Sea Trial: Maritimo 61
June 1, 2016
Continuing his Australian Odyssey, Senior Editor Dan Harding sea trials the Maritimo 61.
Continuing his Australian Odyssey, Senior Editor Dan Harding sea trials the Maritimo 61.
Time lapse video of the installation of a Northern Lights generator on our 1996 Grand Banks 42 project boat, Arawak.
It sure was. About thirty boats and probably 100 people chowing down on mahi and Bimini bread, soaking in the sun, soaking in the water, soaking in the Kalik. You name it, and somebody probably soaked in it in Bimini this past weekend.
So what’s a really good way to empahasize the power and performance of your new $2.75 million Riviera 61 Series II Enclosed Flybridge? Well, if you’re one of those crazy Aussies, how about towing a waterskier? In fact, how about towing 12 waterskiers?
Designing new boats on computers is now so common, it’s hardly worth mentioning. But while everyone seems to be doing it, a few boatbuilders have discovered—some the hard way—that CAD is not perfect. Indeed, they’re learning that despite the wonders of this new technology, nothing can substitute for actually walking through a full-scale mockup to determine if all the proportions and dimensions really work.
So what a pickle! The yard had just launched Betty Jane, complete with the new flying-bridge engine control I’d just installed myself. The control had
Continuing his Australian Odyssey, Senior Editor Dan Harding sea trials the Maritimo 61.
A look at the bad-ass 53 Suenos.
Update on Arawak, painting the hull.
Time lapse video of the installation of a Northern Lights generator on our 1996 Grand Banks 42 project boat, Arawak.
Switlik Rafts Part 1: Choosing A Raft Type video
Switlik Rafts Part 2: Abandon Ship Bag video
Switlik Raft Part 3: Raft Equipment video
Switlik Raft Part 4: Raft Inflation video
Switlik Raft Part 5: Boarding The Raft video
Switlik Rafts Part 6: Command and Control video
Switlik Rafts: Man Overboard Module video
It sure was. About thirty boats and probably 100 people chowing down on mahi and Bimini bread, soaking in the sun, soaking in the water, soaking in the Kalik. You name it, and somebody probably soaked in it in Bimini this past weekend.
So what’s a really good way to empahasize the power and performance of your new $2.75 million Riviera 61 Series II Enclosed Flybridge? Well, if you’re one of those crazy Aussies, how about towing a waterskier? In fact, how about towing 12 waterskiers?
Designing new boats on computers is now so common, it’s hardly worth mentioning. But while everyone seems to be doing it, a few boatbuilders have discovered—some the hard way—that CAD is not perfect. Indeed, they’re learning that despite the wonders of this new technology, nothing can substitute for actually walking through a full-scale mockup to determine if all the proportions and dimensions really work.
So what a pickle! The yard had just launched Betty Jane, complete with the new flying-bridge engine control I’d just installed myself. The control had
