Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2025 i Yachting

39'6" LENGTH OVERALL 12'6" MAXIMUM BEAM VERSATILITY is a word that comes to mind when looking at the Tiara Yachts 39 LS. It’s the latest model in the Holland, Michigan, boatbuilder’s six-model Luxury Sport series, which stretches from 34 feet to 56 feet length overall. ¶ The versatility starts with the cockpit’s modular design, allowing for two distinct setups. One option is the Buffet Lounge, which has rotating lounge seating, a fiberglass table, an electric grill, a fridge/freezer and more. A high-gloss teak table is optional. If at-sea entertaining is on the agenda, this is a layout to consider. ¶ But, if the family also likes to do some fishing, the Adventure Module could be the move. In this scenario, there is a cutting board and prep area, four rod…

There’s a kind of quiet confidence that defines the Grand Banks ethos. It’s one that resists flash in favor of function, and real-world use over dockside drama. The GB62 Flybridge, the latest in the builder’s growing V-Warp series, leans heavily into that sensibility. At nearly 67 feet length overall, it’s a cruising yacht designed not to impress with gimmicks but instead to travel long distances efficiently, comfortably and safely. ¶ This is a boat for owners with ambition. “We’re not building showpieces,” says Grand Banks CEO Mark Richards. “We’re building cruising yachts: easy to run, efficient to own and capable of going the distance.” Indeed, the vessel I was aboard was headed straight from the builder’s commissioning facility in Stuart, Florida, to its owner’s favorite cruising grounds off Newport, Rhode…

BAR TUNES JBL’s Rallybars are all-in-one speakers in two sizes—the 21-inch Rallybar S ($650) and the 35-inch Rallybar XL ($1,000)—that fit a variety of installation spots. The Rallybar S has eight speakers, a digital signal processor and a 150-watt Class D amplifier, while the Rallybar XL sports 10 speakers, DSP, a 300-watt Class D amplifier and LED lighting effects. Both versions have aluminum bodies, Bluetooth, USB inputs, 3.5-millimeter auxiliary in and out jacks, and IP66 ratings. Harman International Industries, jbl.com PRECISION PINS DigitalYacht’s OneFix ($480) global navigation satellite system receiver provides latitude and longitude data that’s accurate to about 3 feet. OneFix has an antenna abovedecks and a black box belowdecks. The black box outputs its position information at a rate of 10 Hertz via NMEA 2000 connectivity. OneFix…

SABRE YACHTS combined traditional styling with contemporary comfort in its Sabre 38 Salon Express. A portside settee and table are on the main deck. The helm is to starboard with a single Stidd chair. Below decks are a portside galley, an L-shaped settee that can convert to a double berth, and a fore-peak master stateroom. With the standard 300 hp Volvo Penta D4 IPS400s, the top hop is 32.8 knots and cruising speed is 25 knots. At press time, there were at least seven 38 Salon Expresses on the market, ranging from $329,000 to $675,000. 41'9" LENGTH OVERALL 13'4" MAXIMUM BEAM FROM THE ARCHIVE “From afar, the 38 Express shares styling characteristics with its bigger sister, the Sabre 42 Express. Upon further inspection, however, you’ll notice the subtle tweaks that…

SHANNON MCCOY knows her way around Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and especially around places where yacht owners and charter clients feel at home. McCoy is a charter and sales consultant with Worth Avenue Yachts who spends a fair bit of time entertaining clients during and after major events like the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, which opens at the end of this month. ¶ Her advice for anyone attending the show this year, and who wants to sample the best of the best that the city has to offer beyond the docks, is to leave some time for dining at Pier Sixty-Six. The 32-acre resort reopened earlier this year after a multiyear renovation that reportedly cost $1 billion. ¶ “The new Pier Sixty-Six has amazing new restaurants,” she says. “It’s part…

“I WANTED IT TO LOOK SPORTY. MEAN. LIKE A BATTLESHIP.” So says John Curry about his Steeler Yachts B67 Beachclub as we stand dockside in Port Jefferson, New York. The yacht’s thoroughly modern, muscular profile is accented with metallic-gray Awlgrip paint. Grit is John and Holly Curry’s first custom build—and first aluminum yacht—after years of owning an armada of fiberglass production boats. The excitement of their largest vessel’s recent delivery is palpable. ¶ “The welds. The aluminum. It’s art,” John says. “Every single one is perfect.” He would know, as he and Holly made seven trips to the Netherlands during Grit’s three-year build. ¶ When I met up with the Currys, it was only the second time they had taken Grit out for a spin. I stepped across the full-beam,…

