Wellington Yacht Partners currently has the Hunter Scott Duffy 38, Deceiver, listed with an asking price of $340,000. The 1998 Downeast flybridge cruiser starts with an Atlantic Boat Company Duffy hull, which was finished by Hunter Scott, who stopped building in 2005. The yacht has a single stateroom and head. The yacht recently got upgraded Raymarine electronics and a new Simrad autopilot.

Furniture is thoughtfully arranged to help create a sense of space and volume, helped in part by natural light via the salon windows. Owners and their guests will find seating with loose lounge chairs to port and an L-shaped settee and folding table abaft the standing helm to starboard.

Heading aft through the salon door brings lead to an open cockpit with room to add loose furniture for sundowners with friend, take in the sun or perhaps put the five rod holders lining the transom to use catching dinner during that summer cruise with the family. The cockpit is also equipped with stowage lockers and an insulated cooler with a built-in drain.

A ladder to port leads to the flybridge where a two-seat helm station sits abaft a forward-facing bench seat, perfect for taking in beautiful sunsets or enjoying the breeze as the captain navigates to the next waypoint.

Belowdecks, the galley is positioned to port, although an open concept makes it almost feel like part of the salon. A U-shaped countertop provides plenty of space for fixing meals. The galley is also equipped with a two-burner electric cooktop, a microwave, a sink, a mini-refrigerator and plenty of cabinet stowage.

To starboard is the single head, which is full-size head with a separate shower from the toilet and sink. Portholes and roof hatches along with the well-placed lighting on board keep belowdecks well lit. The single stateroom is in the forepeak with two double berths and hanging lockers.

Power for this Hunter Scott Duffy 38 is twin 420 hp Caterpillar 3126 diesels, which, according to the Atlantic Boat Company, produces cruise speeds in the 18- to 20-knot range. The Caterpillar diesels have just 525 hours on them.

Where is Deceiver located? The yacht is currently located in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

Take the next step: contact the listing agent, Chris Fairfax, (508) 345-1839 – mobile, (401) 683-6070 – office, cfairfax@wellingtonyachts.com, wellingtonyachts.com

Quick Specifications:

• Length Overall: 38’6”
• Maximum Beam: 14’
• Draft: 4’11”

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Cruisers Yachts in Wisconsin has launched a Flybridge series as an evolution of its Cantius series.

The Flybridge series is expected to include three yachts, starting with the 55 Fly. The builder worked with designer Luiz Debasto on the designs, which Cruisers Yachts says are intended to blend organic shapes in earth and ocean tones, complemented with natural fibers.

“We set out to create a super fly, a yacht that exceeds all expectations of Cruisers flybridges of the past,” Josh Delforge, vice president of operations and engineering, stated in a press release. “Our design team focused on delivering the best-in-class water interaction, a superior flybridge entertaining space and a fresh interior design direction, all wrapped in a futuristic evolution of the Cantius DNA.”

When will the 55 Fly debut as the first model in the Cruisers Flybridge series? It’s expected to premiere in spring 2024, with another model in the Flybridge series on track to make its debut in 2025.

Take the next step: Click over to cruisersyachts.com

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Australian builder Maritimo has a new flagship: the M75. This 75-foot-8-inch yacht is almost 12 feet longer than Maritimo’s previous flagship, the M64. However, it’s not just in length overall that the M75 boasts expanded room; the M75 has approximately 873 square feet of interior space and 559 square feet of exterior space, punctuated by the cockpit’s customizable “adventure deck.” The space—outfitted with a wet bar, a sink, a fridge and two grills—can be set up for lounging, watersports, stowage and more.

There are four staterooms on the M75, including a full-beam master with a king-size berth amidships. The master has a nearly full-beam head with his-and-hers sinks abaft the berth, providing a sound barrier from the engine room. To port, there’s a closet and two-seat sofa; to starboard is a desk that can also serve as a vanity beneath a full-length window. Two guest staterooms—one with twin berths to starboard, the other with bunks to port—separate the master and forepeak VIP staterooms.

The M75’s main deck is designed purely for entertaining. In the upper cockpit, there’s seating for at least 15 with forward-facing seating, a sofa to port, and L-shaped seating with a table to starboard.

A sliding glass door leads from the cockpit to the galley inside with a 15.5-square-foot island that can accommodate two barstools on each side. The galley’s appliances are to starboard in an L-shaped configuration. A portside staircase leads to the flybridge.

The vessel’s salon and dining area are amidships with a portside settee that has a dining table with space for four chairs. To starboard is a C-shaped sofa that seats at least eight people. On the foredeck, there’s forward-facing seating for at least two people, as well as a sun pad far forward.

