What They Sail
American yachting — the boats, the yards, the crossings and what they cost.
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Four Cabins, Three Heads, and a Service Log That Starts at Delivery: A Hatteras GT65 Comes to Market
A Hatteras GT65 is now available through brokerage, and the detail that will matter most to a buyer is how it has been kept. The boat's upkeep has bee…
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Itama's New 70 Pairs Three Cabins With a Near-40-Knot Top End
Itama has introduced a 70-foot model that puts the emphasis where owners who run their own boats tend to want it: on deck, in the sun, and at speed. T…
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Two Champions, One Hull: Messi and Alcaraz Pick the Same Sunreef 88 Ultima
Lionel Messi is the owner of a Sunreef 88 Ultima, the builder's 88-foot catamaran. Carlos Alcaraz has placed an order for an identical boat and is now…
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A 454-Foot Lürssen Fit at Charleston's Megadock, and the Fuel Lines Kept Up
Charleston has now hosted a Lürssen measuring 454 feet overall at its Megadock, the kind of berth that most Southeastern ports simply cannot offer. Fo…
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Fort Lauderdale Gets First Look at Pearl's 100-Foot Hybrid Flagship
Pearl's largest yacht to date is finished with its trials on the water and is bound for Fort Lauderdale, where it will be shown publicly for the first…
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A Steeler 72 Built to One Owner's Brief Is Now Looking for Its Next
Two Bubbles, a Steeler 72 Ocean Explorer, has been listed for sale. She was commissioned the way the best of these boats are, with the original owner …
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Fort Lauderdale Gets First American Look at Sunseeker's New 56-Footer
Sunseeker is bringing its newest Manhattan to American waters for the first time, and Florida is where the introduction happens. The Manhattan 56 is t…
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Sirena Puts the Owner's Terrace Where Nobody Looks: in the Bow
Sirena's newest flagship, the Sirena 42, measures 138 feet and carries its owner's private outdoor space forward, tucked into the bow across two decks…
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Forward of the Bridge, a Private Two-Level Retreat on Sirena's 138-Footer
Sirena has given the owner of its new 42 something most builders reserve for the aft end of a boat: a private outdoor space, stacked across two levels…
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Two New 45s From Cruisers Yachts Promise More Room Aboard
Cruisers Yachts is adding two boats to its VTR range, the 45 VTR and the 45 VTR EC, and the builder has now shown them ahead of their arrival. Both me…
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The Last Fifty Feet, Handled: Simrad Puts Self-Docking Within Reach of the Everyday Owner
Ask any owner which part of a day on the water tightens their grip, and most won't name the inlet or the weather. They'll name the slip: the final app…
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More Room at Forty-Five Feet: Cruisers Yachts Adds a Pair to Its VTR Family
Cruisers Yachts has offered an early look at two new boats, the 45 VTR and the 45 VTR EC, which join its VTR range at the 45-foot mark. The builder's …
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The Last Twenty Feet Get Easier: Simrad Teaches the Boat to Find Its Own Slip
Simrad's new AutoCaptain is a system that lets a boat bring itself alongside the dock with no hand on the controls. It sees the approach through a pai…
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Two Ways to Take a Cruisers 45: The VTR Line Grows at Forty-Five Feet
Cruisers Yachts has shown a pair of new boats at forty-five feet, the 45 VTR and the 45 VTR EC. Both are additions to the builder's VTR series rather …
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Hands Off the Helm: Simrad Puts Self-Docking on Factory-Built Boats
The last fifty feet of any trip, the slow crawl into a slip with a crosswind pushing the bow, is the part owners quietly dread. Simrad's new AutoCapta…
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Endurance, a Freshly Updated Hatteras 60, Is Looking for Her Next Owner
A Hatteras 60 named Endurance has come onto the brokerage market. According to the listing, the boat has had a run of work done to her lately, with ne…
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Princess Picks Fort Lauderdale to Unveil the Outboard-Powered C48
Princess Yachts has chosen the 2026 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show as the place to show the C48, a model built around outboard power rather t…
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A Smaller Aquila Sport, Built to Run in the Mid-Forties
