Project: Otam 90 GTS

Otam present the project for a 90 GTS set to launch in 2024.  Designed by Giuseppe Bagnardi, the 90 GTS is another version of the 80 Record hull as designed by Fabio Buzzi, which has been the successful story of the 80/90 Otam series which keeps on re-writing the manual what a custom boat really is, even though the basic foundations are those of the 80 Record boat, which smashed the Round Italy Venice to Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo to London, and Round Britain records in 2001.  The 90 GTS, if we include the 85 GTS should be the eight hull based on the 80 Record, though rightly so since upwards from the waterline this a total different yacht Otam is calling the 90 hull number one.  The first 90 GTS will mostly serve as a day and chase boat to the owners larger vessels, but Otam is already proposing various variations on the theme above from a soft top version, full or half-height windows, and single or double hull windows for the master stateroom at midships. The first Otam 90 GTS is to be powered by twin MTU 2600hp engines with surface drives propulsion with an estimated over forty knots top speeds estimated. 

www.otam.it

New Model: Ranger Tugs R-43 Command Bridge

Ranger Tugs from the USA present the new R-43 Command Bridge.  Based on the lines of the S-version, the new Command Bridge distinct itself for having a second helm flybridge up top.  The flybridge is accessed via molded steps to starboard, and features a helm station also to starboard, with a wet-bar with grill behind, and wrap around settee to port side.  Tender storage is also on the flybridge in the extended part aft.  Accommodation wise the Range Tugs R-43 offers a living main deck with an astern galley located to port side, with a dinette forward, and a J-shaped lounge with two relaxing sofas to starboard behind the helm station.  Down below the R-43 offers two cabins; owners room forward, and guest cabin at midships.  Further aft behind the second cabin with entrance from under the dinette, the R-43 also features an utility room; with a second large fridge freezer and laundry with washer drier.  Powered by twin Volvo 340hp with IPS pods the Ranger Tugs R-43 Command Bridge reaches speeds up to 29 knots and cruises at 23 knots.

Technical Data:

LOA - 14.25 m (46.9ft)

Beam - 4.27 m

Draft - 1.07 m

Displacement - 14514 kg

Fuel Capacity - 1135 l

Water Capacity - 454 l

Accommodation - four berths in two cabins

Engines - 2 x Volvo D6 340hp

Propulsion - Volvo IPS450 dual propeller forward looking pod drives

Speed - 29 knots max. 25 knots cruise. long range seven knots

Range - 1000 nm at seven knots

Hull Shape - semi displacement

Construction - Vinilester resin with foam filled structural system

Certification - NMMA

www.rangertugs.com

Project: Galeon 450 HTC

In the last two decades Galeon has been one of the most forward thinking boat builders, and after presenting the project for the 440 Fly, the Polish builder as it is usual present the HTC for hard-top-coupe variant. Designed as most Galeon's of the last two decades by Tony Castro, the 450 HTC replaces the flybridge with a glass filled sunroof forward of the coach roof, while an extension aft makes sure to cover the extended deck from too much sun or rain.  Below the Galeon 450 HTC will offer the three possible layouts of two or three double cabins, and master stateroom to midships or forward.  The 450 HTC like the 440 features the Galeon tricks; opening side bulwarks aft, and for moving the beam as forward possible with the tri-hexagon shaped bow.  The Galeon 450 HTC is powered by twin Volvo 480hp possibly in both line shafts or IPS pod drives. 

www.galeon.pl

Sportfish Cuiser With Six Persons Sinks in Cabo San Lucas

A sportfish cruiser of about ten meters in size called Protocol with six persons onboard sank while sportfishing off Cabo San Lucas in the Pacific Ocean, on 1500 hours of eighteen July.  The sportfish cruiser had some technical problem, according to the Captain report coming after a 45 minutes Blue Marlin battle, and the boat taking too much water.  After all this Captain Alex Rogers and the five crew had to abandon the sinking boat and jump in the life-raft.  After this a storm arrived in the area with Cabo San Lucas closing its harbor and making person recovery more difficult. Hearing this Cabo San Lucas Sporfishing Community started a rescue operation, and Captain Pancho Bojorquez with a 24 meter super sportfish yacht eventually saved the six persons in the life raft.  

Protocol is a Rampage 33 Express, a model produced from 2005 till 2008 by the US builder.  The Rampage 33 Express had a huge following due to its four meters plus of beam in a length just over ten meters, and offered accommodation for four or six persons thanks to its convertible sofas and bunk berths coming into play.  Powered by twin Cats 460hp the 33 Express reached speeds up to 33 knots.

The super sportfish yacht which saved the crew is reported to be m/y Hooray a Viking 80 Enclosed Bridge with Skybridge from 2020.

New Model: Austin Parker 54 Mahon

Austin Parker continue to make its magic, and with the help of Fulvio de Simoni present the new 54 Mahon. If the perfect balance exists in mixing traditional and modern yacht looks along with interior and exterior comfort, the 54 Mahon gets pretty close to it.  The 54 Mahon offers a three double cabins lower deck, with an owners stateroom located forward to starboard which has nothing less to a full beam cabin in size and comfort.  All living, dining and galley is located on the main deck in the enclosed area, while exterior spaces offer two chaise lounging looking back with a central dinette located aft.  Tender storage is on the bathing platform in traditional style.  The Austin Parker 54 Mahon is powered by twin Cummins 715hp in line shafts or Volvo 725hp with IPS pod propulsion.  No speed data is yet communicated.

