Indholdsfortegnelse for December 2022 i Yachting

WING FOILING CATCH SOME AIR MAKE ROOM IN THE LAZARETTE next to the kayaks, dinghies and sea scooters. Wing-foiling gear is starting to show up aboard some superyachts as interest in the sport grows. ¶ All kinds of combinations of boards and sails are available. For beginners, experts recommend starting with a product along the lines of the Starboard Wingboard 4-in-1, which is designed to help keep riders upwind—and can be used as a traditional paddleboard too. Pair it with the FreeWing GO wing, also for learning the basics, with easy-grip handles and construction meant to work in light wind. ¶ The next level up in gear is the Starboard Wingboard Foil, which can be used by all skill levels, paired with the FreeWing Air, which has a modular system…

IN THE WINTER MONTHS OF December through April, the high season of Caribbean bareboat chartering, the Sir Francis Drake Channel that courses through the cruising paradise known as the British Virgin Islands is surely one of the world’s busiest, most picturesque yachting destinations. Named after yet another pioneering British seafarer, the thoroughfare bisects the main island of Tortola, to the north, with a series of popular smaller isles (Norman, Peter, Salt, Cooper) to the south. In the busy weeks and months starting around Christmas, the channel is trafficked by an astounding number of chartered boats, ferries, inter-island traders and private cruising craft. It’s quite the scene to swallow. ¶ I’d been to the BVI on multiple occasions over the years, always during busy season. These islands have been referred to…

“THERE’S NO CELLPHONE SERVICE OR WI-FI, ONLY THE PRISTINE BEAUTY OF MOTHER NATURE AT HER FINEST. IT’S ONE OF MANY PLACES IN THESE WATERS THAT CAN BE ACCESSED ONLY BY BOAT OR SEAPLANE.”—CLAUDETTE CHAISSON, OWNER, GRAND QTR “DURING OUR FIRST SEASON, THE HIGHLIGHT WAS A TRIP TO CHATTERBOX FALLS, WHERE WE CRUISED 50 MILES UP THE GORGEOUS FJORDS OF JERVIS INLET, THROUGH THE MALIBU RAPIDS AT SLACK TIDE, AND INTO PRINCESS LOUISA INLET.”—CLAUDETTE CHAISSON, OWNER, GRAND QTR FINDING COMMUNITY We attended the annual Grand Banks Rendezvous in Roche Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington, in 2018 to kick off our second cruising season. We enjoyed the seminars, met like-minded cruisers, and reconnected with old friends from the boating industry, which made it feel like home. From there, we slowly cruised up…

THE FIRST TIME A SONAR really impressed me occurred at the 2015 Miami International Boat Show, when Dave Dunn, Garmin’s senior director of marine sales, and I escaped the mayhem for an on-the-water demo of Garmin’s Panoptix PS31 forward-looking sonar. ¶ Dunn cast a line, and in close to real time, the lure appeared onscreen. The drama climaxed when a tarpon swam by, but it chose not to consummate the affair. ¶ The fish’s mouth stayed shut, but mine swung ajar: Unlike previous-generation single- or dual-frequency transducers, which produce standard two-dimensional views, the Panoptix PS31 produced three-dimensional imagery. Better still, the system gave us the choice of multiple viewing angles. ¶ Since then, Garmin’s engineers have been busy making the system even better. ¶ Anglers first started embracing fish finders…

66' LENGTH OVERALL 16'9" MAXIMUM BEAM THE PRINCESS YACHTS S65 is a hybrid between the English builder’s Flybridge Motor Yacht and V Class lines. It’s a four-stateroom, three-head affair with an aft sports bridge that allows for a sunroof above the salon. The master has a full-beam head and walk-in closet. There’s room for six more people to sleep in two twin-berth staterooms and a VIP. The galley up is centered between the cockpit and salon. The S65 we got aboard had twin 1,400 hp MAN V-12s, and top hop was 35 knots. At press time, four S65s were available, ranging from $2,700,000 to $3,399,000. FROM THE ARCHIVE “The S65 has the galley up and centered between the cockpit and salon, which turns the main deck into party central. Adding…

1,200 NUMBER OF SLIPS 180' LARGEST SPACE AVAILABLE HEADING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER is a longtime tradition in boating, especially on the U.S. East Coast. And today, more than ever, there are quite a few high-quality marinas available as stopping points along the way. Yachtsmen who want to make the transit a journey unto itself have all kinds of opportunities to rest and explore for a day, a week or even longer. ¶ One popular stop for boaters who start their southbound journey in New England is the Channel Club Marina in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Suntex, which has marinas in 14 states, acquired Channel Club Marina this past September. Its floating-dock system is newer, having been installed in 2013, with power pedestals that include cable, water and electric hookups.…

