The Florida-based couple explained to me that they were winding down from their full-time work lives. They had plans to spend more time cruising, but not down South. They have a part-time home in the Pine Tree State, but would soon leave their Sunshine State residence behind for a full-time life in New England. The move would come with liveaboard and serious voyaging plans, and the Sabre Yachts 43 Salon Express we were aboard was on their shortlist because their current outboard-powered vessel lacks the layout and amenities for a true cruising campaign.

I was sitting at the salon’s L-shaped dinette to starboard, with a standard high-gloss cherry-wood high-low table and pillow-soft seating. The couple kicked back on the straight settee to port as they told me their story. Looking around this space, the why of their choice came into focus.

First, there’s the cozy like home factor we were experiencing. The 43’s salon has a warm, welcoming, standard teak-and-holly sole, enhanced by equally warm, welcoming, grain-matched, satin-finish cherry wood—also standard. This wood combination is found throughout the yacht’s interior. It’s easy to envision an early morning sitting at the dinette, feet up with hot coffee made at the open galley just a couple of steps down from the salon. Maybe watch the 32-inch flip-down TV as the vessel’s optional 480 hp Volvo Penta IPS10-650 diesels warm up for the day’s adventure. (The 380 hp IPS-500s are standard.)

The galley is to port and down, barely, and it is bright and airy. Three front windows are gently raked, creating an atrium effect over the L-shaped galley, which also benefits from the side windows amping up the natural-light quotient. The salon has curved glass wrapping around its after section, providing views of the cockpit corners, as opposed to a squared-off bulkhead that forces the skipper to move their head to catch the view aft. This curved glass is a clever bit of engineering and manufacturing, and not something I’ve seen on a yacht of this size.

The galley is also well-equipped for meal prep with a solid-surface countertop, stainless-steel undermount sink, Cuisinart convection/microwave oven, two-burner Kenyon induction cooktop, and Vitrifrigo two-drawer fridge and freezer. Induction cooktops use around 5 percent to 10 percent less energy than their electric counterparts, and they are generally safer because the surface only gets hot once pots or pans are placed on the burners. (Induction cooktops generate heat via an electromagnetic field.)

In addition to taking meals in the salon, owners can sit at a U-shaped dinette across from the galley that Sabre calls the hybrid lounge. The seating and table convert to a double berth with a 6-inch foam mattress for the kids or occasional guests.

Owners take their slumber in the master stateroom forward. This stateroom has an island berth with a 9-inch latex mattress, which generally means durability and supports the body better than memory foam, a positive attribute when the plan is extended voyages and being a seasonal—or longer—liveaboard. The owner’s stateroom also has a Samsung flat-screen TV, four drawers to port, and a cedar-lined locker to starboard to stow clothes and gear.

There is a single head on board the 43, and the master stateroom has direct access to it. There is additional guest access off the companionway. The head has a Tecma toilet and a separate stall shower with an acrylic door. There is a sink here, along with solid-surface countertops and a deck hatch above for fresh air ventilation.

The Sabre 43 Salon Express surely felt the part of ready-to-run cruiser as I looked around, but the question remained: Does this well-proportioned and nicely outfitted downeast design, with its timeless lines and modern powerplants, have the performance to match?

Running in calm water with seven people aboard and about two-thirds of the 432-gallon fuel tank full, the boat came on plane in rapid fashion. It soon hit an effortless 30-knot cruise speed at 3,300 rpm while the engines burned right around 37 gallons of fuel per hour. Considering a 10 percent reserve, there is about a 315-nautical-mile range at this speed. Push those single-lever throttles on the pins at 3,700 rpm, and this 43-footer makes about 35 knots while burning 49 gph, resulting in a range of about 278 nautical miles. That’s solid performance for a yacht with a 30,800-pound half-load displacement.

The efficiency is partly thanks to the IPS propulsion package, but it’s also because that package works in lockstep with the 43’s modified-V hull form, which has 15 degrees of transom deadrise and 21 degrees amidships. It creates an easy-to-plane and stable running surface.

Supporting this hull form is robust construction, with the yacht’s hull bottom and topsides built via resin-infused biaxial E-glass with Corecell foam for strength without added weight. The stringer system is also built with E-glass and a foam core for a strong backbone.

In addition to build strength, the 43 has a yacht-quality level of fit-and-finish at all points, from the joinerwork to the see-your-face-in-it hull paint. The designers also optimized onboard real estate in every way I could see.

