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Lazzara Yachts is building this LPC 70 power catamaran for an owner who expects to cruise in the Mediterranean. There are five guest staterooms board, including a master slightly abaft amidships that has a starboard-side fold-out balcony. The main deck has a day head, and the galley is locateds forward on the lower deck, with stairs leading to the main-deck dining table Aft, there’s relaxation space for guests, along with a garage that can house. an 18-foot tender and two personal watercraft. When the tender and toys are deployed, the space becomes a beach club. Lazzara is projecting a top speed of 20 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots with twin 550 hp Volvo Penta D8s. Twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta D13s are optional. 70' LENGTH OVERALL 29'…

WHEN TIARA YACHTS created a new flagship for its fleet, it went big: The Tiara EX 60 is a full 10 feet longer than any other Tiara. More importantly, this 60-footer maintains the high level of construction, fit and finish and performance expected from the Michigan builder. ¶ The broad strokes here are a three-stateroom yacht with a full-beam master and surprising performance—for moving 26 tons—from the twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta IPS1350 diesels linked by jackshafts to IPS pod drives, giving a reported hammer-down speed of about 40 knots and a fuel-sipping 52-gallon-per-hour cruise at about 25 knots. ¶ This is also a yacht for connecting with the water, with a single-deck living space stretching from the hydraulic swim platform all the way to the windshield. The cockpit, partially…

FILLET FINDER Lowrance’s HDS Pro multifunction display ($2,199 to $4,999) is available in 9-, 10-, 12- and 16-inch screen sizes. The units can be purchased with or without a transducer. They come loaded with C-Map cartography and can be networked with Lowrance-built transducers (and, for some features, sonar modules) to display a wide range of sonar views, all designed to help find fish. Lowrance, lowrance.com TIMEKEEPER Garmin’s MARQ Captain (Gen 2) watch ($2,200) has a domed sapphire lens, an AMOLED touchscreen display and an inlaid navy-blue ceramic bezel. Yachting-specific software features include a GPS-enabled regatta timer and the ability to control networked Garmin autopilots and/or Fusion stereos. The MARQ Captain (Gen 2) can go for up to 16 days without DC replenishment. Garmin, garmin.com IPHONE LIFEGUARD SeaLife’s SportDiver smartphone housing…

60'9" LENGTH OVERALL 24'6" MAXIMUM BEAM HORIZON’S PC60 PACKS the utility and a menities of a 100-foot mono hull into a 60-foot power catamaran. It can have four staterooms, including a main-deck master; can hold a 14-foot center-console on the upper deck; and can host at least 20 guests for parties. Guests can dine inside at the coffee table that switches to a dining table with an L-shaped settee, in the cockpit with a flybridge overhang or on the bridge deck with a grill. The PC60 can do 23 knots. At 9 knots, range is nearly 1,500 nautical miles. At press time, six PC60s were available, ranging from $1,999,999 to $2,695,000. FROM THE ARCHIVE “Being a catamaran, the PC60 has a wide beam (nearly 25 feet), and the builder takes…

The Vicem 65 Classic Flybridge is a Down East-style boat with a reported maximum speed of 32 knots. The builder says the light-blue hull color in the photograph below is proving popular, though owners can choose whatever color they wish. Accommodations include an amidships master stateroom with a king-size berth and a forepeak stateroom for guests. Both are en suite, and they’re separated by a galley and dining space, giving everyone their privacy. The dining space can convert to a sleeping area for extra guests. Alfresco dining is up on the main deck. Vicem says the 65 Classic Flybridge can be built in fiberglass, but cold-molded construction is available as well. Lithium-ion batteries can power the boat for 15 hours without generator use. 66' LENGTH OVERALL 18' MAXIMUM BEAM…

ONE BY ONE, THE FLEET of a dozen multihulls—11 performance-cruising catamarans and a sole French trimaran—retrieved their anchors and hoisted their mainsails, each with a deep reef in the main. In the anchorage off Anse Marcel on the French side of the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin, in the lee of the isle, the waters were calm and serene. Outside in the nearby Anguilla Channel, however, the easterly trade winds were pumping, and it was a sporty scene indeed, with the roiled seaway flecked with whitecaps. ¶ It was the second day of the fifth-annual running of the Caribbean Multihull Challenge in early February. For the first time, the event was also hosting a rally in conjunction with the usual regatta for racing cats and tris. While the race committee was…

