NauticBlue

I’m a sucker for this kind of thing, really: Two midsize powercats, on loan to PMY from NauticBlue Power Yacht Vacations, an offshoot of The Moorings, the worldwide charter outfit. A testing venue shimmering with scenic beauty. And finally, an immense and groovy pile of test gear, complete with freshly calibrated fuel-flow-measuring equipment and enough compression-type fittings to stock a

It’s important to keep your focus when you’re testing a boat, but I must admit that I found doing that a challenge with the NauticBlue 464 power catamaran. Not because I’m particularly fond of catamarans. Rather the potential distraction I had to grapple with was the test venue: the Virgin Islands. NauticBlue runs a charter company based on St. Thomas which serves both the American and British