The flybridge has an enclosed sky lounge that houses the helm station, which is to starboard with two helm chairs. C-shaped seating abaft the helm to starboard mimics the main-deck salon’s sofa setup. Across from the helm to port is additional U-shaped seating for guests who want to see what the skipper sees, with views all around. Aft and open to the elements are a bar with space for three barstools and C-shaped seating for eight with a table.

Standard power for the Maritimo M75 is twin 1,150 hp Scania DI16 diesels.  

Take the next step: maritimo.com.au

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The Greenline 58 Fly is the newest addition to Greenline Yachts’ fleet. At nearly 60 feet length overall, the 58 Fly is the Slovenia-based builder’s second-largest model. Marco Casali of Too Design handled the 58 Fly’s exteriors.

Power for the 58 Fly is either twin 610 hp or 715 hp Cummins diesels with hybrid drive. Twin 1,000 hp Caterpillar diesels are also available and reportedly produce a 30-knot top hop. Eleven solar panels atop the 58 Fly’s flybridge and hardtop produce 3.6 kW of power, and Greenline says, at full charge, the 58 Fly has a range of 30 nautical miles at 6 knots.

A hydraulic swim platform with an 1,100-pound lift capacity provides water access. Forward of the swim platform and up a small set of stairs, there’s a pair of benches for four on centerline. Additionally, four director’s chairs can fit here at the extendable hi-low table, accommodating a total of eight guests to dine. An aft-galley layout makes serving guests inside and outside easy.

When not being used for dining, the hi-low table converts to a daybed with fill-in cushions. The comfort accommodations extend forward, as there’s also a foredeck sun pad for three guests. Forward of the sun pad is a forward-facing bench that’s opposite two aft-facing seats. Atop on the flybridge, there’s a centrally located standing helm station flanked by benches on either side that accommodates four guests.

Belowdecks is a three-stateroom, two-head layout. The full-beam, amidships master, with 6-foot-5-inch headroom, and the forepeak, double-berth VIP each have walk-in closets, and a twin guest stateroom is abaft and to starboard. The VIP’s walk-in closet can be removed to have a third head, and the starboard-side guest stateroom can be replaced by a dedicated study. Within the study, there are built-in monitors, HDMI and USB ports, space for a printer and a sofa that converts to a single berth. A crew’s cabin aft has a single berth or two bunk beds, but it can also be used for stowage or as a workshop.

The Greenline 58 Fly is expected to launch in fall 2022.

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The Absolute Yachts 60 Fly adds to the Italian builder’s eight-model flybridge series, which ranges from 47 feet to 72 feet length overall. The 60 Fly carries a fair bit of beam forward, enhancing interior volume and allowing space for a full-beam master stateroom at the bow. In addition to a walk-in closet, this space has a vanity and hullside windows offering sea views. A VIP stateroom with an en suite head is amidships and to starboard. A third guest stateroom is to port with twin berths. The crew cabin is aft with twin berths.

Unobstructed ocean views are the core of the 60 Fly’s design, with cut-down bulwarks amidships and nearly 360 degrees of glass in the vessel’s superstructure. The salon has a U-shaped settee to port, while aft and to starboard is a U-shaped dining area. Across from the dining area, to port, is an L-shaped galley with direct access to the cockpit via sliding doors. With the sliding doors open, the salon and cockpit are an end-to-end entertainment space.

Owners can personalize the cockpit with modular furniture. One layout has a dining table with six chairs protected by the flybridge overhang. Prefer lounge-style or loose chairs? They’re options.

There is also a foredeck bench seat against the house, as well as an adjustable backrest on the seating forward of it, using part of the sun pad to create a second bench seat. Or slide the backrest to optimize the sun-pad space.

The 60 Fly has upper and lower helm stations, each equipped with dual helm seats and Garmin electronics.

Power is twin Volvo Penta D11 IPS950s. Projected performance data was not available at press time. The 60 Fly’s hardtop can be equipped with solar panels to run ship’s systems in silence.

Look for the Absolute Yachts 60 Fly to debut this fall.

Take the next step: absoluteyachts.com

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Azimut S7 Reviewed

The Azimut Yachts S7 is a sport-fly design with 36-knot speed, a high-tech build and flexible entertaining spaces.

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This Princess V65 is listed with HMY Yacht Sales, has a four-stateroom layout and a 37-knot top hop.

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Fairline will launch its Targa 40 and Squadron 58 at Boot Düsseldorf.

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The two-stateroom, 37-plus-knot Sunseeker Superhawk 55 is the series’ biggest and most luxurious yacht to date.

