AXOPAR HAS BEEN ON THE Financial Times’ list of 100 fastest-growing companies for two years and is now delivering at least 1,000 boats a year. More than 5,000 Axopars have been delivered to date. This year, the Axopar 22 is being introduced to reinvi

SANLORENZO YACHTS’ R&D team built the Smart Helmet to help yacht crews troubleshoot issues at sea. ¶ The helmet has an 8-megapixel 1080p video camera; four visible-light cameras; two infrared cameras; a microphone and earphones; a heads-up-style disp

THE PANDEMIC CAUSED A RUSH ON A LOT OF THINGS: TOILET PAPER, CLEANING SUPPLIES, N95 MASKS. AND WHEN THE MASSES CAME FOR THE BOATS, THE BROKERAGE MARKET TOOK OFF. “People realized that boating and yachting was one of the really great things that you c

THE POWERBOAT DRIVERS IDLE NEAR THEIR STARTING LINES OFF MONACO, waiting for the signal to punch the throttles. But they’re different from those who have raced here since 1904: These nine boats are competing in the Solar Class at the 2021 Monaco Ener

SHE’S KNOWN AS THE “Lionfish Huntress.” During the past decade, Rachel Bowman of Marathon, Florida, has helped spearhead the charge to eradicate invasive lionfish from the waters of the Florida Keys. Bowman is the only female commercial lionfish harv

THERE IS A LOT OF TALK THESE DAYS about the need to rebuild infrastructure. Florida’s Town of Palm Beach Marina is leaning into that thinking, having just completed a $40 million upgrade. ¶ The marina has been popular with transient and local boaters

THE SEALINE S335V fits a lot of function into its nearly 34-foot length overall. It’s one of three new sub-40-foot yachts from the German builder, and it’s a twin-outboard-powered vessel. ¶ From the cockpit seating to the fixed foredeck sun pad, ther

The mongoose may be low to the ground with short legs, but it is a skilled, opportunistic predator. It feeds on smaller mammals and birds, as well as their eggs, along with a wide variety of insects. It especially likes snakes. In fact, the mongoose’

BUILDERS CAN COME UP WITH a lot of ways to make a yacht stand out at the marina. With Stefania, which is Hull No. 2 of the GTT 135—still available for purchase as of this writing—Dynamiq’s primary play was the exterior paint scheme. It’s not every da

WOODEN BOATS’ 35-foot LimoTender pairs sleek exterior styling with a protected interior. While the whip is feature-rich, its most impressive element is its movable deckhouse, which allows it to tuck into a superyacht’s garage. The LimoTender is built

THE TIARA YACHTS 3600 sovran was the entry-level model in the Michigan builder’s four-boat Sovran series. Accommodations include a forepeak stateroom with a queen island berth and a 13-inch flat-screen TV. Four more people can sleep on the convertibl

FOR THE PAST FEW months, I’ve been working the phones, assisting a few pals attempting to trade city life for a “shack on the beach” in Florida. They’ve had a few shots, but most have been slow to draw their wallets—prices have taken wing in a seller

The Custom Line 140 is set to become the Italian builder’s new flagship. Custom Line says the superyacht is designed with a high-speed displacement hull, which—when matched to a pair of 2,638 mhp MTU 16V 2000 M96L diesels—should help provide a 21.5-k

South Africa-based Robertson and Caine builds Leopard Catamarans, which come in power and sail models. The Leopard 46 Powercat is the second model in a new generation of power designs that also includes the Leopard 53 Powercat. On the 46, there are q

YACHT DESIGN CAN BE A TRICKY THING, especially if a brand has been successful with a style it calls its own. ¶ Since 1964, Westport has been catering to an American clientele whose tastes lean more toward the traditional than most European yacht owne

Evo Yachts was created in 2014 as a collaboration between Blu Emme Yachts and designer Valerio Rivellini, both based in Italy. The Evo V8 is the brand’s flagship model with a length overall of 78 feet. According to the builder, top speed is 24 knots,

Hull No. 1 of the Hinckley 35 was delivered in August, and the yacht made its official debut at September’s Newport International Boat Show in Rhode Island. The Maine-based builder worked with Florida’s Michael Peters Yacht Design to create the model

FRANS HEESEN, AT LEAST AT FIRST, wasn’t in the superyacht business. He was in high-tech plastics, which, during the 1960s and ’70s, were becoming so ubiquitous that the word “plastics” became a famous quote unto itself from the Dustin Hoffman film Th

HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS: We are in a much better place heading into the winter 2021-22 Caribbean charter season than we were at this time last year. ¶ It wasn’t until mid-December 2020 that the US government gave emergency-use authorization to the first

IN 2010, ARUN MAHESWARAN took a job at a company that made carbon-fiber gangways and similar products for yachts. He was a technical draftsman who had never set foot on a yacht, but through his work, he found himself spending a lot of time aboard the

There are yachts, and there are superyachts, but royal yachts tend to be something else again. The United Kingdom hasn’t had a royal yacht for almost 25 years, but the British government just announced its intention to replace Her Majesty’s Yacht Bri

In Dr. No, the 1962 film based on Ian Fleming’s sixth novel about British spy James Bond, actor Desmond Llewelyn made the British secret-service armorer code-named “Q” famous. Q maintained the airs of a refined British butler while furnishing Agent 0

The Burger 50 Cruiser has an interior by Florida-based De Basto Designs as well as a slide hull by Vripack in the Netherlands. Burger Boat Co. says the hull design improves ride quality by reducing pounding, fuel consumption and running angle (in tan

Bump it and take it slow,” Capt. Robert“Tiger” St. Romain said as I reached for the throttles. ¶ We were on the flybridge of the Beneteau 44 NautiGator. The metallic steering wheel reflected sunlight in all directions as the 10 a.m. breeze cooled us

The Otam 70 HT is a one-off design from the Italian builder, in collaboration with BG Design Firm for design and Umberto Tagliavini Marine Design for hull lines. The owner requested a three-stateroom layout with no tender garage, in order to increase

IF YOU’VE EVER NEGOTIATED pea-soupfogwhileboating, thenyou’re familiar with the interior of the proverbial pingpong ball. Orientation becomes confusing, and it’s easy to convince yourself that you’re heading north when your bearing is actually 180 de

Hull No. 1 of this Italian cruising machine is reportedly with its owner in US waters. The yacht is an evolution of the Open version and follows in the wake of Riva’s Dolceriva Hard Top. Design is by the Product Strategy Committee led by Piero Ferrar