Yachting June 2015

SOME SUMMER NIGHTS after work, I head down to my local marina, stand on the bow of my boat and repeatedly cast a lightweight spinning outfit with a tiny popper lure on it into the canal. I do this until the light fades into darkness or until the omnipresent no-see-ums drain my veins. I may catch something. I may not. If I do, it’s usually bait to be used for chasing bigger prey at a later date. To be honest, on those days, I don’t care if I see a fish. It’s about more than bending the rod at times like these. For anglers like me who are passionate about fishing, it’s about the connection with your surroundings and getting lost in a sublime moment. Being present, if you will.…

REMEMBERING YESTERDAY Mr. Sciacca, First, I do enjoy every page of your publication every month. At 67 years of age, I did have that gift of “growing up with boats” that were within my dad’s reach. Your April Editor’s Letter, “This Machine Goes Ping,” was yesterday again! It was just what I did on my dad’s 30-foot Pacemaker. The equipment was not the same; however, the mystery of that “trying everything” process was. Thank you for the memory as well as what you and your staff do every month! MEL HECKMAN Thank you for the kind words, Mel. We’re glad you enjoy the magazine! THE EDITORS Looking for photos and news of new yachts? Get social with Yachting; visit facebook.com/yachtingmagazine. READER FEEDBACK Send comments or questions to: letters@yachtingmagazine.com. Send mail to:…

WHEN YOU’VE BEEN creating custom sport-fish yachts for nearly three decades, you tend to evolve. That’s the case with Jarrett Bay Boatworks in Beaufort, North Carolina, which started as a yard where local charter fishermen could order boats exactly how they wanted them. Today, Jarrett Bay is a 175-acre marine industrial park that houses Cat, MAN and MTU distributors, soft-goods companies, refit and repair services, and whatever else a boat might need. “We can repower it, we can repaint it — anything you want under one roof,” says founder and President Randy Ramsey. Jarrett Bay can build it too, if it’s a custom sport-fish yacht. The yard has started production on Hull 62, which will be its biggest so far: a 90-footer with more technical innovations than the builder has…

June marks the start of the yacht charter season in some of the South Pacific’s best big-game locations. A number of yachts not only are available for bookings, but also are well outfitted with tenders and gear for sport fishing, scuba diving and more. Motoryacht options include the 111-foot Kingship Relentless, which just joined the 37South charter fleet, and the 147-foot Aquos Big Fish, which is returning to the region through Y.CO. Sailors might consider the 203-foot Holland Jachtbouw Athos, with McMaster Yachts, or the 104-foot Tréhard Ocean’s Seven2, which lists with Yachting Partners International. Looking ahead to the 2016 season, inquiries are being accepted in Tahiti and the Society Islands aboard the 75-foot Privilege Matau with Nicholson Yachts.…

For the first 27 years of his business life following law school, Ronald Tinney lived like many people, enduring the nine-to-five grind working in the insurance industry with the occasional weekend golf game to unwind. Then he got the shot most people only dream of: a chance to pursue his true passion full time. For Tinney, it’s painting. “I never had any interest in painting until 2000. I just happened to take a class at night, and it led to getting into a gallery and another gallery. Now I’m showing at 10 galleries up and down the East Coast,” Tinney said. “It’s like hitting the lottery. I wake up every day and it’s all I want to do. I’m getting paid to do what I love every day.” Tinney is…

Bravo yachts, in its marketing materials, says it aims to build boats that are brave, bold, high-quality and different. With the Bravo B36, the builder has achieved its goals. Most unusual is that Bravo lets buyers design the cockpit from scratch. All cockpit components — galley, dinette, settee — are aluminum, so they can be tailored to individual desires. The Bravo B36 is built in Poland, which has some of the finest ship welders in the world. Their skill is evident in the flawless workmanship on the Bravo B36. When I boarded, I thought the cockpit furniture was molded fiberglass. Then I opened one of the galley drawers, which didn’t have the usual dovetail joints, and I saw perfectly welded aluminum corners powder-coated in the metallic hull color. In the…