Could this be the next “Bond Boat”?
byIt would be if it were up to me. I say this after learning about this 40-foot-long, hundreds of horse power-powered, hydrofoil that’s being developed by Sunreef Yachts in…
Technology
Inside look at Phaedo³ (part 1)
byI was blown away by Lloyd Thornburg’s blisteringly fast MOD 70 trimaran Phaedo³ after spending several days with the team in Newport before the start of the Transatlantic…
The fully foiling future is here
byDon Montague and his team from Kai Concepts and the Kiteboat Project know more than a thing or two about foils and pushing the envelope. In…
Seduced by speed
byMy experience sailing/flying the new Gunboat G4 for three days in a row last week has turned me into a speed junkie looking for my next…
Hydrofoiling is about to be my new jam
byMy first real boat was a 24-foot, ultra-heavy, 1960s era Bahama Islander that had a top speed of 4 knots. It didn’t have standing headroom. It…
Badass carbon sailing kayak?
byAnd now for something completely different. As you’ve probably surmised, I do so like sailing in weird random places like, oh, I don’t know, Russia. And…
Badass Amphibious Beach Boat
byThe Sealegs 7.1 Meter amphibious RIB is way, way more James Bond than your average yacht tender. In fact, the Sealegs 7.1 is really just a commercially…
Gunboat 55: Photo Details
byThis is a hard post for me to put together because it wasn’t supposed to be this way. You see, I was supposed to sail aboard Toccata—the…
The Gunboat G4 is a fully foiling Tesla
byLots of very smart people have been working to develop and produce a reliable, affordable, effective, and lightweight electric/hybrid electric system to be used on yachts for decades!…