As I write this, I don’t know if the couple I met ultimately ordered the Sabre 43 Salon Express. But as I was leaving the boat, I saw them sitting comfortably in the salon, taking in the layout and seeming to be in no hurry to disembark. That’s always a good sign.

Helm It Your Way

The Sabre 43 Salon Express has a proper helm setup in that there are standard—and quite comfortable—Stidd seats with fold-down footrests. Sightlines are unobstructed, even when the boat is coming onto plane. The single-lever throttles and joystick are positioned within arm’s reach, multifunction displays are in the line of sight, and there is side-deck access for line handling when cruising shorthanded.

Assisted Docking

This 43 Salon Express is equipped with Volvo Penta’s Assisted Docking system. It let our captain create a perimeter or lane for the yacht. Push the joystick forward, and the boat moves forward in the preset lane. Create a perimeter, and the boat moves within the circle. Not sure what to do? Let the joystick go, and the yacht holds position. The system worked smoothly and came in handy while waiting for bridges.

The Great Outdoors

Cruising is the primary mission of the Sabre 43 Salon Express, and part of the cruising experience is entertaining friends and family. The cockpit is well-suited for the task. Entrance is gained via a transom door off the swim platform to starboard. There is an L-shaped settee to port, set around a high-gloss wood table for alfresco meals. Flanking the sliding glass doors on centerline are two aft-facing seats for taking in the view underway.

Take the next step: sabreyachts.com

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Anybody writing about the history of Maine’s Down East boatbuilding culture would have to include the name Jarvis Newman and at least a few of the vessels that his yard produced. Born in 1935, he spent his teenage years lobstering and fishing in Long Island Sound, then worked at a variety of jobs before moving to Southwest Harbor to work in the fiberglass department at what would go on to become Hinckley Yachts. Newman realized that sailboat owners needed a rowboat or tender, so he started building them. In 1970, Jarvis Newman Boats was formed, and its powerboats and Friendship Sloops started to dot Maine’s harbors.

Today, it’s increasingly unusual to see any of the 90 boats that Jarvis Newman built come up on the brokerage market. About half of the original builds went to commercial fishermen, with the other half going to recreational boaters—meaning there were only ever about 45 of the classics available for cruising yachtsmen at all. Some have undergone restorations or refits, and those that present in top condition are especially precious when they show up for sale in the marketplace.

Hence the $375,000 asking price on Bounder, whose hull was built by Jarvis Newman and then shipped to Lyman-Morse for custom-built interiors and systems. Ever since this boat’s finishing in 1988, it’s had just one owner, and it has been stored as well as maintained at Lyman-Morse.

Some of the more recent work includes stripping and revarnishing in 2019, the addition of a new flybridge enclosure that same year, and the addition of new house and starter 8D Lifeline AGM batteries in 2021.

Earlier, in 2008, the boat underwent a repower with an 800-horsepower Caterpillar 3406E. According to the team at Lyman-Morse, the engine gives Bounder a top speed of 20 knots and a cruising speed of 17 knots.

The boat has a classic feel in just about every respect, inside and out. Its solid fiberglass hull is painted with Awlgrip’s flag blue, along with a red and white boot stripe. The house is Awlgrip’s Matterhorn white, and inside, the Herreshoff aesthetic includes a varnished teak and holly sole. Furniture and cabinetry is white, with varnished raised mahogany trim and doors. Overheads are white with laminated mahogany beams and trim. All the thru-hulls are bronze.

What features are in the owner’s stateroom on Bounder for comfortable overnights? It has heat as well as air conditioning, and an opening portlight for fresh air.

Take the next step: contact a sales broker at lymanmorse.com

Quick Specifications

• Length Overall: 46’2″
• Maximum Beam: 15′
• Fuel Capacity: 1,400 Gal.
• Freshwater Capacity: 600 Gal.

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Wellington Yacht Partners currently has the Hunter Scott Duffy 38, Deceiver, listed with an asking price of $340,000. The 1998 Downeast flybridge cruiser starts with an Atlantic Boat Company Duffy hull, which was finished by Hunter Scott, who stopped building in 2005. The yacht has a single stateroom and head. The yacht recently got upgraded Raymarine electronics and a new Simrad autopilot.

Furniture is thoughtfully arranged to help create a sense of space and volume, helped in part by natural light via the salon windows. Owners and their guests will find seating with loose lounge chairs to port and an L-shaped settee and folding table abaft the standing helm to starboard.

