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12/05/2025

At 72 feet in length with a 29-foot beam, the Leen72 boat has no shortage of usable indoor space: 1,378 square feet.

It’s available in a three- or four-stateroom layout, with options for crew quarters. The first hull is a three-stateroom version. Her owners are an American cruising couple, who completed an Atlantic crossing earlier this year.

Main drive power comes from a 330-hp Cummins diesel, which, according to the builder, drinks a paltry half-gallon of fuel per nautical mile at 10 knots—and half that amount at 7 or 8 knots. Range at 10 knots is reportedly 2,500 nautical miles, and 3,300 nm at approximately 8½ knots.

Electric drive units in the outboard hulls assist with maneuvering or provide about an hour and a half of batteries-only, silent, get-home power. Start the generator, and they’ll drive the boat at 5 or 6 knots, the builder says.

📸 Leen Trimarans

12/04/2025

Built in 2008 at Conrad Shipyard in Poland, the 58-foot Gentelman is a steel tugboat with traditional lines, plenty of teak exterior accents and a warm, mahogany interior.

She's powered by twin 125-hp Yanmars that return a cruise speed of 8.5 knots and a top hop just over 10 knots. According to her builder, Gentleman has a range of 2,260 nautical miles at 8.5 knots.

📸 Conrad Shipyard

12/03/2025

After 230,000 miles under sail, a cruising couple bought a Selene 66, renamed her Jade, and never looked back.

Since purchasing the boat in New Zealand in 2013, Joël and Dominique Marc have headed to Vanuatu, Micronesia and Japan. Jade spent two winters in Japan, and cruised extensively around each of the main islands, eventually ending up on the northern island of Hokkaido. In 2017, Joël and his crew headed northeast for Petropavlovsk, Russia, and spent 10 days exploring the volcano-ringed city. From there, they crossed the North Pacific and Bering Sea for the Aleutian Islands.

"My Selene has excellent walkaround decks with high bulwarks that make me feel secure, even in larger seas. We rarely leave the comfort and protection of the beautiful pilothouse and saloon underway, but in the rare situations when we do, the high and very strong railings make us feel very safe, even on the bow,” says Marc.

Read the feature "Power Trip" at passagemaker.com.
📸 Joël Marc

12/02/2025

The 3-stateroom, 65-foot Elling E6 will cruise at 17 knots and run at 22 knots wide open. But her ethos is long-range cruising, and the Netherlands-based builder says at 9 knots, the E6's range is 2,200 nautical miles.

A well-appointed mahogany interior is standard, with central heating system, reverse-cycle air conditioning and Seakeeper 9 gyrostabilizer popular options.

📸 Elling Yachts

12/01/2025

The brief of the Steeler NG40 is simple. Take a beautifully proportioned hull and add a straightforward superstructure comprising just a pilothouse and a raised coachroof on the foredeck. Stick to the tried and tested portholes in the hull sides—not the vast and vulnerable windows of many modern designs.

On the interior, the owners of First Star wanted the galley up in the pilothouse instead of below, where it’s located in the standard layout. With the sink and the four-ring gas hob along the starboard side, there’s ample room for the dining table and comfortably sized settee on the port side. Stowage space is found in every available corner.

The woodwork, which is used mainly as trim in the pilothouse, is beautifully crafted walnut with a matte finish. The walnut is also used for much of the paneling and furniture in the cabins below, giving a warm and intimate feel.

The salon and the aft cockpit integrate well when the wide double doors are open. With both decks on the same level, it’s an easy transition from the interior carpet to the teak decks outside. The cockpit deck hatches allow access to the engine compartment and the aft lazarette, which has enough room for a bike or a folded tender as well as additional chairs.

📸 Steeler Yachts

11/30/2025

The folks at Grand Banks Yachts are well aware that its 60 Eastbay ls an icon.

📸 GB Marine Group

11/29/2025

In a first for the Turkey-based shipyard, Numarine has splashed a diesel-electric hybrid with its 30XP.

Like many of its builds, the 98-foot explorer yacht starts with a steel hull and fiberglass superstructure and adds a semicustom interior to match its clients’ tastes. The 30XP, which we boarded at the Cannes Yachting Festival, is the epitome of Scandinavian chic—with soles that echo poured concrete, sisal rugs, pale oak panelling, loose furniture and more. An asymmetrical layout and floor-to-ceiling glass gives the salon, main deck master (with its own private terrace) and other spaces an open, airy vibe. There are four additional en suite staterooms below decks and crew quarters.

Outdoor spaces abound and include a 700-square-foot flybridge, a 500-square-foot beach club, covered cockpit and ample foredeck lounge.

