Northrop & Johnson currently has the 58-foot West Bay, 3Ten, listed for sale with an asking price of $589,000. The 1997 build has stately lines and a three-stateroom, three-head layout and myriad entertainment spaces inside and outside.

This West Bay 58 also has a modified-V hull form, which means a moderate deadrise and a seakindly and stable ride.

The cockpit can be arranged to alfresco entertainment with loose furniture or stow it so the crew can try their hand at catching dinner. A ladder to port leads from the cockpit to the flybridge. Abaft the two-seat helm station to port is a wet bar and C-shaped sofa and table, a perfect spot to hangout and take in the view en route to the next waypoint. The after deck has a davit tender stowage, helping making trips ashore for provisioning, beach combing or dinner a breeze.

Stairs next to the flybridge’s helm station lead down to the pilothouse for seamless access to the country galley and salon.The country galley is forward with an L-shaped seating and table, L-shaped countertop, a sink, a cooktop, a microwave and a full-size refrigerator and freezer. Further forward is the second helm station and a sliding door to port for side-deck access, a handy setup when cruising shorthanded.

The salon is set up with a C-shaped sofa and hi-lo table. To starboard, there are two loose lounge chairs, just abaft the full wet bar, creating a perfect space to enjoy drinks and casual conversation with guests.

The West Bay 58 has accommodations to sleep six. The full-beam owners’ stateroom is amidships with a queen-island berth, en suite head, stowage for extended passages, a flat- screen TV and a washer and dryer. The forepeak VIP stateroom has a centerline queen berth, more stowage space and an en suite head. The guest stateroom to port has upper and lower single berths and access to the VIP head.

Power on 3Ten is provided by twin 625 hp 6V92TA Detroit Diesels, which provide a top speed of 22 knots. The 58-footer is also equipped with 12 kW and 20 kW Onan generators.

Where is 3Ten located? The yacht is currently located in Newport Beach, California.

Take the next step: contact Yacht Broker Tom Corkett, 949 642 5735, northropandjohnson.com

Quick Specifications:

• Length Overall: 58’
• Maximum Beam: 17’ 5”
• Fuel Capacity: 1,000 gallons
• Draft: 4’

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Heesen Yachts in the Netherlands has sold Project Akira, the first hull in the yard’s series of 187-foot, all-aluminum fast yachts.

The sale was done with Wes Sanford of Northrop & Johnson and James Corts of MarineMax introducing the client.

Project Akira will have an enclosed volume of approximately 780 gross tons and a lightweight Fast Displacement Hull Form. The design was first presented at the 2019 Monaco Yacht Show, and construction began on spec in February 2022. Delivery is expected in time for the summer 2024 season.

Power will be a pair of IMO Tier III-compliant MTU 16V 4000 M65L engines with a reported maximum speed of 22 knots.

Frank Laupman of Omega Architects penned the profile. Harrison Eidsgaard collaborated on the layout and décor. Accommodations are for 12 guests in six staterooms, including an owner’s stateroom on the main deck and a VIP stateroom on the bridge deck.

Heesen’s employees just keep going: When the keel was laid for Project Akira, four of Heesen employees celebrating their 25th work anniversaries carried out the first welds. Overall, 17 of the shipyard’s original 40 employees still work at the yard.

Take the next step: go to heesenyachts.com

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Wider Yachts in Italy has announced a partnership that gives Northrop & Johnson yacht broker Joe Foggia exclusive sales and management rights for the Wider 170 and Wider 210, the two models that currently make up Wider’s superyacht range.

“We look forward to working with Northrop & Johnson in North America,” Marcello Maggi, who heads up W-Fin Sarl, the holding company that owns 100 percent of Wider equity, stated in a press release. “We have found that their unrivaled expertise in yacht sales and management, coupled with a deep reach both within the industry and with potential buyers, makes them an excellent match for the vision we have for our superyacht division.

“Furthermore, this agreement mirrors the one that Wider recently entered into with MarineMax,” Maggi added, “though that partnership is focused on the builder’s catamaran division.”

Where will Wider’s superyachts be built? In a new facility in Venice, Italy, that is dedicated to the production of superyachts.

Where to learn more: go to wider-yachts.com

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Yachting caught up with MarineMax Yachts and yacht sales broker Northrop & Johnson at the 2022 Miami International Boat Show to learn more about the partnership between the two brands, the quality of services offered, and how the two combine to offer customers an elevated yachting experience. To learn more about MarineMax Yachts, visit marinemax.com.