Heading aft through the salon door brings lead to an open cockpit with room to add loose furniture for sundowners with friend, take in the sun or perhaps put the five rod holders lining the transom to use catching dinner during that summer cruise with the family. The cockpit is also equipped with stowage lockers and an insulated cooler with a built-in drain.

A ladder to port leads to the flybridge where a two-seat helm station sits abaft a forward-facing bench seat, perfect for taking in beautiful sunsets or enjoying the breeze as the captain navigates to the next waypoint.

Belowdecks, the galley is positioned to port, although an open concept makes it almost feel like part of the salon. A U-shaped countertop provides plenty of space for fixing meals. The galley is also equipped with a two-burner electric cooktop, a microwave, a sink, a mini-refrigerator and plenty of cabinet stowage.

To starboard is the single head, which is full-size head with a separate shower from the toilet and sink. Portholes and roof hatches along with the well-placed lighting on board keep belowdecks well lit. The single stateroom is in the forepeak with two double berths and hanging lockers.

Power for this Hunter Scott Duffy 38 is twin 420 hp Caterpillar 3126 diesels, which, according to the Atlantic Boat Company, produces cruise speeds in the 18- to 20-knot range. The Caterpillar diesels have just 525 hours on them.

Where is Deceiver located? The yacht is currently located in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Take the next step: contact the listing agent, Chris Fairfax, (508) 345-1839 – mobile, (401) 683-6070 – office, cfairfax@wellingtonyachts.com, wellingtonyachts.com

Quick Specifications:

• Length Overall: 38’6”
• Maximum Beam: 14’
• Draft: 4’11”

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Turkish builder Vicem Yachts proves that traditional styling is still in vogue with the 65 Classic Flybridge. The 66-footer has downeast lines, is available in fiberglass and cold-molded versions, can speed away when necessary, and has modern liveaboard comforts.

From the cockpit, the flybridge is accessed via starboard-side stairs. Up top, C-shaped seating converts to a sun pad. Two wooden dinettes are nearby for snacks, drinks or meals. Abaft this settee is an aft-facing sun pad for two. To starboard, there is a wet bar with a barbecue, a sink and a fridge/freezer to assist with alfresco entertaining. Forward of the wet bar is the two-seat upper helm station with twin 17-inch Garmin displays.

On the main deck, the teak cockpit has an L-shaped settee in the after portside corner. It’s accompanied by a wooden dinette. Forward and to port are two Besenzoni bar stools shaded by the flybridge, and connected via a frameless electric window to the salon, bar and sink inside.

The salon has an L-shaped settee to port with a coffee table. To starboard, there are cabinets and enough space for two free-standing chairs that won’t impede anyone’s ability to walk forward to the lower helm station, which has two Garmin screens and a door that provides side-deck access for easier docking.

Belowdecks, the 65 Classic Flybridge is flexible. The standard layout includes two en suite staterooms: a full-beam amidships master with a king-size berth and a forward VIP. Separating the two staterooms is a space that the builder calls a dining and lounge area, which has a head. With a sliding door, the overall space converts to a third en suite guest stateroom.

The 65 Classic Flybridge’s galley is also belowdecks, to port. It has a four-burner cooktop, cabinets, a sink and a microwave across from an L-shaped countertop.

In terms of the yacht’s exterior looks, Vicem says a light-blue hull has been the most popular paint selection, but colors are customizable.

Standard motors are 725 hp Volvo Penta D11 straight-shaft diesels. With optional Volvo Penta IPS1350 diesels, the builder reports a 32-knot top-end speed and a 26-knot cruising speed. Additional features include a hydraulic swim platform and four 630-amp lithium batteries that provide more than 15 hours of operating time at anchor.  

Take the next step: vicemyachts.com

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“My kids have a saying: Incoming wind, outgoing tide makes for a bumpy Kennebec ride,” Rich Miner says about cruising aboard his Nantucket skiff on Maine’s Kennebec River. The Down East skiff’s flagship standing in the family was usurped when Miner, the co-founder of Android, added other rides, including a C.W. Hood-drawn Katama 30. Miner’s newest whip, the first Hood 35 LM, Shadow, represents all that he’s learned about Maine boating, technology and bespoke design.

While his success with Android means that Miner has his choice of yachts, his love of hands-on design and Maine’s working waterfronts, as well as his desire to commute between his Maine island properties, led him to commission the first Hood 35 LM. It’s also a C.W. Hood design, built by Lyman-Morse. And while it may look like a traditional, cold-molded Down East dayboat, it actually has everything, from Hamilton HJX Series water-jet drives to a planned Sea Machines autonomous command-and-control system.

