the largest whale today. “This is a weird and stupendous fossil, for sure,” Nicholas Pyenson, a paleontologist at the Smithsonian, told The New York…

New Sunseeker Makes Global Debut in Newport

By Peter Janssen on August 8, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Sunseeker will hold the global debut of its new 88-foot luxury cruiser at the Newport International Boat Show, starting September 14. The upscale British builder will also display its new 65 Sport Yacht and a Manhattan 55 at the show, the start of the fall boat show season on the Atlantic coast. The new Sunseeker is called the Ocean 182, and it has a large, multi-purpose enclosed skylounge up top and five cabins, all with en suite heads, on its lower deck. There’s also a day head on the main deck, in the space separating the salon seating area from…

American Publisher Killed in Amalfi Boat Crash

By Peter Janssen on August 8, 2023 Cruising Life

Adrienne Vaughan, a prominent American book publisher, was killed in a boating accident off the Amalfi coast in Italy when the chartered 29-foot power boat she and her family were riding on hit a 130-foot sailboat that was not moving. Vaughan, 45, had been sun bathing on the bow of the power boat at the time. She was thrown overboard in the collision and then was hit by the boat’s propellers. Her husband, Mike White, was also injured. Their two sons were not hurt. Passengers on the sailboat, who were celebrating a wedding, said two doctors on board jumped into…

Dominator Launches New 35 Mini-Superyacht

By Peter Janssen on August 8, 2023 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Dominator Yachts just launched its new Midi Ilumin 35 luxury cruiser at a private event in Montenegro. The new 35 shares the lines – and a lot of the over-the-top superyacht touches – as its big sister, Dominator’s 92-foot Ilumen 28M. The head-turning 35 has the same no-nonsense reverse angle windshield and sweeping buttresses, glazed bulwarks and carbon-fiber hardtop as the 92-footer. It also has a hand-laid teak deck, polished stainless steel accents, bookmarked gray marble walls, and hand-stitched Nubuc leather in the cabin. On the lower deck, the head on the starboard side is separated by an electrochromic smart…

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