Technical Data:

LOA - 16.50 m (54ft)

Beam - 5.10 m

Displacement - 22 t unloaded, 25 t loaded

Fuel Capacity - 2000 l

Water Capacity - 600 l

Max Persons - twelve

Accommodation - six berths in three cabins, one crew cabin berth

Engines - 2 x Cummins QSM11 715hp, Volvo D11 725hp

Propulsion - line shaft, or Volvo forward looking dual propeller IPS pod drives

Project - Fulvio de Simoni

Certification - CE A

www.austinparker.com

Hatteras Yacht Capsizes in LA Conner

A Hatteras  motor yacht of about eighteen meters in length with a couple went aground and later capsized on the night between Sunday seventeen and Monday eighteen July in the Swinomish channel, La Conner, state of Washington.  Reports on this are difficult to find but some  are saying that the yacht hit the South side of the breakwater which with high tide is covered in water and difficult to navigate especially for inexperienced yachtsman not from the area, and after the impact rolled him to his side and capsized the yacht.  Latest news is that on 23 July a team of TowBoatUS was waiting for high tide in order to upright the yacht and tow it away for repairs.  The couple are reported unharmed in the accident.

The motor yacht in this accident looks to be a Hatteras 58 Cockpit MY designed by the Carolina builder lead designer of the time Jack Hargraves and produced from 1977 till 1981.  The Hatteras 58 Cockpit MY was offered in three or optional four double cabins layout, and also featured a full beam main body main deck, serving the aft part of the saloon.  The Hatteras 58 Cockpit MY features a semi-planning hull with keel and is standard powered by twin GM 435hp engines good for about twenty knots tops.

Sportfish Runs Aground Leaving One Injured

An Ocean Yachts sportfish yacht of about seventeen meters in length was filmed running aground in the morning of eighteen July, in Fire Island, off the New York state in the Atlantic Ocean.  One of the crew, which was the passenger staying at the aft of the boat was injured and according to reports had to be taken to hospital.  The sportfish was in a delivery trip by a professional captain who from some unconfirmed news was reported as falling asleep at the time of the accident, with the sportfish yacht on the autopilot ending up beached at a speed of over twenty knots.  The extent of the damage has not been reported.

The sportfish yacht in this accident is an Ocean Yachts 56 Super Sport.  Produced from 1999 to 2002, the 56 Super Sport was a shortened cockpit of the 60 SS, and was replaced by the 57 in 2003.  The Ocean Yachts 56 Super Sport offered a comfortable interior with three double cabins, while twin Man 1050hp gave her a top speed up to 35 knots, and a fast cruise of 32.

Sport Cruiser on Fire in Agropoli

Barone Zaza was the name of a twelve meter sport cruiser which went ablaze on the night of seventeen July around 2300 hours at Agropoli, to the South of Salerno.  At the time of the fire the sport cruiser was found strangely out of its mooring and with the owner who with a tender went to retrieve it finding a fire onboard.  At this time the owner towed the sport cruiser to the old wharf of the harbor of Agropoli, and called the Agropoli Coast Guard for assistance who with a fire fighting crew switched off the flames.  Suspect of a malicious fire is being raised in this accident since the owner has declared after the incident, that before he left she was safely moored and all battery switches where turned off, which from the initial investigations does not seem the case.  

Barone Zaza is a Gari Freeway 43 from 1986 with a lot of modifications going it over the years from the addition of a radar arch, to a hard-top and a recent addition of a railing.  Designed by Enzo Ferro, the Gari Freeway 43 was a sportier version of the more cabin spacious Super Shaitang 43, with a standard interior of one cabin sleeping two plus two.  The Gari Freeway 43 featured a 24 degrees pure deep Vee hull shape, and with the big twin Haf 406hp engines and Levi drive units option reached speeds up to fifty knots.  Gari or Gariplast or Cantieri dell Garigliano was a boat builder from Latina South of Rome founded in late seventies, which had a commercial success in the eighties but went slowly declining in the nineties and closed its doors in around the 2000s.

Carver Boat Destroyed by Fire in Dana Point Harbour

A nine meter Carver cabin cruiser went ablaze in the Island side of Dana Point Harbour, Orange County, California on the afternoon of Sunday seventh July.  The first respondents to this fire were nearby boaters and two marina staff who controlled the blaze with the Harbour hoses, up until the Orange County Fire Authority arrived on the scene.  The Carver cruiser was with the owner and his dog onboard when the fire started, reportedly from an engine carburettor, with the blaze spreading in the engine room.  When the one owner saw the fire he grabbed the dog and ran out of the boat, with him sustaining minor injuries on the way off the boat. The causes of the fire are under investigation from the Orange County Sheriff office.

The boat in this fire is a Carver 2807 Riviera, a successful but unusual cabin cruiser in in its day as today for having an aft cabin layout under ten meters in length. Another unusual feature was the sporty open cockpit design.  Produced from 1983 to 89, the 2807 Riviera was replaced by the flybridge 28 Aft Cabin model in 1991.

Project: Bronson 60

Steeler sport cruiser and yacht brand Bronson present the 60 project, a three cabin sport yacht of eighteen meters in length.  To be build on order and in alloy the Bronson 60 will feature a lower deck with three double cabins and two or three heads, with a saloon and L-shaped galley in between the cabins.  The Bronson 60 is offered in a hardtop, T-top, and a Flex-top versions, this last being a registered trade mark from Steeler. The exterior will be full walk-around with deep bulwarks, making easy use fore to aft of all deck, while a central sun-pad aft will hide a tender garage.  The Bronson 60 is to be powered by twin Volvo IPS pod drives or a choice for outboard propulsion.

www.bronson-marine.com