Miner, who is 58, grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, roughly 20 miles from Massachusetts Bay. He was a suburban kid whose parents bought a small Bayliner that they kept in Gloucester. This served as his introduction to boating, but the sport’s gravitational pull didn’t resume until after he completed his undergraduate work, master’s degree and Ph.D. in the 1980s and ’90s, and then started the companies Wildfire and Android.

“Maybe 20 years ago, I picked it up again, when we bought our first place in Maine,” Miner says. The Nantucket skiff was the first of many small boats that would join his fleet there (see sidebar).

Years later, the Miners acquired a camp farther Down East. These properties border brine, allowing him to sometimes commute between them by water.

“At max throttle, it’s effectively a three-hour boat ride, door to door,” he says about traveling from his property on Atkins Bay in Phippsburg to his camp on Eggemoggin Reach aboard his previously owned C.W. Hood-designed Katama 30, which he acquired in late 2015. Part of his reason for building his Hood 35 LM was time. “I’d like to be able to be able to cruise back and forth in less than three hours,” he says.

So, that was one reason for the Hood 35 LM, whose reported top speed is more than 40 knots. Another reason was design.

“I have strong views on form, and I have strong views on function,” he says, adding that in his next life, “I’ll be an architect.” For him, owning the Katama 30 was a chance to “see what I like and don’t like in a boat this size.”

The Katama was originally a coupe, so Miner asked Hood to design a hardtop with removable windows. Hood delivered, and a working relationship developed. Four years later, Hood was in the endgame of building a 57-footer for a client with Lyman-Morse in Camden, Maine. “I really like Drew Lyman,” Miner says, adding that Lyman brings a generational shift to the company that his father, Cabot Lyman, founded in 1978. “He’s big into leveraging tech in really smart ways…but with really beautiful wooden boats.”

The Hood 35 LM is thus an exercise in form meeting its function, with a nod to other popular Maine designs such as the Hinckley Picnic Boat.

“I like the idea of a Picnic Boat, but more minimalist,” Miner says, adding that he appreciates cold-molded wooden hulls for their strength-to-weight ratio, overall resilience, and sound- and vibration-dampening properties. The Hood 35 LM also had to be small enough to frequent Five Islands Lobster Co. in Georgetown (near one of his homes) while accommodating overnights with his family of four. He needed the perfect mid-range cruiser.

Miner worked with Hood to create custom cockpit bench seating that converts into two twin berths, an innovative V-berth that converts to a “queen-ish”-size master, and hinged windows and access panels that disappear into bulkheads. “It’s a really clean design,” says Miner, adding that the extra 5 feet of waterline between his single-jet Katama and his dual-jet Hood 35 LM accommodates the yacht’s advanced systems.

Advanced systems include twin HamiltonJet HJX Series water-jet drives and AVX controls, which should be ideal in the land of lobster pots. There are also dual 19-inch Raymarine Axiom multifunction displays, a Cyclone radar, a YachtSense digital switching and control system, a ClearCruise AR-enhanced navigation system, and a FLIR thermal-imaging camera. “It’s Android at its core,” Miner says of the Raymarine operating system.

Cooler still, Miner also spec’d HamiltonJet’s JetSense, an autonomous command-and-control system that Sea Machines builds. “It can be used a lot like Tesla Autopilot,” Miner says, adding that the system has several levels of autonomy. “One is better situational awareness while you’re at the helm,” while another is “a full autonomous version that can do a lot of the driving.”

In more traditional fashion, Miner’s Hood 35 LM carries 40 gallons of fresh water, 20 gallons of blackwater and 240 gallons of fuel, giving it a range of 240 nautical miles (with a 10 percent reserve) at its reported cruising speed of 32 knots at 30 gph. Hammers down, the boat will do 40 knots at 42 gph.

While Miner hadn’t yet taken delivery at the time of this writing, odds are excellent that the new boat will make negotiating the Kennebec a far more comfortable and technologically advanced affair, irrespective of wind and tide.

Full-Scale Charrette

Lyman-Morse built a cardboard mock-up of the Hood 35 LM prior to construction. The helm looked boxy, so Miner worked with the Lyman-Morse team to create a curved carbon-fiber helm with a wood-veneer face and exposed carbon ends. Miner says the result is “beautiful and contemporary.” 

