Indholdsfortegnelse for October 2015 i Yachting

ANY BOATER who has meandered along the shore where locals swing metal detectors has heard of Mel Fisher. He’s the chicken-farmer-turned-treasurehunter who found the wreck of the Atocha and her $450 million booty off Key West, Florida, in 1985. After Fisher died, his heirs sold the rights to the wrecks of the 1715 fleet. Today, Brent Brisben continues the hunt and sublets the rights to other seekers of buried bounty. This year, they had a heck of a summer, finding millions of dollars’ worth of gold in two shallow-water strikes. The first was in late July, when a family subcontracting rights from Brisben found more than 50 gold coins and one beautifully preserved royal (see sidebar), a haul worth about $1 million. Then in August, about 35 miles away, Brisben’s…

Skiffs made for prowling the shallow waters haunted by bonefish, tarpon and permit are, by definition, highly specialized. The best models run dry in chop, float flat and steady for accurate casting, and respond quickly to a push pole in predictable fashion. That they can be customized precisely to suit a particular fishing style is a bonus for yachtsmen who love shallow-water fishing. An example is the Dragonfly 17, which has a studied list of standard gear plus the most-wanted options gleaned from the builder’s years of experience. • ONLY ON THIS BOAT: Dragonfly skiffs feature a range of hydrographically printed finishes, including one that emulates teak trim without the need for tedious wood maintenance. • WHOM IT’S FOR: Yachtsmen craving a simple way to reach the flats. Pony up…

LIZ CLARK was a 25-year-old environmental studies major when her parents watched her sail out of California’s Santa Barbara Harbor on the 1966 Cal 40 sloop Swell. They had no idea where their blond surfing daughter was headed. That was early 2006, some 25,000 nautical miles and uncountable lessons ago. Today, Clark is just getting started. We caught up with her during a rare break from her boat in Hawaii. • Have there been times when you’ve felt like going home for good? In 2008, I had a rough 1,500-mile upwind French Polynesian passage that almost made me quit. I nearly ran out of food, almost lost the rig and got struck by lightning twice. • But you kept going. Yeah, and then I spent 11 months of the next…

Humpbacks breach the satin-smooth sea past the Cape of Good Hope. Then the whole scene changes dramatically. The high-rises of Cape Town pierce the view. Breakwaters, wharves and container ships are all around us. Festive people shop feverishly and fill restaurants. We tie up 94-foot Whale Song and take a road trip to where South African nature comes back to life. Baboons mob us on the way to Cape Point Nature Reserve, and then give way to ostriches. We notice African penguins claiming the beaches — and serving as a transition to our next cruising leg along Africa’s western coastline. Back aboard Whale Song, the wind has whipped the sea into whitecaps and dark swells as we follow the sandy hills of Namibia and pass a diamond dredge sucking up…

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FROM THOSE IN THE KNOW WHEN I RECALL CHILDHOOD offshore adventures, certain objects come into focus: paper charts, parallel dividers, rulers, lorans, pencils and coffee mugs. My father used these then-mysterious-looking instruments to plot our position on a paper chart, which he backed up in our logbook. Flash-forward to 2015, however, and virtually all navigation is done on-screen, allowing navigators instant access to a bevy of networked instrumentation and electronic cartography. The world’s first peek at electronic navigation unfurled in 1984 when Giuseppe Carnevali, the CEO of Navionics, unveiled his Geonav electronic-chart display, but — perhaps because boaters were dismayed by the prospect of these Orwellian-looking devices sullying their helms — his revolutionary product encountered initial market resistance. Fortunately, Carnevali’s idea paralleled the rise of the computer- electronics…

STANDING APART from the crowd used to take serious effort. Salvatore Giuliano did it by becoming a flamboyant, Robin Hood-style bandit in 1940s Italy, where the press tracked him around Sicily as frequently as the police. His rebellious spirit is the inspiration fofrequently for the limited edition set of Baendit eyewear above, with bold red temples, frames and lenses. If you like the look but not the style, Baendit makes it easy for you to stand apart — without a posse of cops chasing you — through custom components. A click-to-build program lets you choose whatever frames, lenses, temples and nose bridges you want, including interchangeable options to keep the paparazzi guessing what you’ll do next. A pair (including the Giulianos) is $119. Bonus components run $50 to $69. TAKE…

ONCE I was lucky enough to find myself on a waterfront golf course, eyeing the distance to the pin and seeing, in the background, my ride swinging gently at anchor. It was in Nova Scotia, and the breathtaking moment made me wonder, Where else would this even be possible? The answer, in many ways, is Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Nestled between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean, the city is a golfing mecca. More than 100 courses await, and a few are within easy distance, or even sight, of the marinas. “The ninth hole at Grande Dunes, if you’re on that hole, you’re overlooking the marina and you could see your boat,” says Chris King of Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday. The Marina at Grande Dunes has 126 slips and…

