Innehållsförteckning för August 2017 från Yachting

The specification of highest quality materials is at the heart of every Marlow Explorer® built, both seen and unseen. As example the specification of 316L stainless steel for cleats, chocks, stanchions, rub rails and other hardware yields provides the magnificent finish and corrosion resistance well beyond the common. In the engine room the same materials grace the exotic carbon fiber main stringers with beautiful custom made engine mounts on premium vibration isolators by Trelleborg. In lieu of mass produced offthe shelf components by hundreds of vendors, insuring a yacht that is beautiful, durable and easy to maintain continues throughout. Far more of a Marlow is built by Marlow’s own full time artisans in our own shops to create the fit, finish and perfect function we believe Marlow owners deserve and…

PA S S GO. COL L EC T $20 0 M I L L ION. Geoffrey Parker, the British maker of luxury casino games, garden games and other types, offers this Billionaire Monopoly set (about $12,500) with custom options. The inlaid leather playing board can have streets embossed in silver or gold, with surrounds made from 13 colors of calf leather ranging from classic ebony and slate to vibrant tangerine and bubble gum. Alligator, ostrich and exotic skins are available too. The sterling-silver-gilt tokens include an Aston Martin, a helicopter and even a Riva. geoffreyparker.com…

hey came for the cod. Long before the idea of the deep-V hull, the advent of refrigeration, the founding of America or even the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, fishermen from Western Europe came for the stocks of cod in the Grand Banks offNewfoundland and Nova Scotia. They could catch the fish in droves and then dry it or salt it so the protein would keep for months, making it a commodity able to be transported back across the Atlantic during the early 1500s. At the markets in Paris, where the fishermen offered their catch, conversations about the continent’s goings-on might alternate between the latest cod delivery from the New World and a freshly painted Michelangelo work on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. T And they kept coming to…

ASOUTHEASTERLY HOWLED ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA’S HECATE STRAIT AS RANDY WRIGHT, PRESIDENT OF Harbour Air, guided guests aboard a mothership to a fleet of Fat Cat fishing boats. They’d started at the resort he used to operate with his dad. When the breeze ticked past 50 knots, Wright called the anglers back. A group of Germans, however, got stuck and abandoned their vessel on Langara Island, the northernmost island of Haida Gwaii, and were soon rescued by another outfit. The breeze abated by morning, so Wright and two hands put on survival suits and jumped into a skiffto retrieve their wayward boat. Wright dropped his mates behind a protective reef, giving them access to the stricken Fat Cat, and maneuvered to the exposed lee shore to attempt the retrieval. “It was…

Wally zheng, founder and ceo of PowerVision, was at a trade show for commercial and military drone technology — “all the bigger, badder stuffthat’s out there,” says PowerVision’s marketing director, Craig Glover — and came upon underwater drone footage of a submarine. “That’s when it dawned on him that he could make one of these and do something on a consumer level,” Glover says. A year or two later, the company was testing eight units of its PowerRay, which became available to the public in June. ¶ The PowerRay can dive to 98 feet, shoot 4K and wide-angle video, take 12-megapixel photos, deliver 1080p real-time streaming video and create a virtual reality experience through an app that combines your smartphone or tablet with the PowerRay controller. Cost for this top-of-the-line…

O K , F I R S T T H I N G S F I R S T, A RE YOU NOT ENT E R TA INED? Entertainment spaces on the Sirena 64’s upper deck include chaise longues aft and a settee amidships. The sun pad at the bow creates another space for cocktails. let’s get this out of the way. Yes, the Sirena 64 has a Jacuzzi smack in the middle of her foredeck. The three-seat tub isn’t an amenity you typically see on a yacht this size (68 feet LOA), but then again, there are a lot of things on board this Turkish-built, Italian-designed vessel you might not expect. Sirena is a relatively new company, founded in 2006 by Kiraca Holding. The builder introduced the 64 to…

