Innehållsförteckning för SIP 1 / December 2020 från Yachting

IN AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PLACES worldwide, yachtsmen are once again allowed to visit—as long as they stay on the boat. The goal is to minimize interactions with locals and stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, essentially limiting visiting boaters to an onboard quarantine. ¶ That’s no limitation at all for yachts that are stocked with watersports toys galore, including the ever-increasing line of products from Texas-based FunAir. The company’s founder was looking for ways to enhance the fun at his lake house, and he ended up creating all kinds of inflatable toys that can be enjoyed aboard express cruisers, trawlers and superyachts alike. ¶ Some of the company’s most interesting offerings include Yacht Golf, which can be set up as a single green in the water or as…

IT’S A BREEZY NIGHT IN THE WARM GULF STREAM, and I am wide awake with anticipation. Dawn, my wife and ever-capable mate, is off watch and fast asleep. I brace against the cockpit coaming and stare out into the darkness; starlight defines a wave-tossed horizon. The distant lights of Florida appear every time we crest a big roller, then they disappear in the troughs. ¶ This is an exciting sight after nine days and 1,300 nautical miles at sea, yet it stirs mixed emotions. We’ve spent the past three years cruising the Bahamas and Caribbean aboard Windbird, our Tayana 42, and I don’t want this adventure to end. ¶ Our journey began with a remarkably casual decision. We had been enjoying bareboat charters for a few years and occasionally toyed…

GLOBAL CONTROL Siren Marine’s app-based Siren 3 Pro lets yacht owners monitor a variety of onboard sensors and track a vessel via computer, smartphone or tablet. Owners can check bilge-pump activity, battery and shore power, and more. An upcoming phase-two release should give Siren 3 Pro ($750, plus monthly subscription) owners the ability to communicate with a vessel and receive system alerts. Siren Marine, sirenmarine.com FUTURE-PROOF COMMS Intellian’s GX60NX gives yacht owners high-speed satellite communications. The Ka-band system includes a 65-centimeter reflector inside a radome, a rack-mountable terminal, and the company’s Aptus NX control platform, which provides an installation wizard and user interface. The standard GX60NX ($34,000) ships with a 5-watt block upconverter. A 10-watt version ($46,000) is available. Intellian, intelliantech.com DIVING COMPANION SeaLife’s Micro 3.0 ($600) has fully sealed…

THIS JUST IN Amels recently sold its largest superyacht to date, the 393-foot Project Signature. The yacht, penned by naval architect Espen Øino, will be the largest one built in the Netherlands when it is delivered in 2025. Project Signature is the third fully custom Amels on order, and it is the second custom collaboration between Amels and Øino. CORRECTION In our October issue, we ran an incorrect photo in the fall yacht preview of the Absolute Yachts Navetta 64. The correct image is above. We regret the error. READER FEEDBACK Looking for photos and yacht news? Get social with Yachting: visit facebook.com/yachtingmagazine By email: letters@yachtingmagazine.com By mail: 480 N. Orlando Ave., Suite 236, Winter Park, FL 32789 On the web: yachtingmagazine.com…

IN 1950, HOBIE ALTER BUILT HIS FIRST surfb oard. He later opened Southern California’s first surf shop and went on to invent the first polyurethane-foam surfb oard. By the late 1960s, he was thinking about boats, and his Hobie Cat introduced a whole new generation of sailors to the sport. ¶ Today, Hobie is known for surfb oards, sailboats and a whole lot more, including kayaks that grace the lazarettes of many superyachts around the globe. The company’s MirageDrive pedal kayaks are popular because they can be used with or without paddling if guests’ arms tire out. Hobie’s inflatable pedal kayaks make onboard stowage easier, and its Pro Angler fishing kayaks can get yachtsmen off the sport-fishing mothership and into the shallows. ¶ The Mirage Island design is arguably the…

Nautibuoy marine platforms are inflatable, rigid, modular setups that allow mariners to expand onboard recreational space and get closer to the water. The platforms come in four sizes and accommodate three to five adults. They have a water-ballast system for stability, as well as a ballast-dumping system that is designed to simplify breakdown. The platforms are constructed out of a durable PVC material with Kevlar reinforcements. They also have dropstitched cores and either nonskid diamond or teak-effect foam finishes. ¶ Achieving the optimum stability level took several years of refinement, according to the company. “We spent a lot of time in a local swimming pool doing stability tests on various [water-ballast] bag shapes, filming underwater with a GoPro, and analyzing how the [waterballast] bags dumped,” says Clay Builder, NautiBuoy’s co-founder…

Fun ways to break free from the everyday, no matter where in the world you choose to cruise OH, THE CALMING RELEASE THAT OCCURS when the sun warms your face, the salt spray cools your skin and the fresh air fills your lungs. The tension loosens in your neck and shoulders, your brow unfurrows, and your mind relaxes. You look deep into the azure blue below, and then up into the sky blue above, and then far off at the horizon in between. The world is open, not closed. All of its beauty awaits. ¶ This is why we go yachting. ¶ In the following pages, we offer a look at the art of escape. This art takes many forms. It may mean jetting off to meet a bareboat in…

California-based aqua lung takes its name from the machine that Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnon invented in 1942. The Aqua Lung was the precursor to what we know today as scuba diving equipment, the single invention that spawned decades’ worth of innovations that let people explore beneath the water’s surface. ¶ Now, Aqua Lung makes all kinds of gear, including an array of masks in various styles, colors and sizes. Fields of view can be square or rounded and single- or double-paned. Masks can be used with or without a snorkel. Lenses can be clear or blue, to block high-energy visible light (sometimes called “blue light”). Straps can be wide or narrow, with single or multiple parts. The idea is to help everyone feel comfortable and have a good view,…

41' LENGTH OVERALL 14'11" MAXIMUM BEAM I SPENT SUMMER 2001 FISHING A RIVIERA 40 CONVERTIBLE POWERED with twin 535 hp Cummins QSM11 diesels. The 40 cruised around 27.5 knots at 2,050 rpm, and the boat’s solid-fiberglass hull dispatched seas with malice during several 80-plus-mile tournament runs. The yacht’s stout build was juxtaposed with a warm, high-gloss teak interior, a salon with leather settee, the galley down to port, and two staterooms for downtime after a day on the brine. The guest stateroom had three bunks. ¶ At press time, there were eight Riviera 40 convertibles on the market, ranging from $223,000 to $490,000. FROM THE ARCHIVE “The cockpit has a molded-in tackle center with sink and chill box/freezer. An optional livewell is molded into the transom and fitted with a…