On the Water

SeaKits said this week it recently delivered the 100th yacht with its unique Marine Maintenance System (MMS) onboard. The 100th vessel was Marytime, a new Nordhavn 60 being commissioned for owner Victor Murray. SeaKits also provided Marytime with complete spare parts outfitting, including stocking the boat with all service parts to support planned maintenance as [...] …Read More

The Mark Hahn Memorial 300 Mile Race is now approximately one month away. The popular endurance race, held annually in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, is set for February 27, 2010. …Read More

P.A.E. has released preliminary layout details for its new Nordhavn 78 long-range motoryacht.  The plans reveal a focus on outside entertaining and roomy berthing spaces. Clicking on the drawing above will open a larger view that can be magnified somewhat to show more detail. The plans show a spacious owner’s cabin just forward of amidships and [...] …Read More

Well, the Baltimore boat show was a heck of a lot more crowded yesterday then one would have thought… or was it? The isles were pretty packed and there were even a few lines to talk to salesmen, but appearances can be deceiving. This year’s show is in a convention center hall that’s half the [...] …Read More

The "Yacht Insider's" cruise from St. Vincent to Grenada finds fewer megayachts than expected. …Read More

The Outboard Expert has the goods on the SDS propeller hub, lighter-weight portables, and a redesign aimed at the re-power market. …Read More

Could Rampage Boats be going on a rampage? Maybe the wording is a bit strong, but in one of the few tidbits of encouraging industry news we’ve heard lately, parent company KCS International decided to bring back 100 employees to finish construction on boats they’ve already begun, and to begin construction on newly ordered boats. This isn’t [...] …Read More

Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it was building a new 78-foot yacht that fuses traditional Nordhavn passagemaking design with “European” styling.  The project is already underway and the first hull will be complete in 2011, according to P.A.E.  First public reveal of the new project is planned for next week, with a press [...] …Read More

Sure, the go-fast powerboat world is loud in every way. It also gives from its heart, again and again. …Read More

Editor’s Note — Victoria Allman is the chef aboard a 143-foot megayacht and the author of the recently released “Sea Fare:  A Chef’s Journey Across the Ocean.” She has graciously agreed to write a periodic column here on OceanLines featuring her irresistible recipes. Best of all for OceanLines readers, who are travelers of the first [...] …Read More