Jaguar’s High-Performance Family-Oriented Catamarans Latest Model, the 37 Wildcat

Sept 8, 2022

Powered by twin Mercury 450R outboards, hull #1 of the 37 Wildcat is being built to 450 Pro Sport class specifications for the 2023 APBA season. While the 37′ L x 11′ 6″ W catamaran has decades of championship titles infused into its design, its competition-proven hull form and construction ensure absolute stability. John Clarke, Jaguar Powerboats president, is renowned among boatbuilders for creating exceptionally fast boats without any sacrifice to safety or comfort.

Contact Jaguar Powerboats, Thomasville, NC www.jaguarpowerboats.com. A Canadian dealer is in the works.


Nimbus 365 Coupe – A real long-stay cruising boat for exploring

By Andy Adams

There is no shortage of fun and exciting new boat designs hitting the market, but for the last few years these have been mainly outboard-powered day boats. Some are day cruisers; some are centre console fishing boats or designed for tow sports. A new live-aboard cabin boat has become a rare item these days.

So when I heard that Pride Marine in Orillia, Ontario, had a Nimbus 365 Coupe in the water, I jumped at the chance to get out on it.

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Destinations

Tahiti—Updates from Paradise

By Zuzana Prochaska

I’ve been to Tahiti seven times—six on charter and once as crew for a couple of yachties. Over the 25 years that I’ve been visiting, it’s changed dramatically. Yet, inexplicably, it has also stayed the same.

Lounging on the flybridge of our Sunsail 454, I had time to think about this dichotomy as I toasted the nighttime skies of Bora Bora and specifically the Southern Cross, a constellation that never fails to hypnotize. As the Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982) tune reminds us:

…you understand now why you came this way.

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