Innehållsförteckning för August 2016 från Yachting

LOA 53'4" MAX BEAM 15'6" SEAMLESS. The word struck me when I boarded the Cruisers 54 Cantius, which is, well, seamless from bow to stern. The 54 Cantius flows smoothly from the cockpit with settee (and retractable sunshade) past the galley, which opens to the cockpit, to the entertaining area with dinette and couch, to the helm. The galley is notable for an opening window that, with counter and stools, can serve as an alfresco bar next to a cockpit console with Kenyon grill. This makes the galley handy to the cockpit as well as the forward dinette, and the four fridge/freezer drawers don’t block any windows. A clever backsplash in the galley protects the dinette. Above the salon is a sunroof with shade, which gives owners an additional way…

AS WITH EVERYTHING else in life, there are levels to the yacht game. Perhaps when you were younger, you couldn’t conceive of a boat larger than that 60-foot motoryacht docked each summer at the most prominent slip your local marina had to offer. And maybe so recently as 10 years ago, an 80-footer felt like a truly grand yacht fit for moguls and movie stars. But the times, they do change. And presently, even an 80-footer, roundly impressive by most any other measure, won’t cut it for the lucky few. England’s largest yacht manufacturer, Princess Yachts, realizes this in full, of course. And thus, the builder has given us the Princess 30M. At a single inch shy of 100 feet — which seems a little cruel, doesn’t it? — the…

ADEY-KROGEN YACHTS FOUNDED 1977 TRAWLERS ARE OFTEN associated with high-seas adventurers. Many yachtsmen who own them prefer to pick the second star to the right and go straight on till morning. Or they live aboard full time and follow their fancy: true sea dogs whose independence should be admired. They are a special breed, and they need an equally special breed of yacht made to cross oceans. Larry Polster, Kadey-Krogen’s vice president, is passionate about his company’s yachts. “To me, [the term] trawler is about the styling of a vessel,” he says. “The trawler’s dedicated pilothouse placement and function gives the vessel its trawler look, and the hull form built for long-range cruising sets the trawler apart from other craft. “Unfortunately, many people are of the opinion that you can just…

LOA 46'4" CRUISE SPEED 28 KNOTS NAMED FOR the fabled Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows racing cars of the 1930s, the Arrow 460 Granturismo followed the same design process that Mercedes-Benz Style uses to create its luxury vehicles. The German firm worked with Silver Arrows Marine in Monaco and naval architect Van Oossanen in the Netherlands to integrate the lines and proportions of a Mercedes S-Class Coupe into a day cruiser. Mercedes calls its design process “sensual purity,” which is more pragmatic than it sounds. The design firm and shipyard created clay models to form the exact replica they wanted, rather than relying on computer modeling, then built full-scale models of the hull and interior. The long “trunk” in the bow and scoops in the hull sides mimic the look of the…

WINTERS’ MAGIC Loved the article about [our 65 Express] build (“Winter is Coming,” June 2016). Could not be more excited about this project, and Tim [Winters] is the perfect guy for it. As you mention, the uniqueness of this project is why you go custom. Your piece captured that very well. [The headline] “Magic Johnsons” was icing on the cake. It really has been magical. REGARDS, ANTHONY JOHNSON ENCHANTING, ALWAYS I read your article (“Beautiful Truth in a Changing World”) in the May 2016 issue regarding chartering in Greece. Congratulations on a job well done. My wife, Rita, and I charter every year in Greece, and you conveyed our thoughts about people panicking and canceling due to the reported crisis. News of the day cannot change the beauty of the…

