With more than 60 years of experience and a current range of boats that stretches from a 28-foot center-console to a 61-foot convertible, Bertram Yachts is launching the third model in its center-console line: the 34CC. Why a 34-foot center-console? According to Bertram’s vice president of sales, Tommy Thompson, it was a happy medium between two of the builder’s current models, the 28CC and 39CC. But it also allowed the new build to meet two specific criteria: a variety of powerplant options and forward cabin access.

The 34CC comes standard with twin 400 hp Mercury Verados; however, the 34-footer can also handle triple 300 hp and 350 hp outboards. “You reach a size where you can be too small that you can’t have triples, you can be too big and you can’t have doubles, so we wanted to have the option of having 800, 900 or 1,050 horsepower,” Thompson says. “A huge feature we don’t dare eliminate from the boat by going down to a [32- or 33-foot build] is the entrance to the lower cabin. In a 34-foot boat, who wants to go through a side door out in the rain? It’s not just an entrance. It’s a real lower cabin. Two people can sleep down there.”

The combination of powerplant options and 23 degrees of deadrise at the transom is the result of Bertram’s experience with building other models. “We’ve integrated lessons from our best-running hulls to create the perfect blend,” according to Nicholas Fletcher, Bertram’s naval architect program manager. “We focused on balancing weight and running surface to deliver a ride that is comfortable and dynamically refined.”

Dan Hamilton, Bertram’s director of product development and engineering, says the builder also leaned into tried-and-true methods with the deep-V hull design.

“We prioritize resilient, proven system designs over high-tech solutions that can be difficult to manage,” Hamilton says. “Our approach ensures reliability and ease of use for our customers.”

Getting the proportions of the boat correct required Bertram to balance as much forward seating as possible with as much cockpit space aft as the design team could manage. And, as with other Bertrams, it had to be accomplished with an eye toward fishability. The 34CC has four insulated fish boxes, rod stowage and rod holders. There are also three helm seats for the crew to sit comfortably on longer runs out to the fishing grounds.

Bertram is hinting at expanding its center-console lineup with larger models too.   

Take the next step: bertram.com

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The world’s largest sportfishing yacht, the six-deck, 171-foot all-aluminum Project 406 from Royal Huisman and Vripack yacht design, is finally here.

It’s been three years since Yachting first reported on Project 406’s development. Details and interior views of the build are still being kept quiet, but what we do know is that Royal Huisman says the supersize sportfishing yacht is headed to its final staging area and preparing to launch in Amsterdam soon.

In a press release the shipyard stated, “Project 406 is designed for an experienced owner who is passionate about fishing. She is a unique vessel in so many respects. Vripack Yacht Design is responsible for the exterior and interior design and naval architecture of this highly prestigious project. Her design is extremely distinctive, with a long bow and high bulwarks sweeping through a clear sheer to a low and uncluttered cockpit aft.”

“The high tower offers outstanding views with a downward angle on the water for specialized fishing. Apart from its practical function, the tower also offers a superb viewing platform for guests, who can follow all the action below. Project 406 effortlessly blends the ultimate sports fishing experience with genuine superyacht scale, comfort and refinement.”

Royal Huisman says a team of more that 350 craftspeople worked on the build over the last three years.

At its 171-foot length overall, Project 406 now tops several other giant custom sport-fishers such as the 144-foot Trinity Bad Company, 130-foot McMullen & Wing Mea Culpa and the 129-foot Yachting Developments Lanakai, by a significant margin.

When the build was first announced in 2021, Royal Huisman CEO Jan Timmerman called Project 406 “the world’s first true sport-fish superyacht,” while Vripack co-creative director Bart M. Bouwhuis says it’s “a sport-fisher on steroids.”

Seeing the results. We’d agree.

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Vripack yacht design and Royal Huisman, both in the Netherlands, have unveiled a few tantalizing details about Project 406—which is being built as the world’s largest sport-fishing yacht.

Project 406’s overall size and luxury is the reason it made it on our best sportfishing yachts list. Project 406 has a length overall of 171 feet. That means the vessel will dwarf not only the most sizable 80- to 105-footers from well-known sport-fish builders—such as Viking Yachts, Bayliss Boatworks and Jim Smith Tournament Boats—but also the behemoth one-off sport-fishers such as the 144-foot Trinity Bad Company, 130-foot McMullen & Wing Mea Culpa and 129-foot Yachting Developments Lanakai. As the team at Royal Huisman expressed this reality about Project 406, “This groundbreaking creation will be, by some distance, the largest, most luxurious and individual true sport-fish yacht in the world.”

