Spring 2002 Issue

Winter 2002 Issue

On the Cover: PDQ Yachts' MV/32 Passagemaker power Catamaran

Contents:

Editorial: by Charles K. Chiodi
Quarterly Finally!

Letter to the Editors:
by Peter Brady, Australia

News Briefs:
• Five vessels join charter fleet, one of them a new powercat
• Telenor acquires Comsat Mobil Communications

Captains Corner: by Burnett Radosh
• Looking for some New Years resolutions you can keep?
• How to get help from above
• Boaters going offshore shouldn't leave homeport without it.
• From guzzling to grazing: Fuel-saving tips from Boat US
• Glacier Bay listens to customers
• Picking the perfect cat for particular needs

Featured Products:
• New Kevlacat debuts at Miami Boat Show
• Two new radios from Denmark
• Spirit of Lahaina
• New radio system from Skanti
• Don't let motion sickness ruin your vacation
• Glass windshields for center console boats
• Pens will write upside down or under water

Business News:
• SailTech: a new method of boat building
• NG, High-speed vessel design specialists
• PDQ moves closer to customers
• New 12-meter power catamaran built in Cyprus 16

SPEED:
Riviera Racing enters a new league

Designing for lifestyle with pleasure, by Peter Brady

James Scheerer II

The Brady 11.3

Prowler, by Charter Cats S.A.

"Thoughts on the Present and the Past"
An insight to Charter Cats S.A. by Kim Schoeman

New Jutson 53 hits the water, by Scott Jutson

Wild Wind IV, by Malcolm Tennant

• Pulsar 7000
• Greenland 34
• Fuchs & Mercury
• Franois Richard reports from the Paris Boat Show

Venturi
A huge cat of the early 1940s - and a futuristic concept for a catamaran ocean liner

Loco Buzzard III
A 65 luxury catamaran just launched in National City, California. Co-designed by the design firm of Morrelli & Melvin and the yachts builder, Knight & Carver Yacht Center

Great Lakes Adventure
Three Glacier Bay cats crew have a terrific time despite rough weather, windy and choppy conditions

Testing Your Catamaran Knowledge
Feast your eyes on 27 of the latest power catamarans, and if you can name them all, well give you $500

Twin Vee
Joining the forever growing stable of power catamarans, the latest, a 32-footer debuts at the Miami boat show