Tag: Jim Leishman
Nordhavn Offers Flybridge-Less 75 EYF
Pacific Asian Enterprises said on its website that it has developed a version of its 75 Expedition Yacht Fisher (EYF) without the expansive flybridge common to most sportfishing battlewagons. The change acknowledges the cruising half of this split-personality ocean-going yacht and gives it a more conventional “Norhdavn look.” I took the liberty of scanning a [...]
P.A.E. Announces New Contemporary Look Nordhavn 78
Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it was building a new 78-foot yacht that fuses traditional Nordhavn passagemaking design with “European” styling. The project is already underway and the first hull will be complete in 2011, according to P.A.E. First public reveal of the new project is planned for next week, with a press [...]
Boat Design: A “Maintenance Strake” on the Nordhavn 63
The new Nordhavn 63 features a unique hull feature that adds room around the engine and actually reduces drag. We examine this feature in some photos and learn what the inspiration for it was.
Boat Stabilizers: A Smooth Ride
This post is derived from an article that I wrote recently for Mad Mariner. ******* It was mid-morning on June 18, and Milt Baker was enjoying a nap. His wife, Judy, was at the helm of their Nordhavn 47, Bluewater, when a low-pressure system overtook their little “Med Bound” fleet while it was nearly mid-way [...]
