Innehållsförteckning för November 2016 från Yachting

DEPTH OF DESIGN Duffy London is offering this Abyss Table, which is built to look like a 3-D map of the ocean floor. The design team spent a year figuring out the right combination of sculpted glass, Perspex (acrylic) and wood that is Forest Stewardship Council certified. The coffee table is available on its own or with a second, coordinating table (the Kraken edition) at $34,000. SPACE-AGE SEXY The BR-X1 Hyperstellar by Bell & Ross ($19,900) features titanium and aluminum. BEAUTIFUL BLADE William Henry’s Spearpoint Black Beard ($50,000) is engraved with 24-karat gold. Black diamonds are inset within the button lock and thumb stud. AMP IT UP Sennheiser’s HE 1 ($55,000) headphone system has a base made from Carrara marble.…

FOR MANY FASHION plates, fall is the best season of the year. The changing temperatures let stylish yachtsmen (like you) layer their pieces, allowing for multiple looks from the same outfit. And for men in particular, the season is good because the cooler weather calls for sturdier, more masculine styles of clothing than the dog days of summer allow. Want to look good on the docks while getting the boat ready for winter? Then follow our lead with these picks from the prepster legend Vineyard Vines and the classically Scandinavian line, Swims. 1_| PARTY CREW NECK SWEATER This rugged-looking sweater will stand up to the wear and tear of wharf-side chores, and it’s soft on the skin because it’s 10 percent cashmere (the rest is wool). The sweater has…

AT FIRST, I PANICKED. Which was appropriate, I think, given that I was underwater and suddenly unable to move. I was just off Santa Catalina Island, diving from the back of a friend’s express cruiser after zipping over to Avalon Bay from Los Angeles that morning. We were in the giant kelp forests, and I was in a trance watching the way the stories-tall “trees” swayed with the pull and push of the water. I had seen massive sea fans in the Caribbean and giant sequoia trees in the Pacific Northwest, but never this sort of mashup of the two, with sunlight peeking through to create a kind of stained-glass underwater scene, all in blues and greens . And then, I was stuck. It took me a few seconds to…

Bigger is better. That was my thought after spending some time with the Horizon E88. Designer John Lindblom penned this 88-footer’s graceful lines. An unbroken sheer line accents the gently curved side windows and raked open-bridge hardtop supports (an enclosed sky lounge version is available). Large strakes and chines extend from the bow, running aft, seeming to want to take on the ocean. The E88 is also an all-weather cruising machine: Her open flybridge can be enclosed, and her extended flybridge overhang protects the aft-deck seating area. GETTING AROUND Thanks to nonskid walkaround decks, there is easy transit from the aft deck with wet bar and teak dining table to the foredeck with sun pad, U-shaped settee and hi-lo table. High gunwales, solid rails and recessed cleats make for safe…

ISLIP INTO THE BATHTUB-WARM waters of Molokini Crater, situated between Kaho’olawe and Maui, and open my eyes to a riot of subaquatic Hawaiian color. Parrotfish, Moorish idols and Picasso triggerfish gallivant by, and I spot sea turtles in the enticing depths below. I pull deeply through my snorkel and aim for 5 o’clock, swimming toward the graceful terrapins until my lungs cry for oxygen. ¶ While the optics are spectacular, I can’t help but wish there were a way to peer closer at the ocean’s colorful secrets, sans gills or scuba tanks. ¶ Now there is. ¶ While humans have been dispatching remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, beneath the brine since around the 1950s, doing so was traditionally the province of research scientists. Smaller, “low-cost” ROVs have existed since the…

BRUCE KIRBY WAS drawing San Juan sailboats for the Clark Boat Company when he got a call in the 1970s asking for a car-top sailboat. His sketch during that call became known as “the million-dollar doodle,” evolving into the Laser, one of the most popular single-handed dinghies in history. “That was my most money ever made in the shortest time,” Kirby says. “It tripled my income.” With his newfound cash, he bought a waterfront home in Rowayton, Connecticut, with views of Long Island Sound from every window. He scored it at a steal from an IBM comptroller. “He had a purple motorboat in front of the house,” Kirby recalls. “He really didn’t know the value of the property for somebody like me, for a real boat lover.” Kirby didn’t need…

BILLY JOEL’S commuter yacht, Vendetta, has been making yachtsmen swoon since Doug Zurn designed her a decade ago. She was started at North End Composites, then moved to Coecles Harbor Marine and finished at the Derecktor yard, with a build cost of more than $2 million. Now, Joel has donated the yacht to the International Sea-Keepers Society, which protects the oceans through research, conservation and education. “We are forever grateful for this donation and would like to thank yacht broker Bruce Leffers of Northrop & Johnson for assisting to make this happen,” SeaKeepers president and CEO Richard Snow stated in a press release.…

