Category: Industry News
Congratulations to Our Favorite Marine Photographers!
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 [...]
Kadey-Krogen Seattle Open House Oct. 2-4 to Showcase 55′ Expedition, New Facility
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 Launches New NSE Chartplotter Series
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 [...]
Grand Banks Launches New 55 Aleutian RP Yacht
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.
Time to Pay Attention to Hurricane Season
The 2009 hurricane season on the east coast of the U.S. has started just a bit later than usual, although it’s gone from nothing to a Cat 4 Hurricane (Bill) in what seemed like no time at all. A new resource will help you stay safe.
John Deere Announces Three New Marine Engines
John Deere Power Systems announced today that it was beginning production of three new marine engines for the commercial and recreational marine market.
Product Roundup: More Stuff You Can Use on Your Boat
Our new products roundup has the life jacket for your keys; a key safety backup for your navigation, and the key to better wireless Internet aboard.
PAE Makes Good for Customer of N56 Motorsailer Accident Boat
Pacific Asian Enterprises finds a creative solution for the customer of a new Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer that sinks after a freak accident during the ship unloading process.
Vessel Assist Salvages Launch-Accident Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer
Vessel Assist San Diego has reported that it successfully salvaged a new 56′ yacht that sank after being accidentally dropped during offloading from its delivery ship. The company did not specifically identify the brand of yacht but photos appearing with the article clearly show that the yacht is a Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer. According to Vessel [...]
Trying On the Trawler Lifestyle with a Kadey-Krogen 48 on the Chesapeake
How would you like to try on the trawler lifestyle to see how it fits you? The Annapolis School of Seamanship has an interesting offer.
Sunreef Catamarans Take Serious Luxury To Sea
Sunreef has an impressive fleet of both aluminum and high-end composite yachts and is establishing itself as the top builder of luxury, ocean-going catamarans.
Raymarine Offers Trade-In Credit as Part of Sale Campaign
Wouldn’t it be nice to get even just a little bit for trading in your old marine electronics? Check out this sale from Raymarine. It’ll buy you more than just a cup of coffee.
New Series: “The Wish List”
OceanLines introduces a new series, called “The Wish List.” In this series, the editors will describe their own wish lists for new boats, technologies, services and supplies, and solicit the same from readers. Please add your own wish list items in the comments. This first article in the series covers the wish for a “universal fuel” for all boats.
Nautical Structures Offers New, Lightweight 1000-Pound Davit
Nautical Structures, with a factory in Largo, Florida and a worldwide network of sales and authorized service facilities, last week announced a new lightweight hydraulic davit, the TECH-1000-2. This davit can handle a working load up to 1,000 pounds in all boom positions. According to the company, the davit weighs in at just 165 pounds, [...]
Entire West Marine Catalog Now Online
West Marine puts the whole 2009 catalog online. See what’s new and get the link here.
Leopard Catamarans Continues to Expand
With the recent addition of its Leopard 37 Powercat, Leopard Catamarans has four boats now in the Leopard pride — two sailing cats and two powercats. The company had all four boats at the Strictly Sail Miami show recently and like many other manufacturers, it has some compelling offers right now for those looking to [...]
Raymarine Continues to Roll Out New Products with New Capabilities
Miami Beach — Among the first of what will be a small tsunami of new products announced here at the Miami International Boat Show are four new product lines from Raymarine. OceanLines readers were among the first to hear about some of them in Raymarine’s proposed helm outfitting for the new Kadey-Krogen 55′ Expedition. You [...]
2009 Miami Boat Show and Strictly Sail Open Thursday
The latest editions of the Miami International Boat Show and Strictly Sail open tomorrow, Thursday, February 12, 2009 and run until Monday, February 16, at 6.p.m. Show organizers are expecting more than 140,000 visitors to examine the boats, equipment and services on display by the more than 2,200 exhibitors. The show covers three venues — [...]