X-FENDER OY, a Helsinki, Finland-based company, has created folding fenders that use expanded polyethylene foam; integral, abrasion-resistant Cordura jackets; and a clever design to eliminate the need for air bladders and fender socks. The result is a fender system—also called X-Fenders—that is impervious to punctures and leaks, and requires a fraction of the stowage that traditional fenders consume. And because the fenders can fold flat, they can moonlight as cushions, stools, foam rollers and—if several fenders are attached together—sunbathing mats. ¶ Oskar Holmström, X-Fender Oy’s sales director, says the biggest challenge the company faced when creating the fenders was designing the locking mechanism. “It needed to be extremely durable and withstand the same forces as the fender itself,” Holmström says. “Also, it needed to be easy to both open and…

In summer 1920, the Aeromarine Navy-Cruiser was pitched as nothing less than an "aerial yacht" designed for quick coastal escapes, offshore adventure and weekend revelry. A postwar reinvention of the US Navy’s Curtiss F-51 flying boats, which the company acquired as military surplus after World War I, the Aeromarine Model 75 took flight with luxury in mind. The first was christened by New Jersey Gov. Edward I. Edwards on June 22, and then the flying yacht made a splashy appearance among the spectator fleet at that year’s America’s Cup (above). The New York Times tracked the novelty all summer long. Headlines noted that bankers, brokers and socialites were trading rails for wings. By fall, Aeromarine launched the first international passenger flights from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba, and the…

Aquila 36 Molokai / Fishing-First Functionality This 36-foot power catamaran joins the 28- and 47-foot models in Aquila’s Molokai line. It’s designed with anglers in mind, starting with all-around visibility from the helm. The carbon-fiber hardtop can be outfitted with a tuna tower, and the pair of livewells that are visible aft in the image below come standard. The bow seating sits atop dry storage or an optional insulated cooler, there’s flip-down seating at the transom, and the console abaft the helm can be ordered with an optional grill and food-prep station, or with standard stowage and a bait station. Inside, there’s a cabin with a head for overnights. It can be air-conditioned. 36'5" LENGTH OVERALL 11'9" MAXIMUM BEAM A80new / Arcadia’s First Raised Pilothouse Yacht It’s hard to know…

EMMANUEL BERTRAND GOT AN EMAIL this past summer from the crew aboard a superyacht that’s owned by a US billionaire. “The crew was telling us that our toy was his favorite toy,” Bertrand says. “His boat is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but he’s having fun on the $6,000 dinghy.” ¶ That sailing dinghy was an inflatable Tiwal, the company that Bertrand co-founded in 2012 in France. Tiwal has operated in the United States for more than a decade, with Americans comprising about a third of the company’s business. “Whether they’re billionaires or regular people, they all want to have fun,” he says. “Our boat is very reactive. The width of our hull is pretty wide. You can still capsize, but it’s less complicated to sail than a Laser.…

THE PAST YEAR has been chock-a-block with new yachts, technology, gear and services across the yachting universe. The Yachting staff has traveled far and wide around this big blue marble to see it all and bring it to you across an astonishing 787.5 pages of editorial coverage over 12 issues. And yes, we totally used that 0.5 pages too. ¶ From Cannes, France, to Seattle and all points in between, we go where all the new stuff is so we can see it, feel it, touch it, use it and drive it. ¶ And now, it’s time to look back across those pages and call out the products that caught our eye. Time to recognize those who leveled up. From the practical and cool to the wow and the whizbang,…

BOATING IS EXPENSIVE enough without having to replace all of the onboard electronics unexpectedly. Yet this was my dad’s fate one day in the late 1980s when Windancer, his old C&C 37, sustained a lightning strike while hanging from its mooring. ¶ Granted, Windancer was a modest sailboat, meaning that its discrete electronics were far more basic than the high-tech networked equipment found aboard today’s tricked-out rides, but I still remember my dad’s frustration at having to rebuild his nav station. While we were lucky there wasn’t a fire and that we had insurance, the situation still cost several months of sailing. ¶ Lightning strikes have threatened ships since the days of the ancient mariner. Ben Franklin’s famous lighting rods deliver strike-to-ground protection, but they don’t provide the nicest skyline…

ALL OF THE WONDERFUL reasons why Maine is known as “Vacation land” are on full display in picturesque Portland. Cruisers will find breathtaking natural beauty, fun cruising grounds, fascinating maritime history, a lively arts district, and a nationally acclaimed culinary and craft-beer scene. • THINGS TO DOCasco Bay is a superb cruising ground, with more than 200 islands to explore. Great Diamond Island is a favorite among local boaters. Other popular stops include Harpswell Neck, Peak Island and Chebeague Island, where visitors can play nine holes at the historic and scenic Great Chebeague Golf Club. The bay itself is home to around 150 varieties of water birds and 850 species of marine life, including harbor seals, dolphins, porpoises and several whale species. ¶ Numerous Portland-area landmarks are on the National Register…