Unblinking Eyes

Everything about Miner’s Hood 35 LM is aimed at meeting the aesthetics and practicalities of the Maine coastline. This includes lobster pots. To help evade these navigational challenges, the boat carries a FLIR M364C thermal-imaging camera, which can deliver high-definition color and thermal imagery, as well as blends of the two.

Mosquito Fleet

The Hood 35 LM is Miner’s flagship, but he owns several hundred feet of waterline. His armada includes a Katama 30, a Nantucket skiff, a Banks Cove 22 Center Console, 10 kayaks, a rowing shell, two Puffin tenders, a Portland Pudgy, a home-built wooden rowing tender, a Little River Marine Heritage 15 Carbon rowboat, two stand-up paddleboards and a canoe. 

Take the next step: cwhoodyachts.com; lymanmorse.com

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Back Cove Yachts in Maine is updating its Back Cove 37, which will relaunch as the Back Cove 372 this fall.

The inboard-powered, Down East cruising yacht is being redesigned more than a decade after it originally launched in 2009. More than 200 hulls are on the water.

According to Back Cove, production molds gave out in 2020 from wear and tear, providing an opportunity to incorporate new features and design enhancements.

Changes for the Back Cove 372 include a more efficient 24-volt DC electrical system for increased run time on the bow and optional stern thrusters; a standard 600-horsepower Cummins QSC 8.3 diesel engine with a 7-inch display; an optional Volvo Penta D8 diesel engine with a 7-inch Garmin display; a black windshield liner and upholstered helm pod to reduce glare at the helm; fixed, glazed pilothouse windows instead of sliding windows for enhanced sightlines; an aft-facing cockpit seat to starboard with a folding armrest and drink holder; a new salon door to port with a bifold window to starboard; a reconfigured head and redesigned shower stall; and an upgraded Side-Power SE100 bow thruster.

Where to see the Back Cove 372: The model is expected to debut at the United States Powerboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland, this October. 

For more information, visit: backcoveyachts.com

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When Dan Prigmore and Marcia Hayes pulled their Sabre 48 True East up to a hand-operated lock in Norway’s Telemark Canal this past July, they received an extremely enthusiastic greeting from the senior lockmaster.

“He asked: ‘Can I come on the boat and get a picture with your flag? I’ve been at this job 16 years, and this is the first American boat I’ve ever seen,’” Prigmore says.

Since launching True East in 2012, the veteran cruising couple from Coconut Grove, Florida, has taken great pride in voyaging beyond the beaten cruising waypoints. They’ve logged more than 35,000 miles on True East, exploring nautical nooks and crannies from Alaska to the Canadian Maritimes, Sardinia to Sweden, with Hayes’ Chihuahua-terrier rescue dog, Lola, along for the ride and the frequent company of friends and family.

“When we first met and Dan asked me how I felt about boats, I said, ‘Let’s put it this way: My absolute favorite thing is to be either in the water, on the water, next to the water, or coming and going to the water,’” Hayes says.

A lifetime boater, Prigmore commuted for a while from his summer home in Hull, Massachusetts, to his office in Boston aboard Johanna, a 30-foot twin-engine Hacker-Craft christened with his mother’s middle name. He also logged 30,000 miles on Canim, a 1930 Ted Geary-designed 96-foot motoryacht he had restored. After Prigmore met Hayes, the couple cruised along the Maine coast and elsewhere aboard Prigmore’s 32-foot Legacy, True South.

“We spent two summers up in New England, where Dan is from and has lots of friends who have boats,” Hayes says. “Everyone kept asking us, ‘When are you going to buy a place up here?’ But Dan and I both agreed we couldn’t decide on one place. What we really wanted was to be able to cruise on a boat but have company join us. That was the inspiration for buying a two-cabin boat.”

They made the rounds of boat shows in the United States and Europe, checklist in hand. “We wanted a boat with two equal cabins with en suite heads and a separate shower,” Prigmore says. “It had to be under 50 feet, run-and-hide capable, American-made with classic lines. The Sabre 48 was exactly what we wanted.”

The clincher was the lower stateroom, whose head serves as a day-head for guests and whose sleeping area becomes stowage during long voyages. That stateroom also holds a washer and dryer. They converted the queen berth to a twin and fitted the extra space with a wire-rack stowage unit. Foldable bikes and an inflatable kayak stay down there, as do a refrigerator for food stowage—second to the one in the galley—and an average of 10 cases of wine.