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Northrop & Johnson has welcomed the 132-foot Benetti Wabash to the charter fleet. Dates are available this summer in the Bahamas, and for winter 2020-21 in the Bahamas and Caribbean.

Wabash is a 2018 build with exterior design by Stefano Righini. There’s alfresco dining and a bar on the sundeck, along with two additional alfresco dining areas, on the bridge and main decks. A hot tub and sun pads are on the foredeck, for privacy when the yacht is anchored stern-to at marinas.

Ten guests are accommodated in their choice of six staterooms. The master spans the yacht’s beam on the main deck and has a king-size berth. Two queen-berth and two twin-berth staterooms are belowdecks.

Alternatively, guests can choose the double-berth stateroom on the bridge deck.

What’s the lowest weekly base rate to charter Wabash? It’s $150,000.

For more information, visit: northropandjohnson.com

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From the outside, the 111-foot Aegean Olde Salt looks like a classic wooden yacht, with her rounded stern, proud masts and teak detailing.

But she’s actually a 2015 build with a steel hull that won the top prize in her size range at the 2016 International Yacht and Aviation Awards—and now, she’s for sale through broker Richard Callender at Northrop & Johnson.

The asking price for Olde Salt is about $9,900,000.

Olde Salt has five ensuite staterooms for 10 guests, including a main-deck master. Eight crew are accommodated in three cabins.

Alfresco dining for 14 people is on both the main and upper decks, and the yacht is MCA compliant, should the new owner want to offer her for charter.

What’s the cruising speed of Olde Salt? It’s 12 knots, according to Northrop & Johnson.

Take the next step: contact Callender at northropandjohnson.com

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Chris fagan made his first trip to Alaska aboard the 130-foot Westport Serengeti in 2014. Back then, he was the mate; this summer, he’s doing his fourth season on the yacht as captain.

The place never gets old.

“It’s the best nature and wildlife ­cruising ground that there is,” he says. “Just given the vastness of the wilderness and the abundance of gigantic wildlife, it’s a reminder of what the world is capable of. It doesn’t matter who goes with us, whether they’ve chartered all over the world or it’s their first time: Everyone leaves with their minds blown.”

The good news for charter clients, he says, is that even ­despite the grandeur to be explored, precious few yachts with ­professional crew make the run to Alaska each summer. A lot of times, ­Serengeti has had an anchorage all to herself.

The bad news for charter clients, Fagan says, is that given the small number of available yachts and the short season, primarily from June through August, the best boats tend to book up fast. As of early May, Serengeti already had nine charters scheduled for this summer.

“I would say a year out is when you start getting the first bookings, and it’s wise to book six months in advance,” he says, “especially if you want a prime date.”

Clients wanting to book any boat in Alaska, he says, should look not only for an experienced crew, but also for a boat that’s outfitted for the area. Serengeti, for instance, has Isinglass on the main and top decks, allowing wide views without cold winds.

And it’s the views that count—especially given the realities of climate change.

“Of course, the glaciers are slowly receding, but they’re still there,” he says. “Who knows? A hundred years from now, some of them may be backed up farther than we can get to in a boat, but anybody who goes up now can experience that beauty.”

Serengeti

Reflections

What to expect in Alaska

• Charter Itineraries typically take place between Juneau, Alaska’s capital, and Sitka, in the southeast part of the state that borders Canada.
• The sounds of the glaciers as they calve, cracking off chunks and dropping them into the sea, is as loud as the roar of lions or a low-flying plane.
• Whales, bears, bald eagles and other wildlife are all around, so have a camera ready, ideally with a long lens.
• Try the candied salmon, which is eaten as a stick, kind of like beef jerky.

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Sales broker Michael Nethersole at Northrop & Johnson has announced a $100,000 price drop on the 81-foot Ferretti Yachts La Pace.

The new asking price is $2,395,000.

La Pace is a 2012 build that most recently was refitted in 2018. She accommodates eight guests in four staterooms, including a king-berth master.

Amenities include a flybridge grill and retractable awning, as well as a foldout transom that becomes a water-level beach club.

Where is La Pace located? She’s at Lauderdale Marine Center in Florida.