SINCE ITS inception in the 1990s, Palm Beach Motor Yachts has earned a reputation for building pretty boats, dripping with style and class, that can handle the rough water surrounding the builder’s native Australia. The yard has six models (express and flybridge) in production up to 65 feet. Its most recent, the 42, is the new baby on the block. The boat, which made its debut at the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show earlier this year, is a sweet overnighter (or more) that never would have made it out of hard-charging CEO Mark Richards’ factory if it couldn’t handle the demands of the maritime environment admirably. The boat should see speeds up to 36 knots with its standard twin Volvo Penta IPS400s (IPS600s are also available). It displaces…

A LONGTIME CRITICISM OF MEGA-YACHTS holds that they sometimes look like wedding cakes. There’s one white level stacked atop the next, getting smaller as the decks get higher. Nothing could be further from the truth as far as Atlante is concerned. A CRN build, she dares to be different in so many ways, starting with her stylistically strong lines, made all the more bold by a pairing of black and metallic paint. Even more surprises await in how the interior of this 180-footer is arranged — and in how extraordinary detail went into seemingly simple things. She is the reflection of an owner who has a laser-like focus on what suits him — someone who has anything but a “me too” personality. The owner gave a clear directive to…

TOP TENDERS WILLIAMS SPORTJET 460 This 15-foot British speedster from Williams is reminiscent of a sweet little Austin Healey out on the water. The builder says this boat has a smoking top speed of 48 knots and a hull that tracks true with a kung-fu grip on the water’s surface. Excellent traits, all. Williams Jet Tenders, williamsjettenders.com BOESCH 625 SUNSKI Simply put, the Boesch 625 Sunski was built for fun. She has two water-ski poles, six speakers and a PerfectPass Star Gazer system to help the skipper keep track of the guy he’s whipping around behind him. And with classically inspired lines and color schemes, she’ll look good on the water too.Boesch, boesch.swiss CHRIS CRAFT CALYPSO 26 Chris Craft didn’t become an American classic by accident. The brand earned its…

PERSHING YACHT HAS long been known for pushing the boundaries of style and speed, and its new line of X Generation open-style yachts, starting with the 5X, appears to continue that trend. The Italian builder says Hulls No. 1 through 6 were sold months before the 5X debuted at this autumn’s boat shows in Europe and the United States — and Pershing is already promising more X Generation models to come. Pershing is part of the Ferretti Group, whose product-strategy committee and engineering department worked with designer Fulvio De Simoni to create the Pershing 5X. She has a length overall of 54 feet 2 inches, and a beam of 14 feet 4 inches. Her design includes the cockpit setup that previously had been limited to larger Pershing models, with…

TO ITALIANS, FEW THINGS are more important than style and food. Borgia-based Invictus Yacht understands this. The company has developed a modular boat that not only can whisk you from seaside village to seaside village with movie-star elegance, but that also will help you arrive with a fresh haul of branzino for mama’s cucina. • WHOM IT’S FOR: The 240FX can be configured for cruising with forward seating or left open for fishing, so its appeal should be broad. The boat is ideal for someone who enjoys the center console concept but desires something a bit different to help him stand out at the marina. • PICTURE THIS: The Mediterranean sun sinks behind you as you zip back to your slip in Portofino at 40 knots. You’ve called ahead…

monte carlo yachts has fast become well-known for a lot of things: sleek lines, low bulwarks, extensive use of glass, signature hull windows, Portuguese bridges, foredeck “gardens,” smartly designed flybridges, black hardtops contrasting with painted hulls, fashion-plate buttresses and interiors that combine ergonomics and elegance. ¶ The MCY 80 has all of this, plus her own story. Let me explain. ¶ Monte Carlo Yachts is part of Groupe Bénéteau, which has invested more than $70 million in the brand’s creation. During the past six years, the Italian builder has accelerated from a standing start to launch six motoryacht models from 65 to 105 feet, all conceived by Nuvolari Lenard under the eye of former Azimut-Benetti director Carla Demaria, now president of Monte Carlo Yachts, and Fabrizio Iarrera, who is the…

Numbers are paramount with the Bertram 31. More than 1,800 hulls of the five different models were built during its 25-year run. Regular production ended in 1983, but 23 Silver Anniversary models were built in 1986. The vessel’s deep-V hull form with 24 degrees of transom deadrise helped define the ride that would make Bertram Yachts a household name. Notable features: Each version of the 31 had a 110-square-foot cockpit except the Bahia Mar, which had 147 square feet. Belowdecks: The models differ slightly in layout; however, each has double bunks in the forward cabin. Availability: At press time, more than 30 Bertram 31s were available, ranging from $25,000 to $208,791. FROM THE ARCHIVES “After Moppie won the 1960 Miami-Nassau race, setting a new record ... the future of the…