Indholdsfortegnelse for November 2015 i Yachting

PUT AWAY YOUR OLD STAMPS with cutesy designs. This handsome new Forever stamp from the U.S. Postal Service is what you want to stick on your mail, honoring the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard. Aviation artist William Phillips of Oregon created the image in oil paint and Masonite. It shows the three-masted, 295-foot cutter Eagle — “America’s Tall Ship” — and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, which the Coast Guard regularly uses as a rescue craft. Even better, the back of the stamp sheet includes information about the history of the Coast Guard, which started with a law signed by President George Washington in August 1790. It provided for 10 vessels, nicknamed “revenue cutters.” They guarded the Atlantic Coast, thwarted smugglers and collected duties on goods brought into the…

SCOTTISH LAMB’S WOOL SEATING. Irish damask linen napkins. English fine bone china. Platinum detailing. Crystal flutes and tumblers. These premium items are typically associated with megayacht dining, not lunches ashore, and they create a luxe experience in the $4,500 Aston Martin Picnic Hamper. Undo the wicker basket’s saddle leather straps in a secluded cove, grab the rosewood-handle corkscrew and open one of the wines below. The flasks, perhaps, might hold a chilled after-lunch digestif. TAKE THE NEXT STEP:grantmacdonald.com HENRY’S KEEP At Brandlin vineyard, patriarch Henry Brandlin used to keep the finest grapes for his own wine. This new release red blend is an homage. $98 CAKEBREAD CELLARS This 2012 chardonnay reserve won a double gold medal among 6,417 entries at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. $63 DOLLARHIDE From St.…

BANKIE BANX was late. The round-faced woman behind the bar, built from old boat parts and various flotsam, didn’t know if he’d show at all. She smiled and poured rum punch from a plastic jug, hoping fans of “the Anguillan Bob Dylan” would wait a bit longer. He could just be running behind. Maybe he had taken one too many tokes and ended up in handcuffs, enduring a night that might inspire another one of his popular Reggae tunes like “Busted in Barbados.” Here at The Dune Preserve, which Banx owns on Anguilla, the only certainties were that the vibe would remain mellow and the music would live on. The place, like the island itself, is far less hectic than what charter guests find on the usual Caribbean circuit. Consider…

SENSE OF STYLE ELENA is very much a floating family villa, and she feels exceptionally warm and welcoming. Based on the design premise of harmony with nature, she features a sophisticated series of contrasts with the various woods used, principally the flamed canaletto walnut and oak floors. There’s also fine marble, including dark, scene-setting emperador, midtone azul macaubas and gleaming white travertine; and luxe textiles and fabrics such as silk, often mixed with wool or linen. All spaces are accented by lacquered ceilings, which brighten the yacht’s interior. This vessel’s transition spaces, like her winding stairways, meet at the four-way intersection of art, first-rate craftsmanship, materials and luxury. SENSE OF PURPOSE HEESEN’S GOAL WITH THE 154-foot Elena was to keep the vessel under 500 gross tons. Doing so means she…

BREAKFAST CHICKEN AND WAFFLES Dixie Supply Bakery and Cafe (2 miles from City Marina) Al and Kris Holmes gathered recipes from local families and opened this nook near downtown Charleston. Easy to overlook, but good enough to warrant a Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives segment on Food Network. LUNCH HUSH PUPPIES Fleet Landing (Port of Charleston) The inside of this former Navy supply building is wide open, with a view of Fort Sumter. Fitting for the space, the chef’s hush puppies are as big as baseballs, and they’re filled with lobster sauce, shrimp, leeks and corn. They call it “maritime chic.” DINNER SHRIMP AND GRITS The Inn at Middleton Place (15 miles from City Marina) Shrimp and grits are to Charleston what cheesesteak is to Philly — everyone has their take.…

CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS Given the importance of seeing — and being seen by — nearby marine traffic, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a great addition to your helm. The Seapilot transceivers from True Heading are designed to make installation and use straight forward, with four Class B AIS offerings: the CTRX Graphene ($795), WiFi-AIS CTRX Graphene ($995), CTRX Graphene+ ($995) and WiFi-AIS CTRX Graphene+ ($1,095). While all models transmit and receive AIS information, including a vessel’s name, speed and heading, the Wi-Fi-enabled models offer wireless connectivity for mobile devices running True Heading’s proprietary Seapilot app, compatible with Android, iOS and Windows. Additionally, the Graphene+ models feature a built-in VHF splitter, ideal for yachts using a single antenna for both their VHF and AIS communications. True Heading, 603-609-5891; trueheading.se/en OCEAN VISION…

Personal submersibles are a musthave toy in any superyacht tender garage these days, and Dutch builder U-Boat Worx is upping the ante on comfort and style with its new offering. The C-Researcher 3 is reportedly the first-ever design that can dive to 5,577 feet with a spherical acrylic pressure hull, allowing the three people inside to sit upright with panoramic views of the ocean depths. The C-Researcher 3 is intended to be launched from yachts without a dedicated support vessel, and options for budding scientists include features for collecting bottom samples and marine organisms, measuring water conditions and creating 2-D or 3-D underwater maps. The possibilities for amazement are only as limited as your imagination. Take the next step: uboatworx.com…

