{"id":9381,"date":"2012-11-30T00:35:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T22:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/?p=9381"},"modified":"2015-03-16T17:19:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:19:13","slug":"a-different-kind-of-yacht-for-coastal-cruising-and-island-hopping-by-guest-blogger-phil-friedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boatbookings.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/30\/a-different-kind-of-yacht-for-coastal-cruising-and-island-hopping-by-guest-blogger-phil-friedman\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Kind of Yacht for Coastal Cruising and Island Hopping (by Guest Blogger Phil Friedman)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several decades ago, a species of yacht\u00a0was developed in North America, primarily for coastal cruising and island hopping. The genre almost instantaneously became known as a \u201cBahamas Houseboat\u201d; and yachts of the kind in the 10m to 15m LOA range were marketed for chartering and wintering in the mostly sheltered waters of the island chain\u00a0that lies some 90 nm\u00a0east of the Florida coast.<\/p>\n

The type combined houseboat-like accommodations with a beamy, shallow-V hull form that was in distinction to the barge and pontoon bottoms\u00a0then ubiquitously\u00a0associated with such vessels. Like a barge or pontoon bottom, the broad beam, shallow-V hull form kept draft to a minimum, while still providing sufficient load carrying capacity for truly house-like accommodations and the fuel, water, and stores necessary for extended island hopping. In addition, however, the V-bottom provided just enough sea-keeping ability to be able to cross the Gulf Stream — at least in predictably good weather — from, say, Bimini right across the Bank to Grand Bahama. And the V-bottom was definitely better able to negotiate passages from the lee of one island to that of another, in the presence of slight to moderate seas —\u00a0something at which previous \u201chouseboats\u201d were notoriously deficient. Unfortunately, the\u00a0“Bahamas Houseboats”\"\"<\/a> were, to my mind,\u00a0produced in\u00a0sizes too small to reap fully\u00a0the nominally intended benefits of the type. Consequently,\u00a0after less than ten years, the genre passed from the yachting scene.<\/p>\n

But that was then, and this is now. Recently, Boundless Yachts LLC introduced a shallow draft, waterjet-driven, triple-decked yacht that takes the Island Cruiser<\/strong> <\/em>concept to its next logical iteration. This yacht\u00a0is 27.4m (90\u2019) LOA by 6.7m (22\u2019) in beam, and draws less than .75m (2\u20196\u201d) of water. She sports house-like accommodations, with eight feet of headroom throughout, and accommodations for 12 in four double staterooms and two convertible sleeping areas. Her huge main saloon blends into a country-kitchen style dining and galley area, to provide more convivial common area than one sees on yachts twenty feet longer or more.<\/p>\n

An array of three Yanmar marine diesel propulsion engines, each\"\"<\/a> coupled to a Hamilton waterjet drive, gives her the ability to reach 29 knots top speed, while retaining joystick maneuverability for docking on her two wing engines, and more than ample island-hopping range when running at passagemaking speeds on just her single centerline engine.<\/p>\n

The Boundless 90\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>constitutes an instance in which form truly follows function without, I might add,\u00a0undue sacrifice in styling.\u00a0Personally, I\u00a0see in the type high potential, not only for the Bahamas, but for European coastal and canal cruising<\/span><\/a>, as well as charter fleet duty. Moreover, this is especially so, when you consider that, due to smartly executed value engineering, her cost is probably little more than half that of a tri-deck motor yacht matching her interior volume and accommodations.<\/p>\n

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Phil Friedman<\/strong> is the Director of ,<\/span> Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. He has a long background in yacht design and construction, including several years as President and CEO of Palmer Johnson Yachts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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