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Solaris Launches Head-Turning 40 Open

By Peter Janssen on April 25, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Solaris is introducing its new, head-turning 40 Open at the Palma show in Spain this week. The 40 comes on the heels of the Solaris 48 Open, which won a European Powerboat of the Year Award two years ago, and then the 44 Open that was nominated for the same award this year. Solaris Yachts has been making notable sailboats at its Italian yard since 1974; they started a power division in 2008, making yachts up to 100 feet. Their Lobster Boat line, with a 48 (pictured below) and 57, are just as eye-opening as the Open models. A new…

New Archipelago 47 “Explorer’s Catamaran”

By Peter Janssen on April 25, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

A new entry from the UK, Archipelago Expedition Yachts just unveiled its flagship 47-foot cruising catamaran that it says “offers the ultimate adventure.” The first yacht in a new Archipelago Range, the 47 is being built by Chartwell Marine on the Isle of Man. The range will include 38- and 56-foot yachts later on. The Archipelago 47 is designed as an “explorer’s catamaran,” according to the company, with a combination of luxury, fuel efficiency, stability, ocean-going performance and even wheelchair access. Powered by two 420-hp Iveco diesels, the 47 is projected to have a top speed of 30 knots and…

New Kadey-Krogen 58: Made for Adventure

By Peter Janssen on April 20, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

The new Kadey-Krogen 58 EB (Extended Bridge), on display at the Palm Beach show last month, is a solid, full-displacement cruiser ready for an adventure anywhere in the world. With a single 325-hp John Deere diesel, the 58 has a range of 3,775 nm at 7 knots; speed up to 10 knots, and the range drops to 1,050 nm, still a very respectable performance. (Twin engines are optional.) Kadey-Krogen is hardly a newcomer to the world’s blue-water cruising fleet. Indeed, it has made more than 600 cruising boats over the past 45 years at its yard in Taiwan, earning a…

JFA Building Stunning 86 Power Cat

By Peter Janssen on April 20, 2022 Cruising Life

JFA, the high-end French yard, just unveiled its stunning new Long Island 86 power, a large, luxurious, cruising catamaran with an aluminum hull and composite superstructure. You can order the Long Island 86 with conventional or hybrid propulsion. The new 86 comes after the company launched the first of its Long Island series, a 78, and it’s a similar yacht, just stretched. Marc Lombard, who designed the cats for JFA, says, “Long Island catamarans are simple, efficient, seaworthy, and refined.” The 86-foot yacht makes use of its 39-foot beam to create impressive, light-filled living spaces on all three decks, with…

Beware of Ethanol This Summer: BoatUS

By co_admin on April 19, 2022 Cruising Life

SPRINGFIELD, Va., April 18, 2022 – There’s been a lot of pain at the pump lately with gas prices. The Biden administration’s April 12 move to give a waiver from the Clean Air Act to allow the sale of gasoline containing 15% ethanol (E15) during the summer months is intended to lower costs and stretch the nation’s fuel supply. However, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) says the unintended consequence of the waiver could inadvertently put a harmful fuel prohibited for use in recreational vessels into your boat’s gas tank. BoatUS notes recreational vessels are never compatible with…

New: Bugatti Pool Table for Yachts

By Peter Janssen on April 18, 2022 Cruising Life

Just when you think you’ve seen it all: Here’s a new stabilized pool table for yachts, brought to you by Bugatti, the French luxury car maker. It costs about $300,000, but then if you can afford a yacht large enough to hold the pool table, that might not be an issue. Bugatti says this is the most expensive pool table ever built. It’s a high-tech, carbon-fiber pool table with gyroscopic sensors to keep the surface stable, even when the yacht is on a gnarly passage (although there’s a very good chance that a yacht large enough to hold the pool…

People “Ride” Stranded Dolphin

By co_admin on April 18, 2022 Cruising Life

Here’s a discouraging story from NPR about how people tried to ride on a dolphin stranded on Texas beach – killing it: A dolphin stranded on a Texas beach died after being harassed by a crowd of people who also tried to ride the animal, according to rescuers. The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network posted on Facebook that a female dolphin was found stranded, but alive, on Quintana Beach in Texas last Sunday. Beachgoers pushed the animal back into the sea, but it was further harassed by people who attempted to ride the sick animal. She got stranded on the…

Ever Forward Floating Again in Chesapeake

By Peter Janssen on April 17, 2022 Cruising Life

More than 35 days after it ran aground outside a shipping channel in the Chesapeake, the 1,095-foot container ship Ever Forward is free – floating on its own bottom once again. The ship was freed by five tugs and two pulling barges, jockeying the huge vessel backward and side to side until it refloated Sunday morning on a high tide and full moon. The ship ran aground outside the Craighill Channel after it left Baltimore, heading for Norfolk, Virginia. It draws 42 feet and it was stuck in 24 feet of water. After the ship floated again, tugs pulled it…

Studies: Climate Change Causing More Hurricanes

By Peter Janssen on April 16, 2022 Cruising Life

Climate change has already caused a “decisive increase” in violent hurricanes, according to this Grist story about two new studies: In our world of warming waters, extreme Atlantic hurricane seasons are becoming more likely and much wetter. That’s according to a pair of studies published this week. The fact that heat and moisture fuel hurricanes isn’t new, but the two studies offer fresh insights into how climate change is shaping today’s hurricanes. “Climate change is often thought about as a long-term problem,” said Kevin Reed, an extreme weather expert at Stony Brook University and lead author of one of the studies,…

Bavaria Launches 36 Family Cruiser

By Peter Janssen on April 16, 2022 Boat Reviews, Cruising Life

Bavaria Yachts has launched its new SR36 family cruiser, a scaled-down version of the popular SR41 it introduced a year ago, but with slightly more aggressive styling. The sporty new 36 from the German builder of sail and power boats is a two-cabin, one-head family cruiser that’s designed for safe cruising and comfortable living and entertaining on board. Bavaria is offering the boat with a variety of power options, from twin 240-hp to 350-hp gas or diesel engines. The lines for the Bavaria SR36 are from Marco Casali of Too-Design, an architect and superyacht designer in Rome who says that…

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