Aquila has added a 35 Sport to its lineup, a compact sibling to the 45 Sport that borrows the larger boat's lines and proportions. The builder has dra…
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At 180 Feet, RMK Puts Two Ideas of Open-Air Living on the Drawing Board
RMK Yachts has released two new designs, Arcane Era and Arcane Nova, each drawn at 55 meters, or about 180 feet. Both are concepts on paper, and the y…
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Studio Segno Draws a 154-Foot Concept Called Maai, Balancing Japanese Quiet With Italian Warmth
Studio Segno has released a design concept for a 154-foot yacht named Maai. At this stage it exists only as a design, and no builder, naval architect,…
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Studio Segno's "Maai" Is a 154-Foot Concept Waiting for Its Yard
Studio Segno has released a design for a 154-foot yacht called Maai, and for now it is a concept. No shipyard, naval architect, or price is attached y…
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Gate Keeper Comes to Market With Its Triple V12s Barely Run
A Boston Whaler 420 Outrage called Gate Keeper is now for sale, and the main point of the listing is how little its engines have run. The center conso…
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GX42: A 138-Footer That Chooses How It Runs by the Passage Ahead
The GX42 is a new 138-foot superyacht built around a hybrid plant. Its defining feature is that it decides what to draw power from according to the tr…
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The Interior Designer's Eye Now Reaches the Caviar Service
For Patrick Knowles, three and a half decades of tailoring yacht interiors have led to the caviar served aboard. He now applies the same made-to-measu…
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Raymarine's CAM400 Puts the Hidden Corners of the Boat on the Helm Screen
Raymarine has a new small marine camera, the CAM400. It's a networked unit that sends sharp video to the helm, so the person at the wheel can see part…
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GX42 Makes the Case for Hybrid Power at 138 Feet
The GX42 runs 138 feet from stem to stern and carries a hybrid propulsion system, built for owners who want range and economy without giving up size. …
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At 138 Feet, the GX42 Puts Efficiency First
The GX42 is a new 138-foot superyacht with a hybrid power system. Its defining feature is that it chooses which source of power to draw on according t…
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Patrick Knowles Brings His Interiors Discipline to the Caviar Course
After 35 years of tailoring yacht interiors to the people who live aboard them, Patrick Knowles is applying the same thinking to what comes to the tab…
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Frigate, a Viking 80 With a Patrick Knowles Interior, Is on the Market
Frigate, a Viking 80 with an enclosed bridge, is for sale. Her engine room has been refitted with MTU Series 2000 V16 M96L power rated at 2,635 hp. Pa…
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Bellini's First Big Boat Is a 118-Foot Explorer Built to Leave the Coast Behind
Bellini has stepped up to yacht sizes it has never built before, and its first boat at that scale is the Eternal 36, a 118-foot explorer. The hull is …
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Frigate, a Viking 80 With Bigger MTU Power and a Patrick Knowles Interior, Is on the Market
The Viking 80 named Frigate is for sale, and two things set her apart from a standard example of the model. The first is her engines. She now runs MTU…
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Bellini's Eternal 36 Opens an Explorer Line Built for Owners Who Go the Distance
Bellini has stepped up into superyacht territory, and its first boat at that size is a 118-foot explorer called the Eternal 36. She is the first hull …
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TYKUN Builds a 42-Footer for Owners Who Want the Tender to Feel Like Time Aboard
TYKUN has put a new 42-foot tender at the top of its range, and it's meant to carry the polish of a proper yacht while keeping the toughness of a rigi…
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TYKUN's Tykun XII Is a 42-Foot Flagship That Mixes Yacht Finish With the Practical Build of a RIB
TYKUN has named a new flagship: the Tykun XII, which runs 42 feet. The builder pitches it as two boats in one, with the refined finish owners expect f…
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Riva's Janus Navem Is Listed for Sale in Fort Lauderdale
Janus Navem, a Riva 130 Bellissima, is on the market, and she is listed in Fort Lauderdale rather than across the Atlantic. Buyers in Florida can see …
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A Le Mans Driver Asked for a Boat That Fits Like a Race Seat. Bellini Built the Astor 38.
