Yachting October 2017

NO MATTER HOW OFTEN I SEE IT, there is just something about watching a sunrise over the water. It’s opportunity. It’s a reset. It’s calming. It’s hope. The first one I saw during a recent sojourn aboard a friend’s 50-footer came after a night of rain. The bright, orange orb crested over a seemingly infinite horizon, obliterating the night’s blackness and bursting through the leftover clouds. Radiant rays lit up the Atlantic with the sun’s version of the Yellow Brick Road, leading not to Oz but toward Portugal. If this sight doesn’t get you pumped for the day’s cruising, check your pulse. We stayed dockside on days two and three to do boat maintenance, relax poolside and simply untether from technology. Each morning, I got up before the proverbial rooster,…

WHEN VOLVO PENTA, famous for its omnipresent IPS engine system, acquired outboard-engine manufacturer Seven Marine this past summer, owners of midrange boats gasped at the possibilities. Seven Marine was less than a decade old, having started production in 2013, but it had done for gasolinepowered engines what Volvo Penta has done for diesels: looked to automotive technology in seeking out performance enhancements. “Outboards are vertical; they stand up on their nose,” says Seven Marine Vice President Brian Davis. “If you open your car and look at your engine, the engine is flat. We were the first ones to mount a flat engine in an outboard.” The partnership should continue to advance what Davis calls the “superconsole” market: boats in the 48- to 58-foot range (and, soon, beyond that). Seven Marine’s…

HENDRIX, JOPLIN, LENNON Leica made 50 of these autographed cameras ($12,950) to honor the work of Jim Marshall, who captured rock gods. CIGAR STUNNER Döttling’s Legends 124 humidor and safe ($290,000) is built of steel that looks like fine-grain walnut. PLUSH FATHOMS Martin Patrick Evan calls this rug Topographic ($160 to $180 per square foot). Depth charts inspired the design. NEMO’S BEJEWELED TREASURE Turkish-based jeweler Sevan Bicakci says Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea inspired these pieces. The diamond-covered sea anemone ring ($220,300) and lobster ring ($241,000) are available through the Miami boutique.…

THE CAMERA HE USED Canon PowerShot SD4000 IS It has a built-in flash, 3.8 optical zoom and 4.0 digital zoom. LENS 4.9-18.6 mm FOCAL LENGTH 4.9 mm EXPOSURE 1/1600 SEC; f/2.8; ISO 125 THOMAS BIEDERMAN WASN’T trying, necessarily, to win Yachting’s Sunset Photo Contest when he stepped out of his boat’s salon and caught this stunning image on Georgia’s Lake Lanier. But we’re glad he took the photo. It beat out 55 other impressive sunset images to win Biederman a Fusion Stereo Active. “I was cruising back to port after a great day on the water and thought it was a great sunset to end the day,” Biederman says. “I stepped out of the cabin to take the shot. Timing was excellent.” To see all 56 fabulous entries, visit yachtingmag…

YES, THAT IS GUY HARVEY ART ON the official merchandise for November’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. His designs are just some of the new things expected on the docks this season. Informa, which owns hundreds of trade shows, bought the parent company of FLIBS, the Palm Beach show and Yachts Miami Beach. Plans are in place for several updates, including upscale food vendors and a new name for the February event: the Miami Beach Yacht Show.…

YEAR AFTER YEAR, the docks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are lined with more than 1,000 boats for the city’s fall boat show. But they haven’t always been. Like most success stories, this one has been a journey. ¶ In 1959, only 13 exhibitors assembled at Fort Lauderdale’s War Memorial Auditorium for the first show. But 17 years later, Kay Pearson of Show Management took over and implemented some monumental changes. The exhibition was renamed the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS), shift- ed to the fall (when builders released new-year models) and moved to a new location, the Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center. That 1976 show hosted 103 exhibitors. ¶ FLIBS continued to evolve and Yachting, having attended the show since its early days, was there to see it.…