Their favorite scenery, by far, has been during their Alaska voyages, where they’ve even scooped up some ice to mix glacial martinis while watching the wildlife.

“If you get up into Tracy Arm at the right time of year, the seals give birth on the ice floes to keep their pups away from the orcas,” Prigmore says. “You have a ton of eagles overhead and whales nudging around the edges. You’re floating in ice. It’s unbelievable.”

While True East’s 550 hp Cummins diesels provide the power Prigmore needs in rough crossings—such as from Newfoundland to Cape Breton in Canada, and from Italy’s Sardinia to Spain’s Mallorca in the Mediterranean—the couple prefers to keep things in a lower gear.

“We like to nudge our way through tight passages where you have to pay attention, but it’s more interesting than going 50 miles per hour 24/7 offshore,” Prigmore says.

They were charmed by the Mediterranean’s Rhone-Rhine Canal, where they just barely squeezed under the bridges and through as many as 25 locks in one day.

“I’d swear Marcia walked halfway across France,” Prigmore says. “There was usually a beautiful path next to the canal, so she’d walk with the dog, Lola, while I drove the boat.” As she strolled past abandoned lockmasters’ houses, Hayes picked sun-ripened pears, peaches and plums.

True East’s next plum itinerary, starting in May, will depart from Sweden and head east to the Baltics, then explore the coast of Poland and the Mecklenburg Lakes region of Germany. Prigmore, Hayes and Lola expect to be together at the helm, keeping True East on course, for their next great adventure.

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Between 1999 and 2011, Hinckley Yachts built 82 Talaria 44s, 17 of which were flybridge models. (There were express and enclosed-bridge versions too.)

The 44, powered with various Yanmar diesel options, has downeast lines and waterjet propulsion.

Construction is resin-infused Kevlar, E-glass and carbon fiber.

The galley and dinette are down to port and starboard, respectively, and there is a forepeak master stateroom.

At press time, two Talaria 44 flybridge models were available, at $397,000 for a 2002 with 655 engine hours and $595,000 for a 2007 with 955 engine hours.

From the Archive

“But it’s the JetStick that really sets this yacht apart. …As you near the dock, simply switch to docking mode by pushing a button, which activates the JetStick and disengages the wheel. Push the joystick sideways, and the computer determines the proportion of bow thruster and jets needed to nudge the boat sideways, with speed controlled by your pressure on the JetStick.” —Yachting, October 2007

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Palm Beach 70

Consumers asked, and Palm Beach Motor Yachts delivered. The manufacturer that previously didn’t produce a 70-foot yacht has launched the Palm Beach 70.

This vessel has a three-stateroom layout, a flybridge and an inset bow lounge. Its flybridge and everything else above the yacht’s sheerline is constructed with infused carbon fiber, giving the yacht a low center of gravity and, in turn, better stability. The salon is squared off by two facing L-shaped settees aft with a dining table connecting the settee to port. The helm station is forward and to starboard, and there is a U-shaped galley aft. The cockpit has a dining table, and there is access to a teak swim platform via doors to port and to starboard.

The 70 comes equipped with twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta IPS1350s and reportedly cruises around 32 knots, and has a top hop of 38 knots.

Full review: Palm Beach 70

Galeon 650 Skydeck

The Galeon 650 Skydeck’s electric, fold-out portside and starboard-side gunwales are a standout feature on this yacht. They allow for additional space in an alfresco setting, creating balconies with rail stanchions, guidelines and four inserts for bar stools (two to port, two to starboard). The transforming balconies lead to an aft deck with an eight-person, U-shaped settee with a table, a wet bar, a sink, an electric grill and an ice maker.

The 650’s aft, portside galley has a two-burner electric cooktop, a microwave, a dishwasher, dual sinks and an under-counter, fridge-freezer combo. As for its starboard-side helm station, it’s equipped with twin Raymarine HybridTouch multifunction displays, a monitor for the boat’s Seakeeper 16 gyrostabilizer, Raymarine autopilot, a Humphree Interceptor controller and an EmpirBus digital-switching keypad for wipers, horns, etc.

This Galeon vessel runs on twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta D13 diesels and has a top-end speed of 30 knots.

Full review: Galeon 650 Skydeck

Johnson 110 Skylounge

When boarding the Johnson 110 Skylounge, guests and crew alike will immediately be drawn to the vessel’s namesake sky lounge. This area accommodates 10 guests and includes an L-shaped settee and a coffee table to starboard, a bar-style galley with granite countertops to port with three bar stools, a gas barbecue, a refrigerator, an ice maker, a microwave, a sink and unobstructed vistas.