It’s not until day two on the y water that I realized what’s different about this cruise, my first in Cuba. In 36 hours along the southern coast of the Caribbean’s largest island, we had crossed paths with just one other vessel: a sailboat at anchor in the lee of a spit of sand so small, it bore no name on the map. The boat caught our eye only because we passed it at night while piloting a dinghy back from a dusk dive. Brightness spilled from the cabin. Out here, it’s the only sign of other people. ¶ We’d started at Playa Larga, technically a port town but, by American standards, nothing more than a parking lot where the Bay of Pigs meets land. A gravel road ended at…

G E N The Raymarine helm on the L550 is an evolution of the version introduced last year on the Sea Ray 350 SLX. “Thanks to the 350, we know it’s robust and reliable,” Berman says. “For the L550, we made the controls more intuitive for a more complex boat. Nobody else has anything like these function-based controls.” B eyond her handsome profile and hardwood-clad interior, the Sea Ray L550 has a glass helm that lets owners control onboard systems as easily as navigating their smartphones. ¶ Sea Ray and Raymarine worked for two years developing the intuitive control system. “Many owners are used to touchscreen innovations in their cars,” says Ron Berman, vice president of product portfolio at Sea Ray. “They don’t want to read manuals when they get…

I f your concept of a center console is some Spartan platform for sweaty fishermen who drink a battered cooler full of beers while hosing offblood and guts after a day on the water, think again. The Pursuit S 368 Sport is elegant where many center consoles are stark, comfy where many are not, and just as much at home on a family outing as she is stalking big game offshore. I call her a center console yacht, one that would serve well as a mega-yacht tender. The boat’s actual center console conceals a double berth that converts to a sofa, a functional (albeit mini) galley, and an enclosed head with VacuFlush toilet and hot shower. Fishing equipment is on board too, in an upgraded way. The cockpit has in-deck…

AS A CHILD, THOMAS KITTEL WOULD GET SEASICK CROSSING THE RHINE RIVER IN HIS HOME COUNTRY OF GERMANY. TODAY, THE CAPTAIN AND HIS WIFE, JUTTA, HAVE VOYAGED MORE THAN 18,000 NAUTICAL MILES ABOARD THEIR MARLOW 72E AZURA, INCLUDING CRUISES IN RUSSIA, NORWAY AND A RECENT 129-DAY JAUNT THROUGH THE BRITISH ISLES. It takes more than desire and the ability to fend offmal de mer to cruise more than 27,000 nautical miles around the globe, as this couple has done aboard all their boats. Their next port of call? Portugal, once again showing that they seek out the ports that other cruisers often skip. Thomas is a planner. While he and Jutta didn’t single up lines until May 2016, the routing for their recent 3,904-nautical-mile British Isles adventure started the previous…

today, the one thing boat buyers expect above all else is volume, and consequently, boats have been getting imperceptibly bigger. While a yacht’s true length overall may be the same as or even slightly smaller than the LOA of a previously produced model, the interior space on the newer version is usually larger. Sunseeker’s Manhattan 66 is a perfect example. The British builder had a model in production with the same designation until just over 10 years ago, which makes for a convenient, direct comparison with the new Manhattan 66, which was introduced earlier this year. Of Giant s and Genius Port Adriano, Mallorca, where we tested the Sunseeker Manhattan 66, is modern with open-terrace bars and restaurants. The harbor and quays are lined with lounge furniture on steroids: table…

S he can travel 3,000 nautical miles. Cruising speed can be as leisurely as 8.5 knots, or push her to a 14.5-knot jog if you need to make your reservation ashore. Notable features: Her main deck has a country kitchen, while her enclosed sky lounge is climate-controlled. The hull is hand-laid fiberglass with PVC core above the waterline, and she’s equipped with 1,140 hp Caterpillar C18 ACERTs and 55 hp hydraulic bow and stern thrusters. This yacht’s sistership recently rounded Cape Horn. Belowdecks: She has a full-beam master suite amidships, three guest staterooms, including a VIP forward, and two crew cabins. Availability: This Outer Reef 860 DeluxBridge Skylounge is currently listed at $5,375,000. FROM THE ARCHIVES “Broad shoulders in the form of generous bow flare bend aft along the faux-planked…