Marlow is currently overhauling its popular 61-series hull to create a long-range cruiser the company hopes will dominate its class. The MK2 features two large staterooms that will serve a cruising couple and their VIP friends quite nicely. And down below a special workbench has been built into the engine room in case the owner gets a hankering for working with
Full Beam AheadIn all regards, this 72-footer feels like she's ten feet longer.When I stepped through the push-button-activated, stainless steel saloon doors on the Hatteras 72 for the first time I had a creeping feeling of doubt: was I on the right boat? I’d been on more than a few of this builder’s yachts over the years, and this one didn’t mesh with the
The Domino EffectAn import geared for those with champagne taste and a thirst for performance.It isn’t easy being Riva. There’s all that heritage to live up to: pictures of Brigitte Bardot in her little Florida runabout, and an endless succession of magazine articles proclaiming the Aquarama to be the most beautiful boat ever built. Then there is the need for
Absolute’s first ever flying bridge features a large sunlounge and a settee with a table.
If you’re a boatbuilder who’s bent on competing in the United States, you better have two things: a lot of boatbuilding experience and a good idea of what Americans like and what they don’t. America’s financial landscape is littered with the bones of companies who entered what is
The Absolute 52 Navetta debut at the 2015 Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show.
The Absolute 55 Fly combines heart-pounding performance with a large dollop of style. Power & Motoryacht's boat test of the Absolute 55 Fly.
Take a closer look at the Absolute 55 Fly with this photo gallery.
The first time I heard there was a new boat company called Absolute, I got it. Or I thought I did. Unfortunately I’d conflated the name with that of the vodka, failing to notice the elided “e”. (I don’t drink vodka.) Still, the mental images of slim, sleek, jet-setters
The new Absolute 72 may look like a typical Italian motoryacht, but looks can be deceiving—this thoroughbred was born to run.
What the heck is a "Euro-style" yacht? Oh, I've seen the term used in an endless array of boat tests and reviews (I've used it myself here and there). I think if a craft has some soft, sweeping lines, elliptical side windows, and shapely soft-leather furnishings, the boat automatically gets dubbed Euro. But is it fair to lump a builder's vision of a particular vessel into a genre just for the
Truthfully, I was a tad amazed by the formal introduction of Aicon's 72 in Taormina, Sicily. While the big, muscular performance cruiser's exterior was pretty much finished, her interior was only about 90 percent done. Not that I'm a stranger to this sort of thing. I've tested plenty of yachts that were officially a couple days away from completion, mostly because the test had to accommodate a
Aicon 75 FlyA Slice of Sicilian Fly Built in Aicon's Giammoro factory in Messina on the Island of Sicily, the 75 Fly has styling that is distinctly Italian, from her lines to her leather. But her most prominent feature is an extended radar arch overhang that shades her flying bridge. With the push of a button, the canvas
I was at the helm of a midrange motoryacht, idling into St. Augustine Inlet some while back, when a rather large vessel dead ahead spoke to me. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying the vessel came right out and said, “Hey Bill, how ya’ doin’?’” What I’m talking about is the ability of certain watercraft, irrespective of size, type, or age, to arrest one’s attention, in the same way a piece of
Originally this story was supposed to be all about Peter Lehrer, a highly regarded New York City construction maven whose resume includes Big Apple skyscrapers, Euro Disneyland, infrastructure for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and restorations of the Statue of Liberty, Grand Central Station, and Ellis Island. I'd been told Lehrer had recently purchased an Alden Yachts 53 Motor Yacht, a custom vessel
The Ferretti Group’s Privilege Days event for owners, high-rollers, and other promising prospects has become an annual fixture in the Italian seaside resort of Cattolica, on the Adriatic coast. At the quayside the company assembles a complete and fully crewed range of boats from the Ferretti, Custom Line, and Mochi shipyards, reserves the local restaurant, and waits for nature to take its
It’s up to the Army Corps of Engineers,” explained Kurt Dilworth, vice president of engineering at Tomco Marine in La Conner, Washington, which is about an hour north of Seattle. “They need to dredge this channel. The silt just eddies in.”We were returning against an outbound tide after my sea trial of the 49-foot American Tug, a coastal cruiser and Tomco Marine’s largest vessel to date.
At the 2002 Genoa Boat Show, I walked up to the foredeck of the first of the new Apreamare 16ms and found a sofa. So I sat down. I imagined a pretty girl lying on one of the sunpads there, pictured something long and cool to drink, and marveled at the inspired idea of providing a bimini top to keep the sun off. A bimini on the foredeck—sheer genius. Even though the boat was inside a
Ticket to ParadiseThis Italian-made yacht is built for fun in the sun, and she plays the part well.I distinctly remember going to the zoo when I was a kid and seeing a cheetah in its cage. It had plenty of room, lots of red meat, and a nice warm rock to lounge on. The big cat seemed happy enough. But I wasn’t. It all seemed a little too controlled, a little bit
Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe defined the minimalist art movement of the mid-1900's with the oft-quoted statement "Less is more." Both the quote and the movement have been reworked in numerous ways since then, but the key aesthetic remains unchanged: reduce a design to its basic elements. The result is a creation that is inherently simpler, and it's been my experience that this simplicity is
Aficionados of large custom yachts may be familiar with the Astondoa marque; founded in 1916, the Spanish yard has been building custom pleasurecraft through three generations of family ownership. Steeped in tradition, the builder is known in the United States for its line of motoryachts ranging in length from 66 to 138 feet. But during the past few years, the company has also been building a
Take an in-depth look at the fit and finish of Astondoa 720 GLX.
A 38-footer from Atlantis continues the rock-and-roll traditions of her predecessor...