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The 25-knot Galeon Yachts 440 Fly is thoughtfully designed with the cruising family in mind.

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Some yachts put up a thin veneer of seakeeping confidence, stout construction materials and quality machinery. Those yachts are the opposite of the Grand Banks 54.

On this boat, where I might expect to find a facade, I instead encountered the real deal. Solid-teak mullions. Solid-teak soles. Watertight engine-room bulkheads. An air-conditioning system that doesn’t merely circulate cool air but instead creates a potent breeze. Magnetic catches so strong, they’ll never let the doors fly open in a seaway.

Resins are all epoxy vinylester. Virtually all parts of the vessel, including the hull, are vacuum-infused to minimize weight while maximizing strength. The deckhouse and superstructure are carbon fiber, ensuring structural integrity while lowering the center of gravity. And the 54′s salon furniture is all structurally bonded and fiberglassed into place, eliminating the creaks and groans that bolted-in furniture inevitably make when lesser yachts are subjected to serious seas.

Everything I saw walking through the Grand Banks 54 illustrates actual strength and serious intelligence in construction.

The 54 is the kind of yacht that begs for a ride in the rough stuff, but unfortunately, I didn’t have challenging conditions when I ran it. My time aboard was on a relatively calm Chesapeake Bay. There was quite a bit of boat traffic and thus plenty of wakes to run into and roll over—or so it would seem.

Between its 8-degree transom deadrise, warped semidisplacement hull form, and Humphree interceptor and stabilizer system, the 54 cut through 2-footers with virtually zero effect. Paralleling other boat wakes and taking them on the beam produced a similar absence of any response.

And—surprise—unlike the Grand Banks models of yore, the 54 can probably keep up with the sport cruisers out there on the water. Powered with twin 725 hp Volvo Penta D11 diesel inboards, the 54 broke 27 knots, and that was with full loads of fuel (898 gallons) and water (290 gallons). The builder says it has seen 30-plus-knots with a lighter load. Cruising at 1,800 rpm, the yacht made 18.7 knots and maintained 0.5 nmpg. Even though this hull can get up and go, it’s still efficient at displacement speeds. Idle at 600 rpm to take a 5.2-knot cruise for a range of 2,604 miles. That means owners could make a 12-day trip from Kennebunkport, Maine, to Key West, Florida, and arrive with enough fuel to putter around for another 1,000 nautical miles or so.

For owners who want to go a bit faster and run even more efficiently, Grand Banks says the 54 can be powered with Volvo Penta’s IPS950s, though the builder says the straight-shaft version runs smoother. For many long-distance cruisers, a smooth cruise is a big perk. This boat is not only comfortable but also surprisingly quiet; the engine room is insulated with 2 inches of Sorberbarrier AGC soundproofing. Sitting at the helm at all speeds, I found vibration and sound levels far below what I expected.

On a yacht of this nature, of course, I do expect to enjoy a comfortable cruise whether I’m watching the wheel from the double-wide helm seat, lunching at the L-shaped six-seat dinette, stretching out on the starboard-side settee, or digging my toes into the sisal carpet. This comfort level is also found on the flybridge. The forward half the 54′s flybridge has Stidd helm and companion seats, a dinette, and a wet bar. (The after half is dedicated to a davit and tender.) I looked closely at the beefy stainless-steel frame around the entry and noticed that every screwhead in the frame was aligned in the exact same orientation.

Veneers? Facades? Those are nice-looking but are superficial ornaments. I can find those things on plenty of yachts, but they would be anathema aboard the Grand Banks 54. This yacht is the real deal, through and through.

Walking the Walk

The nicest thing about walking from bow to stern on the Grand Banks 54 is how safe I felt. Not only are the side decks ringed with stout rails, but they’re so wide that I could stand sideways with size 12 shoes and still have 2 inches of wiggle room left over.

Function and Form

The engines aboard the Grand Banks 54 are farther forward than on many yachts, to keep the weight centered and balanced. As a result, there’s an open area between the powerplants and machinery space. Stainless-steel rails line the compartment, so owners can use the area for bulk stowage while the hydraulics and steering gear remain protected. For easy access to the machinery, Grand Banks mounts the rails on quick-release pins.

Owner’s Choice

To provide owners with customization options, Grand Banks offers the 54 in galley-up and galley-down arrangements. In the galley-up version, there are three staterooms belowdecks, with the master forward and guest staterooms to port and starboard. With the galley-down version, there are two en suite staterooms, both with queen-size berths.