“The one hundred and sixteen-foot Hargrave Romeo Foxtrot is a state-of-the-art tri-deck motoryacht and a perfect example of why people still take the time to build custom boats with us,” said Hargrave President Michael DiCondina. “This particular owner looked at all the popular production yachts in the one hundred and twelve- to one hundred and thirty-foot size range, but none had all the features he wanted,” said DiCondina. “He wanted some ‘normal’ features like a five-stateroom layout with all kingsize berths and a great area for crew. But then he wanted a lot of unusual custom features that you will see when you tour the boat.” The first thing you notice when entering the salon is the sheer volume. With 7 feet, 2 inches of headroom and a very wide…

With the WiLder 60, Italy’s Wider Yachts is introducing more than a new model. It’s launching the first design in a whole new brand of boats. The aluminum design is described as a hybrid between a chase boat and a performance cruiser, with reported 40-knot speed and a customizable platform for one-off orders. Power is a pair of twin 1,300 hp MAN V-8s. The first hull is already in build and scheduled to launch this summer, with a draft of 3 feet, 4 inches that should make the boat usable in skinny-water destinations. Hull No. 1 will have three staterooms and two heads for weekends with friends or family at anchor. For easier maneuvering in close quarters, the boat will be outfitted with Quick Marine bow and stern thrusters. 62'…

45'7" LENGTH OVERALL 13'6" MAXIMUM BEAM WHAT A SHAME that I had only an afternoon to play with Axopar’s new flag-ship, the 45 XC. When I first saw it the day before, the boat was tied to an outer pontoon at the Cannes Yachting Festival with a kayak and an electric mountain bike strapped to the coachroof rack, unwashed salt glistening in the early autumn sunshine. The 45 XC looked liked it had just returned from an epic voyage. These Finnish-designed crossover vessels look adventure-ready. ¶ Outwardly, all Axopars share the same design cues: slightly reversed stems, a glimpse of hull steps at the waterline, high bulwarks and deep walkaround decks. On the bigger models, there are also cabins with an explorer-style, raked-forward windshield. ¶ The XC in this model’s name…

56'2" LENGTH OVERALL 16'2" MAXIMUM BEAM DAYBOAT PERFORMANCE COMBINED WITH weekending possibilities? That’s what Sunseeker has achieved with the newest addition to its Performance line. The Superhawk 55 has a reported 38-knot top hop by way of twin 725 hp Volvo Penta IPS950 engines and can sleep four people in two staterooms. The boat made its US debut at the recent Miami International Boat Show, with more than 50 units sold already. ¶ The Superhawk 55’s dayboat functionality is immediately apparent when guests step on board via the 6-by-15-foot swim platform and up two steps into the 188-square-foot cockpit. Here, there is an aft sun pad and two aft-facing settees surrounding an expandable table. This gathering space also has a wet bar forward with a sink, a refrigerator, an ice maker…

CALL IT A FIRST-WORLD problem, but rain can cause performance issues for some satellite-communication frequencies. This isn’t because onboard satcom equipment is faulty or inadequate—it’s not. Rather, certain bands of radio-frequency energy physically attenuate as they travel through precipitation-streaked time and space. ¶ Fortunately, not all satcom frequencies suffer from rain-fade issues, and hardware—including Intellian’s recently unveiled FB500 terminal—already exists to help leverage this bandwidth. ¶ Supporting Intellian’s hardware is Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband (FBB) service, which delivers a near-global (99.9 percent availability) rain-fade-free service by harnessing the lower-frequency L-band (1 to 2 GHz) range. The trade-off, however, is speed: FBB delivers speeds—up and down—that are measured in kilobits per second (Kbps), a comparatively pedestrian pace that’s fine for most applications but still a long row home from VSAT’s metrics. ¶ While…

LOCATED JUST OFF THE northern tip of Eleuthera, Harbour Island doesn’t have a to-do list so much as a just-be list. While cruisers can certainly go offshore fishing and snorkeling in its crystal-clear waters, the island’s Pink Sand Beach invites visitors to simply sit back and relax. • PINK SAND BEACH This waterfront expanse is the magnet and money shot of Harbour Island. Its always-cool powder-soft sand beckons the barefoot to stroll its 3-mile stretch along the eastern, Atlantic Ocean side of Briland, as locals call their home island. The sand’s trademark pale-pink hue, which stems from the pinkish-red shells of a single-celled organism called foraminifera, has landed the beach in countless social-media snaps as well as on several “best beaches in the world” lists. • QUEEN CONCH To riff…