Power & Motoryacht

There is an apocryphal story of unknown origin that bears repeating in these volatile times. A well-dressed man visits a New York doctor of high renown. The patient explains that he is melancholic, that he doesn’t want to get up in the morning. “With

When Mercury said it was hosting an exclusive event to give the media a first glimpse at its latest outboard, our team of editors literally placed bets on the size of the new motor. A few of us got the horsepower right, but no one guessed the latest

The Walker’s Cay Blue Marlin Invitational held in May showcased to the world that the marina at Walker’s Cay is officially open. This legendary Bahamian sportfishing hot spot was abandoned after a hurricane in 2004 and sat idle for years until Carl A

Spend enough time on a boat and you’ll undoubtedly find yourself in some dubious situations. We’ve all stepped off a dock by accident or played some unintentional bumper boats. Unfortunately, some lessons have to be learned the hard way, but now that

LOA: 26'2" Beam: 8'2" Draft: 2'6" Displ.: 5,730 lbs. Power: 225-kW electric motors Top Speed: 35 knots Battery Capacity: 120 kWh Range: 100 nm Only a few years ago, electric cars were still turning every head on the roads. Today, some of the largest

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a Welshman walks into a marina with a tarp. A tropical storm is brewing something fierce, and his antique wooden charter boat is like a cat to water, so he lashes the tarp down with bungee cords. It certainly looks l

Let’s face it. Everybody makes mistakes. Some of us make lots of them. We burn the bacon, forget to lock the front door after leaving the house, totally blow by somebody’s cherished birthday or other milestone, or wander endlessly in the aisles of th

LOA 40’4” Beam 13’2” Draft 3’4” Displ. 22,080 lbs. Fuel 500 gal. Water 60 gal. Power 3/300-hp Mercury Verados; 4/400-hp Mercury Verados Price $750,000 The storied history of Bertram was on full display as I found myself aboard the company’s first cen

LOA 47’2” Beam 13’3” Draft 4’2” Displ. 28,000 lbs. (dry) Fuel 683 gal. Water 100 gal. Power 4/425-hp Yamaha outboards Price $1.4 million A couple years ago I spent time aboard Everglade’s previous flagship, the 435, in the Bahamas and found the boat

LOA 33’6” Beam 11’7” Draft 2’2” Displ. 10,100 lbs. (w/o engines) Fuel 361 gal. Power 2 or 3/300- to 425-hp Yamaha outboards There are two schools of thought when it comes to magazine making. One side favors leaving a style and structure untouched for

LOA 42’7” Beam 12’8” Draft 3’ Displ. 24,000 lbs. Fuel 700 gal. Water 80 gal. Power 3/600-hp Mercury Verados I meet up with Ken Clinton, president of Intrepid, and Joe Brenna who heads up customer support, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Clinton is hard t

LOA 35’10” Beam 10’8” Draft 2’5” Displ. 10,560 lbs. Fuel 212 gal. Water 42 gal. Power 2/300-hp Yamahas; 2/425-hp Yamahas Much is written about middle age, the point in our lives where we pause, reflect and prepare for the second half yet to play. Boa

LOA 37’4” Beam 11’4” Draft 3’3” Displ. 16,600 lbs. (dry) Power 2/425-hp Yamaha XTOs You’ll often hear people say “There’s no such thing as a perfect boat,” the idea being that boaters have diverse wants and needs and you can’t really check the boxes

LOA 42’2” Beam 13’1” Draft 2’4” Displ. 17,064 lbs. (w/o engines) Fuel 500 gal. Water 69 gal. Price $1.1 million Over the past decade or so, the size and scope of center consoles has risen steadily to the point where it now seems like nearly every bui

LOA 46’7” Beam 13’4” Draft 3’6” Displ. 29,731 lbs. Fuel 694 gal. Water 70 gal. Price $1.6 million From the stern, the Valhalla V46 doesn’t sit like your average center console. The smooth curve of the sheerline, from the point of the bow sloping down