Sam gershowitz wanted a new tender for his custom Jim Smith 105 sport-fisherman, Marlena, which he keeps in the Caribbean during the winter and Montauk, New York, in the summer. He turned to the newest and biggest-ever Everglades, the 435cc, for its 360-degree walk-around fishability and stand-up living amenities within the center console. Thanks to a hull with 25 degrees of deadrise at the transom and quad Yamaha F350s, the boat no doubt delivers a smooth ride in rough water. It also gives the owner near-60-knot top speeds in his search for the next big fish. __ONLY ON THIS BOAT: The bait-prep center, with 10 tackle drawers, is abaft triple helm seats with foldable armrests, and an extended hardtop helps keep everything and everyone in between well shaded. __WHOM IT’S…

BOESCH B SERIES Elegance and athleticism: It’s a tricky combination. Olympic gymnasts have it. So do Boesch boats, which makes them welcome in the exclusive tender garages of superyachts. The beauty comes from an arduous lamination process including up to 11 layers of mahogany, six layers of epoxy resin and six layers of gloss. The result: supermodel looks in a solid ride that makes for top-notch water skiing and wakeboarding, with engines positioned at the center of the boat. This configuration helps the hull track true and plane with little effort at the helm — because no one should stress, sweat or wince on a boat of this caliber. boesch-boats.ch MINI MEGAS: BUILDING A FIRST-CLASS TENDER The best things in life really can come in small packages, but designing a…

IN RECENT YEARS, naval architects and yacht builders around the world have been researching ways to boost fuel efficiency, in direct response to requests by clients. _The trick, though, has been to coax more nautical miles out of the tanks without sacrificing performance._Full-displacement yachts have long held fuel-consumption advantages over semi- displacement ones, but semi-displacement yachts have triumphed where speed was concerned. Could some middle ground be struck? And could it be done while a yacht owner remains fully indulged? Turns out it could, and megayacht clients like the Brazilian brothers who own Cheers 46 (a Veloce 140 model and the first delivery in the Benetti Fast Displacement series) are now reaping the rewards. The Dream Performance Team Go back to the fall of 2013. Benetti’s CEO, Vincenzo Poerio, reveals…

EVER SINCE he discovered the joys of boating on his family’s cruiser, Boni Joni, Evan K. Marshall has sought the boundaries of design. “As a youngster, every boat I drew in my sketch pads or in the margins of my schoolbooks was driven by a desire to create designs that challenged conventional ideas,” says the London-based yacht designer. Marshall opened his studio in 1993 and has created designs for Hatteras, Horizon, Ocean Alexander, Pantera and more. The helicopter garage on his 272-foot Benetti concept provides something new: a solution to the superyacht owner’s dilemma of where to store the whirlybird. “One of our clients requested a helicopter garage that wouldn’t affect the yacht’s exterior styling,” Marshall says. “Too often, these garages become an obvious and unattractive part of the design.…

THE YACHTSMAN’S SUPERCAR Camper & Nicholsons International has partnered with British sports-car builder BAC on the Marine Edition Mono, a yacht-friendly version of the 170 mph speedster. It’s designed to be carried like a tender, weighing just shy of 1,280 pounds to allow crane hoisting, and it comes with an environmental control container to protect against corrosion. Price on request. STRENGTH IN BEAUTY The Bull Ring ($10,080), part of Mattioli’s Urban Animals collection, is 18-karat rose gold and hematite. PLATINUM OR GOLD? V-Moda lets you build custom headphones in precious metals. Prices vary to $25,000-plus. WATER-READY The TNT Royal Retro GMT 1/2 Hour by Pierre DeRoche (about $27,000) can dive to 328 feet. A CUT ABOVE Reinstein Ross offers these custom-handle knives ($30,000 to $100,000) in its Mokume collection.…

THE WATER around Newport, Rhode Island, has had its surface creased by the wakes of the most illustrious boats in yachting’s history. It’s only fitting, then, that I am powering across these waves in command of the formidable 32 CC from Hunt Yachts. From the helm, I feel the boat rise and accelerate with a rare grace in response to throttle input. Even at speeds near 50 knots, the ride is comfortable and acceleration is muted. The Hunt 32 CC delivers on more than performance. Her styling boasts a conservative aesthetic that’s endemic to New England. Its sheer and flare are generous and effective. She looks as at home lying side-to the dock of a tony waterfront eatery as she does at the weigh-in station of a fishing tournament. Her…

THE WATERFRONT DISTRICT of Charleston, South Carolina, is taking a Sunday afternoon nap. A paved trail that runs past City Marina is unusually empty. You can hear coffeepots dripping inside the marina’s convenience store. The marina itself and all of its visible occupants (15 yachts, 300 smaller boats, five dock staff) are as quiet and as stationary as the marina’s enormous trademark: the 1,530-foot “MegaDock,” touted as the largest freestanding fuel dock in the Southeast. Raindrops hit the warm planks, cracking open the scent of an approaching southern storm and, perhaps, a chance to see Charleston afresh. We aren’t nappers. Not me. Not my wife. Not our three young daughters. Cabin fever for us can be perilous. So I hustle down the dock to the marina office where Charlie, Wilder,…

Cellular communicators and smartphones capable of displaying live-video feeds and real-time security alerts didn’t exist in 1989. So the thieves who targeted my family’s C&C 37 were left to loiter, confident that Windancer wasn’t silently alerting her owner. Fortunately, these common-variety thugs were motivated by pawnshop sales (read: stereos), not marine electronics, so their plunder was limited. Fast-forward 26 years. Yacht-security and vessel-monitoring systems can now help protect your investment from high water, fire and intruders while providing vessel-tracking services should she go AWOL. The technology within these systems is increasingly sophisticated and offers a surprising number of benefits to yacht owners. Jay Keenan, president and CEO of GOST, says boaters suffered an increase in burglaries following 2007’s Great Recession when thieves realized that, while most houses have security systems,…