Aqua Marine is the owner’s representative on the project, with Vripack handling exterior as well as interior design. Technical management will be the purview of Bush & Noble along with Hampshire Marine.

Royal Huisman CEO Jan Timmerman calls Project 406 “the world’s first true sport-fish superyacht,” while Vripack co-creative director Bart M. Bouwhuis says it’s “a sport-fisher on steroids.”

“It has the true proportions and long flaring bow of a typical American sport-fish boat paired with the harmonious feel of a luxurious superyacht,” Bouwhuis says. “It’s a supersize model with super-chic curves, realized on a grand scale.”

Among the design elements Vripack is touting is a redesigned sky lounge, which will be like a theater with front-row views of the sport-fishing action in the cockpit. The superyacht is projected to come in at 499 gross tons, allowing for a top-end speed in the 30-knot range.

“Project 406 is a true sport- fisher, designed for a private owner who is serious about big-game fishing,” Bouwhuis says. Wih so many accolade

Delivery of Project 406 is scheduled for 2023. Before then, Royal Huisman is expected to launch the 192-foot motoryacht Project Phi, which has a design the yard calls “radical.”

It’s anyone’s guess what that word might come to mean in yacht construction next.

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Intrepid Powerboats premiered the 375 Nomad center console at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in March.

“To create the 375 Nomad, we started with the deck layout of our recently introduced 345 Nomad and added additional length to integrate customer-favorite features from other Intrepid models,” Ken Clinton, president of Intrepid Powerboats, stated in a press release.

Like the 345 Nomad, the 375 Nomad is available with two console options. For more protection from the elements, there’s a composite T-top with a full-height, wraparound glass windshield and wiper. That option allows for side entry to the head. The second console option is a traditional aluminum T-top with an FRP hardtop, and front entry to the head.

Additional length on the 375 Nomad allowed for integrated wells in the forward lounge seating, similar to the wells on the Intrepid 375 Center Console. The wells can be customized as insulated coolers or rigged as bait wells.

From Intrepid’s 407 Panacea, the 375 Nomad borrows a high-low adjustable table that can be flush to the cockpit, sunpad height (with a cushion on top) or dining height. From the Intrepid 407 Cuddy, the 375 Nomad added a cockpit whose height can rise 4 inches for enhanced visibility.

Other standard features on the Intrepid 375 Nomad: a hull-side swing-in dive door, rod and fender stowage, and a console with a head.

For more information, visit: intrepidpowerboats.com

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Cabo Yachts is coming back.

The brand, founded in 1991 in California, was long considered a major player in the 36- to 52-foot offshore fishboat market. At Cabo’s height of operations, in 1995, it employed about 550 workers, and the brand remained strong for years, selling to Brunswick Corp. in 2006.

Then, of course, the global recession hit, taking down numerous boatbuilders with it. By 2010, Cabo production had moved to New Bern, North Carolina, where Brunswick-owned Hatteras Yachts is located. In 2013, production of the Cabo line ceased.

“Now, we feel the market conditions are right to bring back the proven Cabo line of hard-core fishing boats,” Hatteras/Cabo Yachts President and CEO Kelly Grindle stated in a press release. “Even though Cabo boats have not been produced for a few years, consumer research shows a continued strong affinity for the brand. Cabo ranks as one of the top brands for quality and reliability. We intend to build on this well-deserved reputation as we fill a growing demand in the marketplace for inboard offshore, express-style fishing boats — a niche that Cabo once owned. Cabo will provide a step up from a center console to a boat that offers greater comfort and amenities while owners pursue their passion for angling offshore.”

The first new Cabo model, scheduled to premiere at the 2019 Miami International Boat Show, will be the Cabo 41. It will have a length overall of 42 feet 10 inches, with standard twin 626-horsepower Volvo Penta D11s along with optional 670- and 725-horsepower engines or Cummins QSM11s.

Other options will include the Seakeeper 6 stabilization system, and custom towers and outriggers built by Hatteras partner Carolina Custom Towers.

Design features on the Cabo 41 will include mezzanine seating above the cockpit, an open helm deck, a queen-berth stateroom and a dining settee that converts to a second berth.

“The Cabo 41 is aimed at the sportfishing enthusiast who wants a better-performing, higher-quality, more comfortable offshore fishing platform,” Grindle stated in the press release. “This model is only the beginning. The new Cabo line we have in development will be made up of easy-to-own, durable fishing machines that give anglers the confidence to fish longer, and the satisfaction of catching more fish while staying dry and comfortable, even in rough conditions.”

More specs on the new Cabo 41: displacement is 31,000 pounds, with a 550-gallon fuel capacity and 95 gallons of water.

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