Jet Tern Marine’s Selene Trawler Line Turns 10
Jet Tern Marine is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the debut of the Selene line of ocean-class, long-range, full displacement trawlers. The company has sold more than 300 boats in the line, which now includes boats from 37 feet to 75 feet in length. Two factories in Guangdong Province in China — at Zhuhai and [...]
Good Deals on Trawlers Available
It is certainly far too early to call an end to the financial turmoil that has wracked the United States and many other countries for the last several months, but some observers in the financial community are beginning to counsel their clients to start looking for bargains among the detritus of demolished investments. Potential boat [...]
Pacific Expedition Yachts Offers Long-Range Cats
Pacific Expedition Yachts is a new builder, based on the coast in central Oregon, building long-range, self-sufficient power catamarans that are, compared to the traditional monohull trawler, a horse of a different color. Actually, although the base color is white, you can have them in almost any color. The new Expedition line of twin-hull motoryachts [...]
The SeaKits Advantage for Spares Management
The dark, crushing ocean depths traveled by nuclear submarines are perhaps the most unforgiving environment we know. It does not require much of a mistake to exact the most premium of penalties. As a young nuclear operator aboard one of those submarines, Barry Kallander was trained to understand that harsh reality, and to do what [...]
New Torqeedo Might Be The Green Go for Your Dinghy
Torqeedo, the German company that produces those cool, skinny electric outboard motors has introduced a new model — the Cruise 4.0 R — that has the power to realistically be considered a replacement for the gas-powered outboard on your dinghy. And it does so with an overall efficiency of more than 50%, which is at [...]
New Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer Arrives in U.S.
Pacific Asian Enterprises late last week released these photos of its brand new 56 Motorsailer, which has just arrived in Dana Point, California. The boat was offloaded from the container ship in San Diego, and brought up the coast by Nordhavn salesman Eric Leishman (who sold the boat to owners Susan and John Felton) and [...]
OceanMedix Offshore Medical Kits
Denny Emory looked out at the audience gathered for his recent lecture on emergency medical preparedness and asked how many had invested in a good offshore life raft. The universal show of hands didn’t surprise him. Then he asked how many had invested in a real offshore medical kit, with equipment and prescription medicines. There were [...]
Luhrs Marine Group to Consolidate in New Jersey
The Luhrs Marine Group announced today that it will be relocating Mainship Corporation and Luhrs Corporation operations from St. Augustine, Florida, to the group’s existing Millville, New Jersey, production facility, where the Silverton and Ovation brands are built. The announcement, made by company founders John and Warren Luhrs, incuded notice of the closing of the [...]
Photo Shoot: First Nordhavn 86
Pacific Asian Enterprises last night released a small selection of photos from the first serious photography session of N86-1, Cary Ali. These glamour shots were taken by photographer Stephen Cridland in the waters near Ketchikan, Alaska, and represent the first photos of Cary Ali after her recent delivery. You can read about the delivery here. [...]
New American Tugs 49 Ready to Splash
Tomco Marine Group plans to launch the first hull of the new American Tug 49 within the next few weeks, with the hope of having the boat ready for a public debut at the Seattle Boats Afloat show, which begins Sept. 10. The AT49, new flagship of the American Tugs fleet, features dual staterooms and [...]
First Leopard 37 Powercat on the Way to U.S.
Leopard Catamarans is preparing the first 37 Powercat for shipment to the United States, following the first hull’s initial sea trials at builder Robertson and Caine, in Cape Town, South Africa. Making the journey aboard a freighter, she is expected to arrive in Baltimore early next month. OceanLines is the first, as far as we [...]
Krogen 55 Expedition to Debut at Miami
Kadey-Krogen’s new Krogen 55 Expedition will make its public debut at the Miami International Boat Show in February 2009, just six months from now. The company said construction of hull number one is continuing apace at the company’s construction partner shipyard, Asia Harbor Yacht Builders, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. While obviously intended to fit the gap [...]
