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Bertram 700 Enclosed Fly Bridge
About a year ago, Bertram unveiled a new flagship at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the Bertram 700 Convertible, then followed suit at the Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show in February with an enclosed flybridge version. We had a chance to sea trial the boat in the days following the winter show, and as Bertram gets ready to introduce yet another model, we offer this first-hand account of our experience on water.
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On the “A” list - Designer Martin Francis
The new superyacht A, featured on the cover of our July issue, made quite a splash when it was unveiled, but the hull itself is said to hardly make a wake thanks to a very innovative design that Martin Francis, as technical and naval designer on the project once known as SF99, help turn into reality. As unusual as this project may be this is not Martin’s first venture outside of the boundaries of traditional yacht design. In fact, Martin’s creative world hardly seems to have boundaries at all.
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Burger's Big Boat - 153' Ingot
The new 153’ Ingot is Burger Boat’s largest launch ever; this elegant and sophisticated yacht is sure to become the proud new flagship for this custom builder.
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President 107 - Experience speaks volumes
On a return visit to the tri-deck President 107’, which made its debut at the Miami Yacht & Brokerage Show last winter, we walked past a President flybridge boat docked nearly, which was built sometime in the late 1980s. Although President Yachts, represented in North America by Presidential Yachts Inc., is working on a full new line of models, this one served as a reminder that the company has been building sturdy fiberglass boats for a long time, and experience shows.
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Stabilizer Systems - Roll Reversal
No matter how large a boat may be, it is going to be affected by wave motion. This is especially true in a beam sea, which can produce a rolling pattern ranging from barely noticeable to uncomfortable to downright dangerous—hardly a seemly state of affairs aboard a luxury motoryacht. No wonder that few yachts larger than 60’ are delivered these days without some kind of modern stabilizer system, a technology designed to automatically reduce roll and quiet the ride to the benefit of everyone on board.
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Lazzara LSX 92 - The making of the express yacht
Our return visit to the Tampa-based shipyard of Lazzara Yachts, appropriately enough on the eve of the Labor Day holiday, found an unbeat if tired team working on not one but two major projects that required a great amount of creative thinking, engineering and plain hard work.
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