The Astor 38 is a 38-foot sport yacht from Bellini, and it began as a commission from a driver who has raced at Le Mans. The yard built the hull aroun…
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A Riva 130 Bellissima Is on the Market in Fort Lauderdale
The Riva 130 Bellissima named Janus Navem is for sale in Fort Lauderdale. Riva is the builder, and Bellissima is the yard's name for the 130 model. Tw…
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A Racing Driver's Commission Shapes Bellini's New 38-Footer
The Bellini Astor 38 began as a commission from a driver who has raced at Le Mans, and the boat shows it. The 38-foot sport yacht has a hull laid out …
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Built for a Le Mans Driver, the Bellini Astor 38 Takes Its Cues From the Track
The Bellini Astor 38 started as a private commission, and the person who commissioned it races at Le Mans. That shows in the brief. The 38-foot sport …
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Janus Navem, a Riva 130 Bellissima, Is on the Market in Fort Lauderdale
Janus Navem is up for sale, and she's in Fort Lauderdale, where an American buyer can go and see her in person. She's a Bellissima, the 130 model from…
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A Racing Driver's Commission Becomes a 38-Foot Bellini Built Around the Helm
The Bellini Astor 38 started with a commission from a driver who races at Le Mans, and it shows in how the boat is laid out. The hull was shaped aroun…
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Princess Puts a Tri-Deck Odyssey 108 on the Calendar for 2029
Princess has released its first images of the Odyssey 108, a three-deck yacht with generous volume that moves its Odyssey line well beyond where it st…
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Princess Puts a Date on Its Next Odyssey: First Hull Due in 2029
Princess has released the first images of the Odyssey 108, a three-deck yacht the builder presents as a significant advance for its Odyssey line. Spac…
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Three V-12s on the Transom: Michael Peters Draws the Running Surface for the Eclipse 505 Shadow
The Eclipse 505 Shadow is a 50-foot express cruiser that hangs its power off the stern. Three Mercury V-12 outboards, each rated at 600 horsepower, si…
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A Hatteras 60 Kept Out of Salt Water, and Kept Up Without Compromise
Ovation, a 60-foot Hatteras motoryacht, is on the market, and its biggest selling point is where it has spent its time: mostly in fresh water, away fr…
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Lyman-Morse and Ray Hunt Design Put an American Name on a Long-Range Yacht
The Hunt 70 is a yacht built for going a long way, with a hull and design from Ray Hunt Design and construction at Lyman-Morse in Maine. Pairing that …
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Rossinavi's Heed Runs 173 Feet, With a Pool Kept for the Owner Alone
Rossinavi has a new yacht, and her name is Heed. She measures 173 feet, and among her features is a swimming pool set aside for the owner's use. The f…
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A Hatteras 60 Kept Mostly Clear of Salt Comes to Market
Ovation, a 60-foot motor yacht built by Hatteras, is for sale, and owners will see the appeal of her history right away: she has spent most of her lif…
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Riva's 54Metri Gives Its Owner the Full Width of the Main Deck
The 54Metri is now the biggest boat Riva has built. It runs past 180 feet and carries the yard's familiar look up into superyacht size. Guests get fou…
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1,250 Miles Between Fuel Stops: A Grand Banks 72 Aleutian Is on the Market
A Grand Banks 72 Aleutian is now listed for sale. The builder is Grand Banks, and the model name gives the length: 72 feet. Two Caterpillar C18 diesel…
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