An Open Door Step into Door County Wisconsin’s “thumb” where history, beautiful landscapes, and awesome food make it worth the visit. Wisconsin is known for many things, and I’m not only referring to “cheese heads” and the Green Bay Packers. It’s “America’s Dairyland,” home of the first ice cream sundae. It also has one of […]
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Mostly absent from the high-performance powerboating scene these days since the death of his best boat-wrangling buddy Larry Goldman in 2017, New York’s Gino Gargiulo made a big splash with exotic automobile-themed MTI catamarans. That isn’t to say that the Wentzville, Mo., company didn’t build outrageous theme-boats for other clients during the years, but Gargiulo’s […]
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The Palm Beach Boat Show throws open its doors this week and we’ve scoured the listings to pick out the most notable attendees… Even though it’s not quite as big as the Miami and Fort Lauderdale equivalents, the Palm Beach Boat Show is still far too big for anyone to hope to see all the […]
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Picture yourself as the proud, though rather secretive, owner of a very pricy 219ft Benetti superyacht… And now, barely a year after you’ve taken delivery, the folks at Benetti persuade you to park the yacht at this year’s Palm Beach Boat Show so that people you’ve never met can have a nose around it. This […]
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Thanks to extensive searching and traveling by one of the outfit’s newest members, Randy Kent, the American-based XINSURANCE/Good Boy Vodka team has upgraded its boat for competition in the 2023 Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Championship produced by international powerboat racing promoter Powerboat P1. The team, which is owned by XINSURANCE’s Rick J. Lindsey […]
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What’s new is actually quite old. Bill Prince dives into the ups and downs of hydrofoils. We’re discussing a term in our design office today: Mustache foils. Pardon? Among the newly expanding genre of foiling powerboats, they’re hydrofoils attached to the lower units of outboard motors, shaped like Snidely Whiplash’s melodramatic handlebar mustache from the […]
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Commanding a yacht worth more than a skyscraper is a special kind of heaven, and hell. Step through the crew quarters and inside one of the world’s most challenging and otherworldly professions. Step through the crew quarters and inside the life of one of the most misunderstood professions afloat. This is a captain’s story, my […]
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On a choppy day in the South of France, Alan Harper discovers the perfect conditions to test an Italian giant’s new 75-foot flagship. Absolute Bliss A choppy day in the South of France proves to be the perfect proving ground for the Italian giant’s new flagship. It was blowing—not hard, but hard enough. In the […]
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Reporting from the 2023 Boot Düsseldorf Boat Show, MBY editor Hugo Andreae takes us on a full tour of the Riva 76 Perseo Super… How time flies. It’s eight years since we tested the original Riva 76 Perseo at the Cannes Yachting Festival, a sleek and stupendously competent piece of luxury engineering that gave us […]
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Reporting from the 2023 Boot Düsseldorf Boat Show, MBY editor Hugo Andreae takes us on a full tour of the Frauscher 1414 Demon, a boat that he has lusted after for a long time… I was very excited to get on board the Frauscher 1414 Demon, at the recent Boot Düsseldorf boat show. Frauscher is […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.— California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) announced today its plans for this year’s Aquatic Invasive Plant Control Program in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its southern tributaries. Starting tomorrow, March 1, DBW will begin herbicide treatments to control water hyacinth, South American spongeplant, Uruguay water primrose, Alligator weed, Brazilian waterweed, […]
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The Riva 54 Metri – the largest yacht ever to emerge from this World-famous Italian yard – is now under construction at the Riva Superyacht Division in Ancona… Taking the mantle of flagship from the existing 50 Metri, Riva is describing its beautiful all-aluminium 177ft superyacht as a “new benchmark for fans of the world’s […]
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In another step towards re-energising the 44Cup, the rules for the International RC44 One Design class have been revised for 2023 so that going into the 44Cup Oman, which starts out of Muscat’s Al Mouj marina tomorrow, all nine teams will race with at least one female crew. While not a completely new development, like […]
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On Saturday 11 June 2022, the GLOBE40 competitors set sail from LORIENT LA BASE within the scope of the GLOBE40 prologue, bound for the GREAT START IN TANGIER. Once they’d rounded the Pen Men headland on the Ile de Groix, the Class40s disappeared over the horizon, and it was hard to imagine that they would […]
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Five of the six teams entered in the 2024 America’s Cup are sailing, some with only one boat, others with two, and Emirates Team New Zealand with three. With about 18 months left until the start of racing in August 2024, the various team strategies are unfolding and changing. Some look to be on their […]
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At the break of dawn on the second day of the RORC Caribbean 600, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) was in pole position, an hour inside race record pace for the 600 mile race. Video footage from on board Maserati reveals hellish conditions on deck at over 30 knots of boat speed. MOD70 Zoulou (FRA), sailed […]
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This year’s RORC Caribbean 600 should feature a number of tight battles across a range for classes with four Volvo 70s and two MOD70s set to fight for monohull and multihull line honours Over 70 teams from 16 different nations are expected for the the 2023 RORC Caribbean 600 the 14th edition of the event, […]
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The Miami International Boat Show draws boating enthusiasts from around the world to see the latest and greatest boats and gear. With its prime location in sunny South Florida, it’s no surprise that there are plenty of magnificent restaurants nearby where you can enjoy a delicious meal complemented by beautiful views of the water. Whether […]
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What happened in the Cup – Feb 4, 2023: American Magic sailed off Pensacola in what was her final sail. The team will not be back on the water until early March, 2023. Luna Rossa sailed from Cagliari, in the fresh breeze of the Maestrale. Emirates Team New Zealand did not sail, with fresh onshore […]
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The new Absolute 52 Fly appears to adhere very closely to the dynamic blueprint laid down by the latest generation 56 and 60… The 52’s next-generation design makes for a great looking boat Externally, it features the same oversized hull windows, cutaway bulwarks, glass aft balustrades and floor-to-ceiling main deck glazing. It also uses the […]
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