Yamaha’s new DRiVE X system puts fingertip control right on the steering wheel, making maneuvering these twin jetdrive sportboats easier than ever before. A “dock hold” function allows securing the boat against the dock for easy tie-ups and it readily spins at its own length.
Watch the video for a look at a unique boat-handling system
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.
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.