Take the next step: grandbanks.com

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Florida-based Regal Boats unveiled a new flagship—the Regal 42 FXO—at the recent Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

“We’ve never had a flagship model with this much versatility, storage, performance or comfort, and the list of standard features is exciting,” North American sales manager Jake Kuck stated in a press release. “The triple Yamaha 425s move this 42-foot flybridge at nearly 50 mph, and because it doesn’t have IPS power, we’ve been able to utilize that space to create an unmatched storage area that’s full-beam wide, 42 inches tall and nearly 6 feet deep. That’s enough room for your beach cruiser bicycles and more.”

A Seakeeper stabilizing system is part of the standard equipment list, and owners can choose among various layouts. The flybridge helm has a 22-inch glass cockpit display, or owners can opt for 16-inch displays. There’s also a lower helm. Sliding glass doors combine the main level’s indoor and outdoor spaces, including the grilling area.

Belowdecks, the forward stateroom has a queen island berth, and the after stateroom has a king-size berth. The king can convert into twins.

What are some of the options in the accommodations area? To port of the stairs, owners can choose a second head or a lower-deck refreshment center.

For more information, visit: regalboats.com

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Hull No. 1 of this model — the smallest from Johnson Yachts — is now in build. Owners can choose three or four staterooms, with an enclosed skylounge or a flybridge and fishing-ready cockpit. Bill Dixon at Dixon Yacht Design drew the exterior that’s shown in the rendering below, with a goal of providing “much of the superyacht experience in a manageable LOA.” Interiors are by Design Unlimited, with a focus on medium-tone woodwork and contrasting light fabrics. Options are available inside the yacht too, with a goal of tailoring each vessel to the owners’ cruising plans. In the galley, for instance, Johnson is offering extra wine chillers and refrigerators for entertaining, or additional pantry space for long-range cruising.

Take the next step: johnson-yachts.com

Palm Beach GT50 Open

This 40-knot yacht made her debut at the Miami Yacht Show in February. She’s an evolution of Palm Beach’s GT50 Salon Express model, using the same hull and 600 hp Volvo Penta IPS800 engines as her sistership while adding more of a connection to nature through the open top. The ­windscreen shown in the image below is made of carbon fiber, and is designed at a height to keep guests in the seating area comfortable, even when the yacht is cruising at speed. A portable awning can be raised if the sun gets too blisteringly hot. The yacht’s deck and superstructure are also carbon fiber, to keep weight down; the hull is built using vinylester-infused, cored E-glass for strength in rougher seas.

Take the next step: palmbeachmotoryachts.com

The Moorings 433PC

Robertson and Caine builds The Moorings 433PC, a three-stateroom powercat whose en suite master fills the starboard hull. Two guest staterooms to port share a head, and the forepeak area can be used for luggage or as a sleeping space for a child. The salon has a convertible area that can be set up as a double berth at night, bringing the total adult guest capacity to eight. Raymarine electronics are standard at the helm, with Cruisair air ­conditioning throughout the boat. A wet bar and guest seating are up on the flybridge, where the skipper has 360-degree views. The boat is available for bareboat charters as well as for bookings with a skipper or cook; in the latter case, the crew takes over one of the interior cabins.

Take the next step: moorings.com

Vicem 67 Cruiser

Construction is underway on the first 67 Cruiser from Vicem Yachts. She’s spec’d with twin 600 hp Volvo Penta D8 diesels for a top-end of 22 ­knots. Optional engines from Volvo Penta are 725 hp D11s and 900 hp D13s. The design includes a lower helm to starboard as well as a station for ­steering on the flybridge, sheltered beneath the hardtop that is shown in the rendering below. Note the sun pads on the trunk cabin at the bow in addition to the guest seating aft on the flybridge; the latter space can be retooled to include movable chaises or loose chairs when the tender is in the water. Look for this yacht to make her debut at the Newport International Boat Show in September.

Take the next step: vicemyachts.com

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While sport-bridge models are occasionally maligned as nothing more than a compromise between a motoryacht and an express cruiser, the Princess S60 represents a solid counterargument to that gripe. There simply isn’t a whole lot of half-stepping to this yacht. That thought struck me in a relatively unlikely place: while looking at the television in the amidships master stateroom. Normally, I could not care less about onboard TVs. To my mind, yachts are meant for enjoying the great outdoors. But this particular television seemed huge for the yacht’s length overall.

“Yeah, she’s 40 inches, the biggest we could fit in here,” said James Nobel, marketing director for Princess Yachts America.

The TV was set inside a piece of Makassar ebony that gave the décor a mega-yacht feel. I also appreciated the amount of stowage in the stateroom, in particular the six high-gloss walnut drawers to starboard and another, larger one to port, forward of a settee. The woodwork was exemplary, and that as well as the snug fit of the drawers back into their compartments were testaments to the high level of craftsmanship that Princess imbues in its yachts at its shipyard in Plymouth, England.

