Innehållsförteckning för September 2016 från Yachting

FUSION ENTERTAINMENT systems will now be offered on new builds from Tiara Yachts, with choices that include (1) the MS-UD750 model with internal UNI-Dock. It’s a nifty system that lets you slide a smartphone inside — where it’s protected from the elements — and then play your music throughout the yacht. The housing can fit a range of smartphones, including the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the new-model iPhone 6. Want new-stereo features for your current yacht instead? Fusion also updated its Fusion-Link app, which lets you tune in digital audio broadcast stations from a (2,3) smartphone or tablet on 650- and 750-series Fusion systems paired with a DAB module and antenna. The app interface works like the stereo interface, giving you control of your tunes from anywhere aboard. Take the…

DANCING TO THE BEAT OF OUR OWN drummer is something many of us aspire to do, but actually mixing the beats ourselves would take the experience to a whole new level. That’s the idea behind a new charter add-on from Fraser Yachts, which lets clients learn how to work the decks and wow the crowd with experts from The DJ Dispensary. Just as clients might book an add-on scuba or helicopter package with a charter itinerary, they can now add onboard master classes in spinning turntables, live-streamed to the world if guests want to take their mix global. “We’re always looking for new, exciting ways to improve our clients’ experience on board, and we think our clients will love learning to be a DJ and impressing their friends and family,”…

LOA 111'7" MAX BEAM 23'3" WHEN YACHTING FIRST COVERED THE CUSTOM LINE 112 in 2002, the first four hulls had been completed. Twenty-five 112s were built during her run as the builder’s flagship from 2001-06 and as the restyled Custom Line 112 Next from 2006-12. • Notable features: A pair of 2,775 hp MTU 12V 4000s provided a 27-knot cruise speed and a top end of 30.5 knots. • Belowdecks: A four-stateroom layout with a main-deck master was standard. An additional VIP was optional if an owner desired a fifth stateroom. • Availability: At press time, six Custom Line 112s were on the market, ranging from 2002 to 2010 and from $2.9 million to $8.2 million. FROM THE ARCHIVES “Adding to the feeling of spaciousness is the arrangement of the…

ORGANIZERS OF THE 26TH ANNUAL Monaco Yacht Show are expecting 120 superyachts, including about 40 that will make their world premieres. The showcase will highlight the wide range of styling and features now available at the top end of the yachting industry, from the new 181-foot Damen yacht-support vessel (to be displayed complete with tenders, scuba gear and a submersible) to the 238-foot Lürssen Coral Ocean — a noteworthy brokerage option thanks to her design by the late Jon Bannenberg, her Polynesian interior and her new availability for charter. Also new this year will be the Car Deck, an exhibition space that will display luxury vehicles for sale. Some will be available for test drives in the heart of Monaco — yes, on some of the same streets that become…

LOA 279' WEEKLY BASE RATE ABOUT $442,000 AQUIJO is arguably the most impressive sailing yacht available for charter anywhere in the world. I know that’s a big statement to make about a brandnew yacht, but let’s consider the facts. The 279-foot Aquijo was delivered to her owners earlier this year following joint construction by the powerhouse Dutch shipyards Vitters and Oceanco. She was built to a standard that made her a first-of-its-kind project for both yards. Bear in mind, these are the shipyards that produced innovations ranging from direct-drive pods on performance cruising yachts (previously seen only on racing yachts, according to Vitters) to a brackishwater pool with a height-adjustable floor made of glass-reinforced plastic (a first that Oceanco claimed in 2012, with the 290-foot superyacht Nirvana). On Aquijo, one…

MY PAL TOM called last week grousing that our other pal, Bill, takes boating too seriously: “Bill preps for a cruise as though it was a zombie apocalypse. Is it really necessary to subject your guests to lifeboat drills on a trip down Biscayne Bay to the Florida Keys? One could practically walk.” I attempted a dockside intervention. “Bill’s read too many disaster-at-sea stories,” he insisted. Bill suggested that Tom shares some of his genetics with Capt. Edward John Smith of Titanic fame. “If there were icebergs in the Florida Straits,” he said, “Tom would find ’em.” The truth is that Bill is a belt-and-suspenders type of guy. He’s a triple Type A. Tom prefers elastic to drawstring. He prepares for a Keys cruise as though he were riding his…

WHY YES, THOSE ARE Volvo Penta pod drives beneath the transom on the Williams 38. She’s new from Zurn Yacht Design and the John Williams Boat Company. She might appear to be a traditional wood-construction lobster boat — the kind that has meandered the Maine coastline for generations — but instead she is a 40-knot yacht whose hull is vinylester resin, stitched E-glass and Core-Cell. The shipyard is based in Mount Desert, where it has long supplied boats to Maine’s commercial fishermen. About 12 years ago, the yard started finishing its designs for the pleasure-boat crowd. Enter designer Doug Zurn of Massachusetts, whom shipyard owner John “Jock” Williams had met some 25 years ago on a delivery. They have now decided the market timing is right for a collaboration. The…

LOA 42'10" TOP SPEED 45 KNOTS IF YOU’VE BEEN PAYING attention to the center console market for the past few years, you must have noticed a widespread movement to go big or go home. The trend is not lost on Pursuit Boats, which recently introduced its S 408, a burly, do-it-all cruiser built for pure, unadulterated fun. With a deep-V hull form (20 degrees transom deadrise), this is enough boat to slice across the Gulf Stream easily and get you over to the islands. If you choose the optional triple Yamaha 350s and score good weather, you can make the crossing at a speedy clip that will blow your hair back in more ways than one. WHOM IT’S FOR: The S 408 is meant to double as a sporty cruiser…

RAY CHARLES. OTIS REDDING. James Brown. Gladys Knight. All of the Pips. Little Richard. Lil Jon. Alan Jackson. Trisha Yearwood. Travis Tritt. Robert Cray. The Black Crowes. The Indigo Girls. The B-52s. R.E.M. OutKast. And let’s not forget the outside-the-mainstream greats including jazz pioneer Fletcher “Smack” Henderson, Ma “The Mother of Blues” Rainey and Mattiwilda Dobbs, who died just last year after becoming the first black opera singer to perform at La Scala in Italy. Georgians all. The Peach State has long been a nurturing cradle of original sound, the birthplace of all the above (what a list!) and more. And the beat goes on in Savannah, whose marinas offer walking or taxi access to some of the most soulful, rousing and raucous performances you’ll find anywhere. Tie up, grab…

LOA 154'2" TOP SPEED 14.1 KNOTS POD POWER Counter-rotating and spinning props on Veth Propulsion’s Azipod system enhance turning and docking, and they eliminate the traditional engine room. The Visedo electric motor (right), fed by lithium-polymer battery banks and four 350 kw generators, provides the power to the Azipod. THE DIESEL-ELECTRIC system on the Wider 150 is a rung or two up the evolutionary ladder from the typical hybrid power plant. Instead of designing the engine room at the stern with two monster diesels pushing the 154-footer, Wider split the system into three areas. Four 350 kW MAN generators are up near the bow, 52 lithium-polymer batteries sit in the midsection, and two Azipods are connected to Veth Propulsion electric motors at the stern. This frees up space in the…