MULTI-INTERFACE DISPLAY Touch-screen-enabled multifunction displays (MFDs) have been one of the most aesthetically pleasing developments in marine electronics in recent years. Raymarine’s eS Series Hybrid-Touch MFDs offer this styling with an analog option when the seaway gets sloppy. Its eS MFDs are available in 7-, 9- and 12-inch units ($1,099 to $3,499) that feature Raymarine’s LightHouse II user interface and optional CHIRP DownVision, and can display vector and raster cartography from Navionics, C-MAP by Jeppesen and Raymarine. The eS Series MFDs will network with additional MFDs and other onboard instrumentation including HD radars, CHIRP sounders and cameras. Raymarine, 603-324-7900; raymarine.com THROUGH THE DARK A fixed-mount, thermal-imaging camera can be a lifesaver aboard a yacht that operates in poor-visibility situations, but this high-dollar technology is often too large to be fitted…

You might think from the rendering above that the sun-deck shade on the top deck is the only thing that separates the new Dyna 60 Hardtop from her flybridge sistership, but rest assured, more design tweaks await inside. On the main deck, the flybridge model’s aft galley has been moved forward, creating an entire second area of salon seating while keeping the cook close to the conversation. Belowdecks, the three guest staterooms remain the same (including the full-beam master) but the crew quarters are reconfigured, allowing space for a lounge area. Look for the new model at the show stand of Dyna Yachts’ East Coast dealer, 26 North Yachts. Take the next step: dynayachts.com…

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN you take 30-plus years of boatbuilding knowhow and knead that knowledge into a new model? You get Intrepid’s aptly named 410 Evolution. This triple-outboard-powered sport yacht features an aggressive profile that is racy, yet sophisticated. She will serve well as a standalone cruising platform or as a tender to a larger vessel. Supporting her ready-to-run stepped-hull form are hand-laid fiberglass and vacuum-bagged coring. A composite stringer system adds further backbone, enabling this 41-footer to handle blue-water duty easily. A stout build is one hallmark of Intrepid’s boats, and performance is another. With her triple 350-horsepower four-strokes, this boat carries on that tradition. The builder reports a 58.5-knot wide-open-throttle speed — more than good enough to leave Pompano Beach, Florida, in the morning for fresh conch and a…

BY THE TIME HE WAS 5 years old, Rick Kellogg was captaining a 7-foot sailboat on Old Hickory Lake near Nashville, Tennessee. The water cops sometimes escorted him home, thinking he’d stolen the boat. Now 46, Kellogg has flown airliners, helicopters and hot-air balloons. He’s captained 160-foot yachts and now runs an 85-foot ketch, Wild Flower, for a private owner. Of all his experiences, nothing compares to being part of the setup for the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. > It’s the most mindboggling thing I’ve seen, logistically. Miles and miles of docks are brought in. Pilings have to be driven into the seafloor. Think of all those generators and the wiring. You turn around to buy a Coke and it’s like you miss part of a city being built.…

BESPOKE. Say that word in America and you’ll get a quizzical look in response. But drop it to an Englishman, and it will conjure visions of engraved Purdey shotguns, pinstriped Gieves & Hawkes suits and custom shoes from James Taylor & Son, which advertises itself as “bespoke shoemakers since 1857.” Bespoke is so far beyond “custom” that it defies definition. It is the difference between wearing Walmart and wearing Gucci. If you were to enter a bespoke tailor shop on Savile Row in London and ask for a purple suit with chartreuse polka dots, the tailor would smile deferentially and ask, “And how large would those dots be, sir?” The Hargrave 76 Wide Body is about as close to bespoke as you can get in the yachting world without sitting…

ZUCCON INTERNATIONAL Project has been the creative force behind almost every new model from Ferretti Yachts, Custom Line and CRN for nearly two decades. Throw in recent launches like the 262-foot Chopi Chopi and the 196-foot J’ade, and one can see why the studio’s founders, Paola Galeazzi and Giovanni Zuccon, are considered Italian design royalty. The launch of Zuccon Superyacht Design (ZSYD) two years ago by their son, Bernardo, and daughter, Martina, has injected new design ideas into the studio’s megayacht portfolio. Bernardo has been working with other designers in the Zuccon studio and sees ZSYD as his baby. The 180-foot ZSYD 55 Febo concept is part of the firm’s “floating architecture” category. This vessel’s salon, typically positioned at the rear of most superyachts, is located to a forward position.…