54'5" LENGTH OVERALL 16'3" MAXIMUM BEAM SOMETHING EXCITING is coming from Pardo Yachts: a new yacht introducing a new range. ¶ The Pardo GT52 is the first boat in the GT range, which the Italian builder says is positioned between its Endurance and Walkaround ranges. The GT52 joins a lineup of five other boats, ranging from 36 feet to 75 feet length overall, across all ranges. Pardo introduced the GT52 in April in St-Tropez, French Riviera. We’re eagerly awaiting information about a U.S. debut date. ¶ The GT52 can come with a galley-up or galley-down layout. In both, guests can enjoy meals and socialize at a portside sofa that has a wooden table. The cockpit, accessed through a centerline door, has more get-together real estate: Here, there’s a forward-facing, C-shaped sofa…

Ferretti Yachts consistently combines elegance and practicality. The brand’s all-new 860 is an evolution of the concept, with a lot of eye-catching glass in the hull and superstructure, including full-height picture windows that extend along both sides, broken only by a bold railing cap that carves a bright, horizontal line. ¶ Flybridge designs are fundamental to the Ferretti Yachts DNA, and this one sticks with the winning formula. The after half of the flybridge is open to interpretation, with a hot tub option, while the standard layout forward includes a dinette for eight guests, a sun pad to port, and a wet bar and two-seat helm station to starboard. Three sizes of hardtop are available, the largest one even bigger than the hardtop on the flagship Ferretti Yachts 1000. ¶…

BOAT MODEL: Mainship 40 CRUISING DREAM: Great Loop NAUTICAL MILES CRUISED: about 6,000 TIME TO COMPLETE GREAT LOOP: 91 cruising days over two years STARTED CRUISING: 2010 PHIL AND KAREN BARBALACE had different ideas about boating. ¶ For Phil, who first hit the water in the 1980s, the experience was often about pushing limits. “I’m kind of a rough-and-tumble person,” he says. “When I go sailing, I really go sailing. We bury the bow and stuff like that.” ¶ For Karen, who grew up sailing around Annapolis, Maryland, on her father’s Aquarius 21, boating was more about relaxing. “I liked to go along and experience being on the water,” she says. ¶ They married in 1986 and bought a Hunter 34, which they cruised around the Chesapeake Bay. They sometimes ventured a bit farther—say, up…

WHEN IT COMES to making memories and celebrating good times, it’s tough to think of any-place better than the Florida Keys. These islands are known for kicking back and relaxing all year round—and during the winter holidays, they take the fun to a Frosty-worthy level. ¶ No, there’s no snow here; typical temperatures during December are in the mid- to high 70s. But that doesn’t stop merry-makers from Key Largo all the way down to Key West from getting their Santa on. The island attitude blends with the holiday spirit like a finely mixed cocktail of joy. ¶ Arguably, the event that best epitomizes this spirit within the boating community is the annual Schooner Wharf Lighted Boat Parade on Key West. This will mark the 31st year of the event,…

BOAT MODEL: Grand Banks 46 Classic  YEAR PURCHASED: 2016 CRUISING SINCE: 2005 HOME PORT: Sidney, British Columbia FAVORITE CRUISING GROUNDS: Pacific Northwest IT’S BEEN ALMOST TWO DECADES SINCE THE phrase “quality time remaining” became our mantra. To us, QTR doesn’t mean we will live to be 100 years old; rather it reminds us how much time we have left to do the things we love to do. It’s our reminder to live each day as though it’s our last. ¶ My husband, Bob, and I met through boating many years ago in San Diego. He was a former naval aviator, a longtime boater and a commercial airline captain at the time. I was working in the marine industry selling advertising into national boating publications, and sailing and racing as crew on other people’s boats. ¶…

CELEBRATING ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, TURKISH BOATBUILDER Numarine started by building planing motoryachts as boutique alternatives to bigger European brands. Those early designs were well-built and nicely engineered opens, hardtop expresses and flybridge yachts. Then, six or seven years ago, company founder Omer Malaz—who has always used his own boats extensively with his family—sensed that his boating tastes were changing. Some of his most valued clients felt the same way. ¶ His first explorer, the all-composite Numarine 26XP, launched in 2018, followed by the steel-composite 32XP and 37XP. Now comes the all-composite range-opener, the Numarine 22XP, which is the smallest offering in the line at 74 feet length overall. Like all Numarines, it has exteriors and interiors by Can Yalman, and naval architecture from Umberto Tagliavini. ¶ If tradition…

ROSWELL MARINE’S Rise Telescoping Helm System raises and lowers a boat’s helm and (optional) seats to improve onboard comfort, sightlines and ergonomics in rough seas. These elevated positions can also help anglers keep an eye on baits when running trolling spreads and help the captain maneuver on a big fish. ¶ The Rise system, which is currently exclusive to Invincible Boats, accomplishes this via a telescoping system that uses motors to tackle the heavy lifting and lowering. Customers can order the telescoping helm or helm seat individually, or they can spec out both. ¶ Robert Oswell, Roswell Marine’s CEO and inventor of the Rise system, says that while the company used some of its previously patented telescoping technologies to create this product, careful vetting was still required aboard the company’s…