LOA 67’6” Beam 19’6” Draft 5’4” Displ. 80,000 lbs. Fuel 2,000 gal. Water 250 gal. Power 2/1,925-hp Cat C32A Dr. Hiram Quiñones has made the run from his home port in Puerto Rico to Punta Cana on the eastern side of the Dominican Republic countless ti

LOA 54’6” Beam 17’8” Draft 4’11” Displ. 75,026 lbs. Fuel 1,535 gal. Water 198 gal. Power 2/1,400-hp MAN V12s; 2/1,550-hp Man V12s The 2020 Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show was a show unlike any other. As with nearly everything these past two ye

LOA 63’6” Beam 18’4” Draft 5’4” Displ. 81,000 lbs. Fuel 1,640 gal. Water 250 gal. Power 2/1,925-hp Cat C32-ACERTs It’s hard not to stare when the latest from Winter Custom Yachts, a 63 sportfish, comes backing toward the dock. She’s a classic beauty,

LOA 41’4” Beam 13’11” Draft 4’7” Displ. 43,300 lbs. Fuel 900 gal. Water 300 gal. Power 2/75-hp Beta Marine 85T diesels Price $740,000 Some 20 years ago, Nordhavn—the West Coast passage-maker-builder—put a tough, salty little beauty on the market that

LOA 51’4” Beam 15’4” Draft 4’10” Displ. 48,000 lbs. (dry) Fuel 920 gal. Water 200 gal. Power 1/355-hp Cummins QSB6.7; 1/600-hp Cummins QSC8.3; 2/550-hp Cummins QSB6.7 A follow-up to the 49 Pilothouse, the 49 Euro is North Pacific’s answer to an owner

LOA 62’2” Beam 17’10” Draft 4’7” Displ. 61,729 lbs. (dry) Fuel 1,022 gal. Water 222 gal. Power 2/730-hp MAN i6 730s Price $1.9 million The first time I saw a Beneteau trawler yacht was at the Düsseldorf show. The boat was up on its stand with no conc

LOA 43’ Beam 13’6” Draft 3’ Displ. 26,500 lbs. Fuel 500 gal. Water 97 gal. Power 3/300-hp Yamaha 4.2L V6s; 3/350-hp Suzuki 4.4L V6s; 3/400-hp Mercury Verado 2.6L V6s Price $799,965 A crisp breeze sweeps through Old Saybrook, Connecticut, a reminder t

LOA 42’ Beam 13’ Draft 43” Displ. 27,000 lbs. Fuel 403 gal. Water 50 gal. Power 3/400-hp Mercury Verados Price $928,340 Until recently, I would never have imagined a Cruisers Yachts with outboards—let alone triples. When I think of the Wisconsin-base

LOA 58’ Beam 17’5” Draft 4’3” Displ. 46.296 lbs. Fuel 555 gal. Water 135 gal. Power 2/700-hp Volvo IPS900 Price $1.8 million Something of an origami yacht, with its edgy, angular design, Evo Yachts’ R6 will be a guaranteed head-turner whenever you sl

LOA 42’ Beam 13’1” Draft 3’10” Displ. 25,485 lbs. Fuel 238 gal. Water 88 gal. Power 2/440-hp Volvo D6-440 DPI Price $680,000 We all have plenty of surreal memories to take away from these virus-stricken times, but there’s one that seems especially de

LOA 38’ Beam 11’6” Draft 3’5” Displ. 21,200 lbs. Fuel 300 gal. Power 3/450-hp Mercury Racing 450Rs Price $1.2 million Formula first equipped its 380 Super Sport Crossover (SSC) with sterndrive propulsion, hoping to cater to loyal customers moving up

LOA 53’4” Beam 14’6” Draft 4’3” Displ. 47,000 lbs. Fuel 650 gal. Water 100 gal. Power 4/600-hp Mercury Verado outboards Price $2.8 million Who says you can’t power a “yacht” weighing nearly 25 tons with outboards? It’s not like there’s a rule saying

