If you’ve never been to an owners’ or manufacturer’s or dealer’s rendezvous, you’re missing a great part of the cruising lifestyle. Last weekend’s Northeast Nordic Tug Owners Association (NENTOA) 2010 Rendezvous in Essex, Connecticut, is a great example of how they work and why they’re such a wonderful experience. NENTOA works closely each year with [...]
Nordic Tugs’ latest model, the 39, will be making its East Coast, U.S., debut next week at Warwick, Rhode Island, Trawlerfest, so we thought it was a good time to give you the details on this boat. While it is the same hull as its predecessor, the NT-37, the NT-39 has significant changes topside, and several [...]
Pacific Expedition Yachts will offer Cummins Mercruiser Diesel Zeus pod drives on its PE60 Expedition Class Power Catamaran. The first hull with Zeus drives is already under construction at Pacific Expedition’s Astoria, Oregon shipyard, with delivery expected later this year. Here’s how Pacific Expedition describes the decision to offer the Zeus drives: The PE60, equipped [...]
One of the most anxiously awaited boats of the fall season is Grand Banks’ new 41 Heritage EU, powered by CumminsMerCruiser Diesel Zeus azimuthing drive pods. Grand Banks dealers from around the world met last week in Singapore and were treated to the first look at the new boat. I first wrote about the new [...]
I wrote a continuation of the engine series for Mad Mariner last week covering the ultimate in recreational marine propulsion — the steerable pod drives from Volvo Penta and Cummins MerCruiser Diesel, known as IPS and Zeus, respectively. Take a look at the piece here and then log on to the discussion forums at Mad [...]
If IPS and Zeus drives on express cruisers were the first wave of this new “azimuthing drive pod” technology, then keep your head up because the second wave is arriving — in the form of Grand Banks’ 41 Heritage EU. Why the second wave? Well, the first wave was basically a quick “bolt-on” application, with [...]
