We’re a little late with the congratulations but Allen and Daniela Clark of Photoboat.com are such a unique and impressive couple we wanted to share not only the news of their summer nuptials but the photo, which, could ONLY be the photo you see here. Allen and Daniela have done amazing work for us here [...]
Telling you that ActiveCaptain “could” be the wave of the future is probably a little bit like saying the Internet will “probably be a big thing.” The truth is, ActiveCaptain already is a fantastic resource for cruisers and passagemakers, but it might actually become something huge — a source of real-time, up-to-the-minute information that your [...]
Northwest readers might consider stopping by the new Kadey-Krogen Yachts facility at the Salmon Bay Marine Center in Seattle for the open house scheduled for October 2-4. Hull #2 of the new 55′ Expedition series is tied up alongside at the SBMC and if you haven’t seen this yacht yet it’s worth a visit. The [...]
Simrad-Yachting, a division of Navico, yesterday announced the availability of a new series of fully integrated, networkable chartplotters — the NSE series. Available in both 12.1-inch and 8-inch displays (NSE12 and NSE8, respectively), the units purchased in North America come fully loaded with Nautic Insight HD high-resolution vector cartography. They are fully compatible with the [...]
Selene Annapolis announced today that it is adding a new, deep-hull Selene 47 to its charter fleet, which will be managed by a separate division of the company’s yacht and brokerage business. The new 47 complements a Selene 53 that has been available for charter since last fall. The 53, named Isis, is a 2005 [...]
An e-mail from Grand Banks last week to current and prospective customers invited them to a private micro website which reveals the existence and details of a new junior member of the Aleutian raised pilothouse series of yachts the company is building. The new 55 Aleutian RP is intended to offer “outstanding long-range capability,” according to an overview of the new yacht on the website.
Earlier this year I wrote a Wish List item about the advantages of a single, common fuel for all marine engines; the issue being the need to carry gasoline for a tender wile operating an otherwise diesel-powered boat. There may be another option and that is the one provided by Torqeedo, manufacturer of an innovative [...]