LOA 38’8” Beam 11’ Draft 2’10” Displ. 13,174 lbs. Fuel 300 gal. Water 35 gal. Power 2/300-hp Yamaha or Mercury Verados; 2/350-hp Yamaha or Mercury Verados With lines a Gilded Age tycoon would envy, each one of the more than 1,000 Hinckley Picnic Boat

LOA 33’ Beam 10’ Draft 26” Displ. 9,500 lbs. (w/o engines) Water 20 gal. Power 3/350-hp Mercury outboards Price $441,000 The term “head-turner” is overused in boat reviews, but few boats grab as much attention at 50-plus knots as the new Yachtline 33

LOA 38’2” Beam 11’ Draft 2’8” Displ. 13,279 lbs. Fuel 250 gal. Water 58 gal. Power 2/300-hp Mercury outboards The MJM origin story is well documented and oft told. As he grew older, famed sailboat builder Bob Johnstone was looking to trade in his sai

LOA 40’7” Beam 11’4” Draft 3’ Displ. 14,550 (w/o engines) Fuel 224 gal. Water 36 gal. Power 2/300-hp Mercury Verado engines It’s a late October morning as I pull into a parking spot at Safe Harbor Rockland Marina in Maine. I stroll past Archer’s on t

LOA 37’2” Beam 12’ Draft 3’7” Displ. 21,400 lbs. Fuel 250 gal. Water 46 gal. Power 3/300-hp Mercury Verado outboards Price $679,000 In 2018, Sea Ray ceased production of yachts over 40 feet to focus on its smaller sportboat and cruiser series. So, wh

LOA 48’7” Beam 15’9” Draft 3’4” Displ. 32,518 lbs. Fuel 396 gal. Water 114 gal. Power 2/650-hp Volvo Penta D6 IPS Solaris is a relatively new name in the motoryacht world, but the Italian builder is more than familiar with the requirements of high-pe

LOA 48’4” Beam 14’2” Draft 3’10” Displ. 25,000 lbs. (dry) Fuel 660 gal. Water 100 gal. Power 3/600-hp Mercury Verado V-12s Price $1.3 million When I stepped on the Tiara 48 LS, I immediately tossed out any preconceived notions I had of whether this v

LOA 54’7” Beam 15’2” Draft 3’10” Displ. 34,000 lbs. (dry) Power 2/600-hp Cummins QSC 8.3; 2/725-hp Volvo IPS950 Price $2.2 million Uniesse has always embraced the virtue of enduring design. Established in 1987 by the Scaburri brothers in Bergamo, Ita

LOA 64’5” Beam 18’1” Draft 5’10” Displ. 108,973 lbs. Fuel 951 gal. Water 267 gal. Power 2/1,000-hp Volvo IPS 1350 Price $2.3 million To describe the Navetta 64 as a roomy three-cabin yacht with an occasional fourth hardly does it justice. With almost

LOA 52’ Beam 16’8” Draft 4’5” Displ. 48,000 lbs. Fuel 500 gal. Water 240 gal. Power 2/425-hp Cummins QSB 6.7 Price $1.3 million Vic Parcells, who has worked in the boating industry for 40 years as a broker and captain in the Pacific Northwest, was fa

LOA 50’4” Beam 14’1” Draft 4’3” Displ. 47,399 lbs. Fuel 370 gal. Water 159 gal. Power 2/550-hp Cummins QSB 6.7 You develop a sixth sense about these things after a while. We were making something like 22 knots into an already fresh breeze and I had n

LOA 68’10” Beam 17’2” Draft 5’3” Displ. 96,342 lbs. Fuel 977 gal. Water 264 gal. Power 2/1,000-hp Volvo IPS-1350 Price $3 million I’ve seldom had so much fun with an item of furniture as I did with the table on the Azimut 68. It was clearly a clever