There, workers infuse each S60’s hull and superstructure with vinylester resin before adding a ­carbon-fiber hardtop, which saves weight and lowers the yacht’s center of gravity. Carbon fiber is also used at key structural points for extra strength. It takes about five months — a relatively quick turnaround — to build an S60, which is good because, as of press time, Princess had delivered six of them following the model’s debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.

Another aspect of the S60 that shows no signs of compromise is her lines, which blend a flybridge yacht’s spaciousness into the low-slung profile of an express cruiser. Curvaceous salon windows soften the yacht’s exterior appearance, while elongated hullside windows lengthen it. The result is a pleasing aesthetic flow befitting of this stylish and sporty model.

Good Guests: In addition to the full-beam amidships master stateroom, the S60’s forepeak VIP stateroom enjoys a good deal of natural light from streamlined hullside windows and has a stowage locker to starboard. A starboard-side guest stateroom has twin berths that can slide together for couples.

Our test S60 had twin 1,200 hp MAN V8-1200 power plants in her belly, where the engine room had 6 feet of headroom and an easily accessible 21.5 kW Onan generator aft (smaller, twin 1,000 hp Caterpillar 12.9 engines are also available). The MANs are certainly powerful engines for a sport cruiser that displaces just shy of 60,000 pounds, and they perform in muscular fashion. Princess says the S60 can get up to 38 knots, though on test day we saw a slightly more modest full-throttle top-end of 35.5 knots. That’s still plenty of pop, particularly if you’re manning the yacht from the upper helm with the wind in your face.

The hull, which has a fine entry that culminates in a moderate 16 degrees of deadrise at the transom, was grippy and nimble during my sea trial off Palm Beach, Florida, under bluebird skies. I turned the yacht hard over at her 28.5-knot cruise speed in two and a half boat lengths. Despite 15-knot winds, the Atlantic was mostly lying down, and the S60 dismissed the 1-footers with quiet ease.

At the lower helm — where there were twin Garmin GPSMap screens as well as a Raymarine engine monitor — sightlines were admirable, even during ­hard-over turns, when the sightlines on some yachts of this ilk tend to get a bit tight. The leather helm seats were designed for Princess’ S series and are accordingly sporty, looking much like the minimalistic type of seat you might find cradling the driver of an Aston Martin or Maserati. The stitching was flawless, another testament to the skilled hands at work in Plymouth.

An electrically powered, three-pane skylight covers about half the salon and illuminates the lower helm. The skylight combines with the aforementioned windows to make the entire S60’s salon ­naturally well-lighted.

 Total Control: The Princess S60 comes with three command centers: on the main deck, on the sport bridge and in the cockpit, to starboard. The cockpit station is useful for docking and has an emergency stop button.

The galley is aft and to port, a design choice that is becoming standard among Princess builds. The aft galley lends itself well to more casual boating, since the galley acts as a bridge between the salon and the cockpit. Its aft counter has a top-hinged window that opens to let the space double as an alfresco bar in the cockpit, to further meld the interior and exterior. This feature complements the cockpit’s U-shaped dining settee to make it a more complete entertaining area.

And complete is the key word. There’s little that this yacht can’t do. She’s fast, cruisable and fun with loads of stowage and entertainment space, and cool design details inside and out make her stand out in a crowded field.

So, if you hear someone making the argument that sport-bridge yachts are lacking in one area or another, point him toward the Princess S60 and let the yacht do the talking.

Fly Style

The Princess S60’s flybridge has numerous amenities, despite the space being slightly smaller than those aboard similar-size flybridge motoryachts. Twin in-house-built helm chairs are to port with a convertible sun pad across from them. A wet bar is amidships with a sink, grill and fridge. Aft is L-shaped seating with a teak dining table that has foldout wings. Because the S60 is a sport-bridge design, Princess could place a sunroof forward; it connects the salon below to the elements. Allowing for that sunroof is one reason the flybridge space may seem a bit smaller than on competing models (which don’t have it at all).

Let It Shine

The Princess S60 is a boat built for fun. In addition to the convertible sun pad on the flybridge, the S60 has two more places to lay out and get a tan. One is on the foredeck — perhaps the best exterior space to find privacy on this yacht, particularly if moored stern-to in some elegant European harbor. The foredeck sun pad is part of a lounge setup that includes additional seating. The other sun pad is aft and gets sunlight because of the flybridge’s abbreviated overhang. The aft sun pad is above the garage, which can house a personal watercraft or tender for when you need to breeze into port to get more sun lotion.

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