The 110 Skylounge has five staterooms: a master, a VIP and three more guest staterooms. The master’s king-size berth faces panoramic windows and has his-and-her tables that match his-and-her sinks in the en suite head. Belowdecks and amidships, the VIP stateroom has a queen-size berth. The three additional guest staterooms are en suite, too. The portside guest stateroom has a double berth; the starboard-side stateroom has two twins; and the forward stateroom has an aft-facing, queen-size berth.

Twin 1,925 hp Caterpillar C32 Acert diesels power this Johnson Yachts vessel to a reported top speed of 20 knots. The 110 Skylounge can carry 4,000 gallons of fuel and is equipped with ABT zero-speed fin stabilizers and a Seakeeper 35 gyrostabilizer.

Full review: Johnson 110 Skylounge

X40 Express

Dubbed the “modern interpretation of an express cruiser” by Reliant Yachts, the X40 Express has an axe bow, a straight-edge sheerline, diesel power and could serve well as either a pocket cruiser or a mega-yacht tender. Powered with a pair of 480 hp Cummins QSB 6.7 diesels matched to Konrad 660B sterndrives, the X40 Express has a top hop of 43 knots.

Belowdecks are a separate shower and toilet, as well as a berth for overnights and weekends.

Full review: X40 Express

Tiara C49

The Tiara C49 was designed with space in mind. In addition to sleeping accommodations for six guests, a single-point cockpit access at the swim platform allows the cockpit to have an L-shaped settee. Belowdecks are two heads, one en suite. Hull-side windows help create a sense of openness by bringing in natural light.

Powered with twin 600 hp IPS800s, this Tiara Yachts vessel can reach a top speed of 31 knots. Cruising speed is 26 knots at 52 gph. The C49 also has joystick control for close-quarters maneuvering. A Seakeeper gyrostabilizer is optional.

Full review: Tiara C49

Silent 55

Silent-Yachts has created the world’s first mainstream yacht with fully functioning solar installation as standard power: the Silent 55. It comes in three versions: cruiser, hybrid and E-Power. This catamaran has 32 solar panels measuring more than 527 square feet, covering most of the 55’s upper surfaces.

The 55 moves at a top speed of 14 knots for about an hour in pure solar mode. Its cruising speed depends on load and power-generation variables: At approximately 5 knots, it can go for 70 to 80 nautical miles on solar, and about 4,000 miles by adding the generator. At 7 knots, and with the generator, the 55 can travel about 2,800 miles on its 455-gallon fuel tank. The 55 runs on a variable-speed 100 kW Volvo Penta D3-220 generator, a 140-kWh lithium-ion battery bank from MG Energy, Brusa chargers and inverters and twin brushless 135 kW UQM electric motors.

Silent-Yachts offers a 25-year warranty for solar panels and an 8-year warranty on battery packs.

Full review: Silent 55

Pearl 95

Designed by Dixon Yacht Design, the Pearl 95 has a sporty look, featuring a raised pilothouse and long, hull-side windows. Its galley is designed by SieMatic, a German company that’s been designing kitchens since 1929, and the garage can hold a three-seater Kawasaki personal watercraft. A beach club awaits aft where two fold-down, teak-laid quartering platforms can be tucked away when the hull is being stowed.

Additionally, this 95-footer from Pearl Yachts has a four-stateroom layout that are all en suite. The 247-square-foot master stateroom has a walk-in closet, shelving, a vanity area, a forward-facing, king-sized berth and eight panes of glass forward provides uninterrupted vistas. Its en suite head is 87 square feet.

The 95 has three engine options: twin 1,925 hp CAT C32s; twin 2,400 hp MTU 16V M96s; or twin 2,600 hp MTU 16V M96Ls.

Full review: Pearl 95

Belize 66

The Belize 66 was designed with entertainment in mind. Its foredeck has U-shaped seating and a table that converts to a sun pad. There is also bench seating at the transom with a hydraulic swim platform. This Riviera Yachts vessel also comes with a Bimini top, a stainless-steel Muir windlass and an Ultra anchor. The galley is aft with a U-shaped counter space, and a flip-up window to the cockpit allows for easy interaction between the chef and guests. In the cockpit, there is an L-shaped settee to starboard and double Kenyon cooktops to port.