LOA 51’1” Beam 14’12” Draft 3’7” Displ. 27,000 lbs. (dry) Fuel 400 gal. Water 176 gal. Power 2/Volvo Penta IPS 500 Price $780,000 The long-awaited arrival of the Greenline 45 Fly took place in Annapolis, Maryland, on the Severn River, just off the ha

LOA 56’8” Beam 17’2” Draft 4’5” Displ. 63,934 lbs. Fuel 1,200 gal. Water 198 gal. Power 2/670-hp Volvo Penta D11; 2/800-hp Volvo D13 After cruising at 40 knots down the Adriatic coast in an Italian rocket ship and punching out in 20 knots to Great Ba

LOA 57’3” Beam 17’6” Draft 4’10” Displ. 66,000 lbs. Fuel 900 gal. Water 150 gal. Power 2/1,000-hp Volvo IPS 1350 The sun was sinking fast behind an evergreen horizon as the last employees primed and polished the new Hood 57 LM. My breath climbed skyw

LOA 75’7” Beam 18’10” Draft 6’5” Displ. 108,000 lbs. Fuel 1,320 gal. Water 264 gal. Power 2/1550-hp MAN V12s; 2/1650-hp MAN V12s The lines of an MCY, the shape of their hull windows and their superyacht level of finish makes me think that these boats

LOA 88’6” Beam 20’8” Draft 4’1” Displ. 203,023 lbs. Fuel 2,370 gal. Water 660 gal. Power 2/1,650-hp MAN V12s Price $6.5 million Ocean Alexander’s longtime collaboration with London-based yacht designer Evan K. Marshall has borne fruit once again in t

LOA 142’1” Beam 28’1” Draft 6’8” Displ. 551,156 lbs. Fuel 7,925 gal. Water 1,056 gal. Power 4/2,600-hp MTU 16V 2000 M96L Brave shipyards need brave owners, who buy off plan with nothing to go on but sketches and the sales spiel, trusting the yard to

LOA 71’7” Beam 17’6” Draft 5’7” Displ. 73,634 lbs. (dry) Fuel 1,057 gal. Water 201 gal. Power 2/900-hp Volvo Penta IPS1200s; 2/1,000-hp Volvo Penta IPS1350s The X70 stands out from the crowd thanks to her somewhat unorthodox yet purposeful design tra

LOA 95’6” Beam 22’3” Draft 6’7” Displ. 229,278 lbs. (half load) Fuel 3,540 gal. Water 475 gal. Power 2/1,900-hp MAN V-12 1900 Price $12 million The X95 boldly stands at the cutting edge of current motoryacht thinking. “Widebody” is the latest buzzwor

LOA 69’8” Beam 19’1” Draft 5’4” Displ. 88,119 lbs. Fuel 1,717 gal. Water 198 gal. Power 2/1,300-hp MAN V8s; 2/1,550-hp MAN V12s The 645 SUV is the largest, most sophisticated vessel in Riviera’s SUV line, which now includes six models. Riviera descri

LOA 30’9” Beam 9’9” Draft 2’6” Displ. 6,166 lbs. (dry with twin 150s) Fuel 150 gal. Water 16 gal. Power 2/200-hp Mercury Verados With the forecast calling for 4- to 6-foot seas and a 15- to 20-knot offshore wind, I thought it might be a good idea to

LOA 69’6” Beam 26’11” Draft 4’9” Displ. 94,800 lbs. (dry) Fuel 1,162 gal. Water 412 gal. Power 2/1,000-hp D13 Volvo Price $4 million Catamarans make ideal cruising vessels—they’re wide and stable with plenty of liveaboard space, and they offer a smoo

LOA 61’7” Beam 24’6” Draft 4’9” Displ. 88,383 lbs. Fuel 1,000 gal. Water 250 gal. Power 2/705-hp Cummins QSM11 I have to admit, I was partial to the Horizon PC60 from the jump. As I walked the docks of the 2021 Ft. Lauderdale boat show, it was the na