Showing posts with label San Juan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Juan. Show all posts

February 7, 2012

Project: San Juan SJ 60

A project for San Juan, the SJ 60 which will represent the flagship of its eight model line up which starts at thirty feet.  As all San Juan the new 60 feet flagship will be a traditional down East lobster boat inspired yacht.  As the picture above shows this model will be a flybridge based.  Although I do imagine a hard top choice variant to follow this version in the future when this will be launched.  San Juan has in the past also shown design for a very similar to this 75 model, which was never launched.  We hope that the 60 brings better luck to this builder.  I once viewed an SJ 48 and the quality was very impressive, followed by a not easy on the pocket price tag.

February 3, 2010

Projects: San Juan SJ40ST, San Juan SJ40

San Juan continue to upgrade their range and present two important projects. These two new projects will fit at the centre of the nine model range from San Juan and are based on the SJ38 and the SJ40FB hulls, with identical length and beam, but a different propulsion set up. Both the new SJ40ST, and SJ40 will in fact be offered with the Volvo IPS forward looking pod propulsion, with 500 series giving 370hp each as standard. San Juan has released no interior plans, so we don't know if San Juan is offering a more spacious lower deck on these new 40 models. The SJ40FB with flybridge but shaft powered has accommodation below of a single owners cabin to fore, separate shower head, and a galley. The 38 has a V-shaped berth forward, separate shower head, L-shaped galley and a double cabin mid ship layout. The above pictures shows the SJ40ST, this last two letters meaning for soft top. This will be an open coupe version, coupled to San Juan traditional lined hull which give it big picnic boat looks thanks to the forty feet size. The on top San Juan SJ40 continues the twelve year old Washington boat builder expansion. From this rendering the SJ40 has very similar looks to the nice Traditional Cruiser that is the SJ48. Based on the 38 and 40 hull, the standard SJ40 is an enclosed hard top lobster looks design, and just like the ST version will be powered by twin Volvo forward looking IPS500 pods at 370hp each. San Juan is estimating speeds above 30 knots from both of the designs with this new propulsion set up. Of particular interest in the SJ40 is also what looks like a more enclosed extended hard top versus the 38, giving the feeling of better all weather usage.

January 19, 2009

Project: San Juan 75

San Juan presents the project of there new upcoming flagship model, the 75 which expands the range to 6 models, and to an important 75 feet length. The 75 will replace the 48 FB, as the biggest offer from this Washington based builder, which is still relatively young being founded in 1998. The new 75 continues the lobster inspired traditional yacht lines of the range, but unlike its smaller sisters modern solutions seem included like the two large vertical windows in the midship of the hull, and by the looks of it also some inspiration from classic sportfisher yachts, for the design of the super structure and the flybridge. San Juan has so far communicated minimum information, but if its smaller sisters are anything of note, is that the build quality of construction and finish of this builder is really second to none, so accept more of this for the new flagship.

July 23, 2008

New Model: San Juan SJ40FB

This particular make, takes me to the roots of my passion for boats, when as a young bloke I used to see boats in the local harbours and then go at home and search in the various magazines to find what the mysterious models those with no information on the hull or topsides could be. This is how I discovered San Juan yachts, when in December an extremely wonderful lobster boat was gracing one of the local marinas, but this boat had no means of identification. Browsing in the Internet did not prove successful at first, until I stumbled on a message board discussing lobster boats and there it goes, I finally discovered what the nice lobster boat was, the San Juan 48! Here is the latest model from this youngish ten year old builder, founded 1998, in Washington. The latest SJ40 FB for Flybridge, another stunning traditional cruiser from SanJuan presented during the last Miami show, sitting in the range between the 38 and 48 Flybridge. The general interior arrangement shows an open plan layout with a master cabin forward, a galley to port and a spacious head to starboard. The cockpit with its two sun loungers sitting in the centre of the boat is also a spacious affair.
Technical Data:
LOA - 12.3 m (40.7ft)
Beam - 3.70 m
Draft - 0.66 m
Displacement - 8200 kg
Fuel Capacity - 1135 l
Water Capacity - 301 l
Accommodation - 5 berths
Engines - 2 x Yanmar 6LY3-UTP 380hp