LOA 40'4" MAX BEAM 11'4" A RICH, MAHOGANY-ADORNED cockpit set against a mirrorfinish, navy-blue Awlgrip hull seemed to appear from out of nowhere in a sea of white fi-berglass. It stopped me right in my Sperrys. I was walking the docks the day before the Palm Beach International Boat Show and was drawn to this 40-footer like a wide-eyed fish is attracted to a shimmering lure. Hooked, I approached to get a closer look. Her transom read Reliant with a Newport, Rhode Island, hailing port. Hmm. Who was she? I needed to know more. I later learned this captivating craft, called the Reliant Commuter 40, comes courtesy of some serious boatbuilding veterans and their new company, Reliant Yachts. David MacFarlane and Jim Ewing have decades of experience. They met while…

LOA 78'2" MAX BEAM 20'4" THE BLUEWATER-CAPABLE Marlow 78E was the flagship in a series that ranged from 53 to 78 feet length overall. Notable features: During Yachting’s 2005 sea trial of the 78E, the fully loaded (about 100,000 pounds) yacht made a top hop of 25.4 knots. Power? A pair of 1,250 hp D-rated 3412 Cats. Brand founder David Marlow says that another 78E with C-rated 3412s could make approximately 30 knots. Belowdecks: Many owners chose a layout with a master, VIP and two guest staterooms, or owners could choose a custom layout. Availability: At press time, seven Marlow 78Es were on the market, ranging from 2005 to 2010 and from $1,414,457 to $2,559,000 FROM THE ARCHIVES “Like a proud parent, Marlow gave me a sneak peek. ... ‘This…

THERE IS A new generation of ultra-high-net-worth individuals that’s radically changing the face of luxury.” So says a new report by Wealth-X and Camper & Nicholsons International, whose top thinkers say the fastest-growing segment of people who have $30 million or more are those who inherited wealth and then expanded it dramatically. This younger generation — say, 40 or 50 years old — grew up traveling the world with their parents. What they really want now, the report states, is to cruise to places their parents never imagined possible. “The thing they really like the best is being able to tell special stories,” says Winston Chesterfield, the Wealth-X lead researcher on the study. “Not, ‘The King came aboard,’ but, ‘We had some sunburn, and the crew went ashore and found…

THE RACKSTAND Montague won a Eurobike Award for its RackStand, which offers a trifecta of uses: It works as a rear-wheel cargo rack, converts to a kickstand and lets the bike stow upright when folded. It comes standard with the Allston. MONTAGUE HAS BEEN in the folding-bike business since 1987, when founder David Montague was a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His idea: to build folding bikes that were easy to assemble, strong and high performance out on the road. He has far surpassed that goal; among the company’s accolades are building the official mountain bike of the 1996 Summer Olympics and developing mountain bikes for paratroopers. Now comes the Allston, a folding bike Montague designed specifically for boaters. The standard metal chain has been replaced with…

ABOUT 20 NAUTICAL MILES SEPARATE Orcas Island from Whidbey Island’s Cornet Bay, which is the main saltwater access point for Deception Pass State Park. The short hop means that on any given day at sunrise, you can anchor off Orcas and hike up toward the billowy clouds that sometimes seem to brush the top of Mount Constitution — the highest point in all of the San Juans — and then be at the park on Whidbey in time for a sunset feast at one of the hundreds of picnic tables ashore. There’s maybe no better cruising destination for the outdoorsy set. The views (oh, those views) are phenomenal, but I must admit that the thing I like best about standing on the shore at Orcas Island is the simple act…

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PATRICK SCIACCA, Yachting’s editor-in-chief, and I traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia, to review the gorgeous Coastal Craft 560 IPS. The Coastal Craft handled high-speed turns like a dream, but I remember nervously scanning Howe Sound’s waters for errant logs, an unfortunate but unavoidable offspring of the Pacific Northwest’s logging industry. While I like to think that my eyes are relatively sharp, half-submerged logs can be tough to spot at 10 knots; 40 knots presents a different reality, with a much slimmer margin of error. We dodged calamity, but some electronic assistance would have certainly quelled my nerves. While AIS and radar dramatically help with collision avoidance and navigation, they don’t provide assistance when it comes to dodging logs, avoiding lobster pots or, heaven forbid, contending with a…