The Belize 66 has a three-stateroom layout. The master stateroom is amidships with twin 5-foot, cedar-lined lockers to port and to starboard and an en suite head with a heated towel rack. There are twin berths in the guest stateroom that convert to a double while the forepeak VIP stateroom has hanging lockers.

An unorthodox, staggered engine configuration makes room for a tender garage. The Belize 66 uses twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta D13-IPS1350s, its only option. It also can hold up to 1,188 gallons of fuel.

Full review: Belize 66

Bluegame 62

Bluegame debuted about 15 years ago. Last year, Italian yacht builder Sanlorenzo bought the fellow Italian brand, and their first collaboration is the Bluegame 62. Its deep-V hull form was penned by U.S. naval architect Lou Codega.

A hydraulic swim platform and a swim-step meld with an open, aft deck for a layout that brings guests seaside. Belowdecks is a sofa, a table to port, a refrigerator, a cooktop and cabinets to starboard.

Twin 900 hp Volvo Penta IPS1200s are standard power, but twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta IPS1350s are optional and provided a 33-knot cruise speed and a 38-not top hop during our sea trial.

Full review: Bluegame 62

Tiara Sport 38 LS

The Tiara Sport 38 LS is an outboard-powered center-console. There is a U-shaped settee with a dinette at the transom, and there is also a head within the console on this Tiara Sport vessel.

The 38 LS can cut through the water at a top speed of 48 knots and cruises at 30 knots for 276 nautical miles. It runs on twin 527 hp Seven Marine outboards with Volvo Penta DuoProp drives and joystick controls.

Full review: Tiara Sport 38 LS

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The recently launched Palm Beach 70 meets customers’ plea for a larger version of Palm Beach cruisers as well as the builder’s performance and aesthetic standards, says Mark Richards, Palm Beach Motor Yachts CEO. The almost 75-foot yacht (LOA) includes a flybridge, an inset bow lounge and three staterooms belowdecks.

The Palm Beach 70’s “bowrider” feature is a recessed seating area far forward on the foredeck — a unique way to watch the world go by while underway and a feature that “hearkens back to the glory days of commuter yachts,” the builder says. It’s not the only place to catch a breeze and a view, however; the yacht’s flybridge provides both as well. Plus, its constructed of infused carbon fiber, as is everything else above the yacht’s sheerline to achieve a low center of gravity, and in turn, enhance stability.

Below the sheerline, the Palm Beach 70’s semidisplacement warped hull form was “designed to go through the water rather than wasting energy to get on top of the water,” the builder says. Her bow stays in the sea, even at top speeds. And thanks to twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta IPS 1350s and a draft of 4 feet 3 inches, the Palm Beach 70 cruises at 32 knots and has a 38-knot top-end speed. However, the alternative power option found on hull #1 of the 70 — twin 1,000 hp Volvo Penta D13 shafts — delivers an even shorter draft of 3 feet 7 inches, a 24-knot cruise speed and a 793-nautical-mile range.

Step inside the 70 and you’ll find a salon squared off by two facing L-shaped settees aft, with a dining table adjoining the settee to port. The captain will never go hungry at the helm station forward and to starboard thanks to the adjacent U-shaped galley. And should guests prefer to dine alfresco, they can step out into the cockpit where a dining table awaits with access to the teak swim platform on either side.

The Palm Beach 70’s accommodations belowdecks include a master stateroom amidships and to port, which has sliding doors to open up the space when desired. Forward is a private head with a glass-enclosed shower and opposite is a laundry unit convenient for long-range cruising. Stowage like the master’s hanging locker as well as the forepeak VIP’s hanging locker and built-in chest of drawers are also useful for such trips. The VIP’s centerline berth is a queen and guests can awake with the sun thanks to a hatch overhead. The third and final guest stateroom is aft and to starboard and has twin berths. Its head also doubles as a day head.

Beyond this new flagship, Palm Beach Motor Yachts is also expanding its fleet with a new express cruiser, the Palm Beach GT50. The GT50 is the first model in a whole GT series, which should include a 60- and 70-foot model as well. Learn more about Palm Beach Motor Yachts here.

Quick Specs:

LOA: 74’11”
Beam: 19’2″
Draft (IPS): 4’3″
Draft (shaft): 3’7″
Fuel capacity: 1,585 gal
Water capacity: 290 gal
Standard Power: 2 X 1,000 hp Volvo Penta IPS 1350
Cruise Speed: 32 knots
Top Speed: 38 knots

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