For more information, visit: northropandjohnson.com

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Sales broker Whit Kirkland at Northrop & Johnson has listed the 97-foot Hargrave Inevitable for sale, at an asking price of $2,295,000.

Built in 2003 and most recently refitted in 2018, Inevitable is being marketed in “turnkey condition.” Accommodations are for eight or nine guests in four staterooms, including a full-beam master.

Up on deck, the flybridge has a hardtop for helm protection, along with built-in guest seating and a barbecue. Dining is on the main deck aft.

According to Northrop & Johnson, the twin 1,400-horsepower Caterpillar engines provide a cruising speed of 16 knots.

How many crew does Inevitable accommodate? There’s room for five.

Take the next step: northropandjohnson.com

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The manager at the exclusive, 40-room Lizard Island Resort calls The Pavilion building his second-best option. Don’t believe him.

Sure, the $5,990-per-night building for two known as The Villa may command a higher price than The Pavilion, but for anyone spending time on Lizard Island before a Great Barrier Reef charter aboard the 115-foot, wave-piercing powercat Spirit , The Pavilion is absolutely the best. Guests can arrive from Cairns via an hourlong plane flight or helicopter jaunt, relax for a few days in The Pavilion while adjusting to the time-zone change, and then sit up in bed one morning to enjoy the glass-wall view that only The Pavilion offers. For example, you may see Spirit cruising in and dropping her hook in Anchor Bay, ready for a week of snorkeling, diving and fishing the “secret GPS spots” Capt. ­Martin Debanks has spent years mapping.

You may recognize Lizard Island Resort from its Black Marlin Classic, which lures tournament fishermen in October. Spirit plans to be a mothership for that event (­chartering alongside owned or chartered boats that have fighting chairs) and then stay to charter along the reef, offering itineraries with everything from slow and easy paddleboards to ­rip-roaring kiteboards.

“We’re setting up trips where you can do a week on the boat and a week at Lizard Island, or half a week on the boat and half on the island,” Debanks says. “If you want to be on the water, that’s what we do.”

From September until December, he promises, the billfishing along the reef is incredible — and his résumé makes his opinion worth considering. He and his wife, Jo (Spirit‘s chef), previously ran the 120-foot Crescent Valkyrie, the previous vessel of Spirit‘s owner, who lives to hunt game fish.

PEDIGREE: 115-foot New Zealand Yachts built in 2005, refitted in 2016.
ACCOMMODATIONS: 10 guests in five staterooms including an upper-deck master.
CREW: 7.
THIS WINTER: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
SUMMER 2018: Whitsunday Islands.
FOR FUN IN THE SUN: game-fishing, scuba diving, snorkeling and more.
MANAGEMENT COMPANY: Northrop & Johnson.

“We were aboard for 12 years and went around the world twice looking for marlin,” Martin says, adding that once, they caught a 1,300-pound marlin close to Port Douglas — where the owner just so happens to keep his new yacht, Spirit.

Prior to Valkyrie, the Debankses worked together on scuba and adventure charters in the Mideast. Along the way, they became serious kiteboarders (Martin calls the sport “the purest form of sailing”), and they still carry the gear on board today, with instructors ready to hop aboard alongside dive instructors, should charter clients have an interest in either sport. Their goal is for all Spirit charters to leave guests feeling inspired, including by land-based activities in such places as Cooktown.

“From there,” Martin says of the town, “you can access all the rainforest, learn the history of Captain Cook, drink with the locals if you like. That’s always fun.”

Spirit being based in Australia is a kind of homecoming, after the New Zealand build was found in disrepair off Montenegro, ignored by her second owner. It took about $3 million of refit work in Europe to return the 2005 build to ABS standards, give her a new interior with help from U.S.-based designer Robin Rose, repaint the hull, rebuild an engine and generator, add VSAT for access to Wi-Fi, and more.

Upgrades continued this past summer in Australia, where Spirit got a hot tub.

Sitting in that tub with a steady view of the water and reef (thanks to Spirit‘s stable, wave-piercing motion) is probably as relaxing as a Lizard Island Resort massage, which Camper & ­Nicholsons International charter broker Pierre Hurel described by saying, “I don’t know if she had four hands or heavy snakes all over the place or what, but never have I had a massage like that.”

Pair it with an onboard “Aussie sampler dinner” of smoked emu, kangaroo and crocodile wontons, and the experience should create indelible memories. As Jo says, “It’s nice for people to be able to say they tried something original.”

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