On Hull No. 1, twin electric engines are powered by a quartet of 108-kW diesel generators, which the builder claims are highly efficient and live up to the explorer yacht moniker: the 30XP has an estimated range of 3,000 nautical miles at 8 knots. Top speed hovers around 13 knots.

In addition, 6 kW of solar on the flybridge hardtop allow the 30XP to run all hotel loads, including air conditioning for 6 to 7 hours.

📸 Kerem Sanliman

11/28/2025

The 83-foot Amarellla was built by the Brazilian yard Inace in 2000 and underwent a significant refit in 2019.

The vessel was sold by Northrop & Johnson last year. They describe Amarellla as follows:

"[She] is a classically inspired expedition yacht with an impressive cruising history, having taken on transatlantic journeys, Caribbean dive excursions and fishing trips along South America’s coasts ... Her twin 440hp engines deliver a smooth cruising speed of 10 knots, topping out at 12 knots, making her ideal for adventurous voyages.

There is accommodations [for] up to 10 guests in five [en suite] staterooms. Her master suite offers ... a private entertainment area ... with direct access to a private aft deck fitted with a removable awning and fishing equipment. Additional staterooms include two queen cabins and two twin cabins, each designed with comfort and warmth in mind."

📸 Northrop & Johnson

11/27/2025

The Fleming 78, introduced in 2010, was a natural evolution of the company’s 75, which had, at that point, been the flagship of the Fleming line for a decade. The latest incorporated a longer waterline to improve running efficiency at cruise and passagemaking speeds. A boost to 90 metric tons full-load displacement assured internal volume and load-carrying capacity commensurate with her projected globe-girdling capabilities.

📸 Billy Black

11/26/2025

At her core, the Nordic Tug 40 looks much like her predecessors, but with clever updates and modern refinements to suit today’s buyers.

The swim platform is now on the same level as the cockpit, a recent update. Entering her salon, I was heartened by a layout that stressed livability. Sliding windows to port and starboard, and the rear sliding door, illuminated the space,

The pilothouse has sliding windows to port and starboard, and aft-facing, opening windows built into the headliner. Doors to port and starboard (the latter a recent and welcome addition to the 40’s layout) can further air out the area, and should make things easy for single-handers or a cruising couple. Walking through one side onto the foredeck and back through the other side, I found beefy handholds on the side decks and a sturdy bowrail that came up between my knee and waist.

The 40 reached a top speed of 17 knots with the throttle pinned. She proved economical, as well: At 9.5 knots, she returned a range of just over 600 nautical miles. Backing off to 1400 rpm and 8 knots showed the 40 was capable of cruising 1,054 nm before refueling. No speed or range anxiety here.

📸 Jeff Eaton / Walker Valley Media

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11/25/2025

“I grew up in awe of the capabilities of North Sea trawlers, and the bravery of the individuals who called these vessels their homes during weeks away at sea in the harsh conditions of the northern hemisphere,” says the owner of Sea Ranger.

The boat has a CE Category A Ocean rating and was built by her owner for coastal cruising around Scotland, Ireland and Iceland several days at a time. A range of 1,500 nautical miles at 8 knots is her “sweet spot."

Her commodious engine room, which can also be accessed abaft the galley, has wide companionways on both sides of the twin 180-hp John Deere power plants (owners can opt for 250-hp John Deere engines as well).

The main-deck pilothouse on Sea Ranger is a real treat. The captain’s chair is front and center, and the three forward-raked windows ensure excellent visibility around the forward arc of the boat. Two multifunction displays provide radar and navigation data. Abaft the helm station to port is a raised seating area; to starboard, a stairway leads up to the flybridge.

Leaving the marina, the bow and stern thrusters made light work of moving her from the dock and into the sea. Underway, she felt solid and sturdy. The 5- to 6-foot swells we encountered had hardly any effect on her, and the Deeres pushed her through the water at a maximum speed of 12 knots. Her automatic fin stabilizers kept her on an even keel; they are installed above the keel, a placement that’s important in extreme tidal areas.

📸 MMS Shipyard, John Johnson (Yacht Buoy)

11/24/2025

Seattle resident Amado Shuck, a retired crane operator and deck engineer with 25 years in the operating engineers union, is the "latest in a long line of caretakers" for Teal along with Lisa Haug, his wife.

Today, the boat is immaculate and is as seaworthy a coastal cruiser as when she was first pressed into service in Alaska for the Bureau of Fisheries (now known as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Seattle marine architects H.C. Hanson and L.E. Coolidge designed her. The Kruse and Banks Shipbuilding Company built her from Port Orford cedar at North Bend in Coos Bay, Ore., in 1927.

📸 Norris Comer, Amado Shuck

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