Yachting USA – September 2019

  

  











DEPARTMENTS

“As a lifelong sailor who’s shy about docking powerboats, I felt mild trepidation.” p. 96

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DESTINATIONS

With its fall wine

festival, Triple-A

baseball team and naval

museum, Norfolk,

Virginia, off ers cruisers

a bev y of local fl avor.

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NEW ELECTRONICS

Evinrude’s Nautilus

3.5 data display;

Scanstrut’s water-

proof phone charger;

Garmin’s EchoMap

Ultra MFDs.

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ISLAND ICON

Street artist Joan

Aguiló shares some of

his must-see spots for

cruisers in the Balearic

I s l a nd s , w her e , t o s e e

his art, you just look up.

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NEW YACHTS

The 38 Billfi sh might be

the smallest model

in the Viking Yachts

lineup, but she has the

same piscatorial DNA

as her bigger siblings.

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ELECTRONICS

In front of a large crowd

of onlookers, our author

discovers the benefi ts of

handling a boat in close

quarters via a wireless

yacht controller.

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TRENDS

The Marq Captain

smartwatch from

G a r mi n a i ms t o put

luxury fl ourishes into

the world of wearable

technology.

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EDITOR’S LETTER

When a group of new

salts sees whales,

dolphins and turtles

for the fi rst time, these

old salts see the ocean

through a new lens.

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GEAR

For yachtsmen who

want an eco-friendly

water-toy option, the

Radinn G2X is an

ele c t r ic je t b o a r d wit h a

rechargeable battery.

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MY OTHER BOAT

A twin-step, deep-V
hull form matched to
twin 250 hp outboards
should make the 32-foot
Onda 331 GT a serious
high-speed tender.

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ON BOARD

British boatbuilder

Sunseeker reaches

back to its high-speed

roots with the

outboard-powered,

60-plus-knot Hawk 38.

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CURRENTS

Three yacht designers

have a new take on

explorer yachts, and an

owner gives his beloved

Bertam 35 Moppie

a complete makeover.

The Sunseeker Hawk 38 can streak across the sea at 62 knots.