The Hunter e33 has been name 2012 Boat of the Year – Best Compact Cruiser, 30 to 35 ft by Cruising World Magazine.
This design splashed this past summer has been turning heads everywhere it goes. To get more information on the Hunter e33 give TNY a call.
The new Dufour 36 Performance is ready for its debut this week at the Paris Boat Show. If you have been following the development of this fantastic boat we are sure you are excited to see the final product.
Dufour just released the Press Release for the boat with renderings and preliminary dimensions.
Stay tuned for more images and video of the boat at the show in Paris!
The sailing media continues to praise the Dufour product line. Attached is another fantastic review from Sail Magazine. This time on the 45e.
The Bavaria Cruiser 45 has been named Best Monohull Under 50′ for 2012! The Bavaria beat out the other nominees in its category and was the only production monohull that was named a winner.
Bavaria Cruiser 45Most of all, we like the way this boat sails. Thanks to the twin rudders, which are canted well outboard, and the efficient Farr-designed hull, this is one broad-beamed mass-production cruising monohull that will power up and heel over without griping when pressed hard to windward.
You can check out the full review and video at SAIL Magazine.
True North Yachts founding partner Ross Bryden Richardson, passed away peacefully at 9:50pm on Monday November 14th at Princess Margaret Hospital after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
Ross was not an observer of life but rather one of its most active participants. He amazed everyone with his determination to win this fight and participated in both sporting and social events right up to the very end. His sense of good humour was evident in everything he did. His wife, Kimberly and daughter, Gwyneth have a legacy of wonderful experiences and stories about him that can be shared with his legion of good friends and family members. Few people have the opportunity to prepare a bucket list of things to do in their lifetime and not only complete the list but in doing so motivate so many others to move along life’s path with increased thoughtfulness and vigour. Ross is the kind of individual of whom legends are made and who, in his 50th year, became a role model to his business associates, employees, family and especially for his many friends who knew him well and who will now never be able to miss him as long as his memory and dynamism are safely lodged within them.
As a partner in True North Yachts he truly grew to love the boating industry. His vision and determination made our firm the success it is today. His leadership will be missed but he will never be forgotten by any of us who knew him. His legacy and dreams live on within us all.
Please consider joining us for the celebration of his amazing life at Christ Church Deer Park (Anglican) Church, 1570 Yonge Street, Toronto for a memorial service on Friday, November 18th at 1:30 P.M. On-line condolences and information are available at www.etouch.ca. Instead of flowers, please consider a donation in memory of Ross to the Max and Beatrice Wolfe Centre for Children’s Grief and Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Building, 60 Murray Street, 4th Floor, Box #13, Toronto, ON, M5T 3L9.
Please feel free to leave thoughts and comments at our Facebook Memorial for Ross.
Hull #1 of the Dufour 36 Performance is out of the molds. To follow its development please check out dufour36.blogspot.com
After its North American debut this summer the new “e33″ has become a tremendous hit for Hunter. With 55 orders so far, the e33 continues the design of the e36 with its extended cockpit and fold down swim platform. The spacious and well-thought out interior is finished with the quality that Hunter is renowned for.
Here is a review of the 2012 hunter e33 from Sail-World.com.
Give us a call to learn more about this amazing boat.
The team is exited: After 12 long month – six months of conception and another six months of intensive work on construction and development – the first “true” VISION is being born. The model of the hull is ready and the form which will serve as clone for the serial production is almost ready.
Find out more at Bavaria Yachts!
Don’t forget to check out the promotional video:
The flagship of the French Dufour fleet, the 525 GL is a well established performance cruiser that has won several accolades in recent years. Designed as a comfortable liveaboard, its retractable bowsprit and optional lead keel also give it decent performance potential.
An impressive total of eight different layouts are available, so buyers can choose to have three or four cabins, a forward crew cabin and three or four heads. Both linear and L-shaped galleys are also offered, as well as various other upgrades, making this almost a custom made cruiser. The Patrick Roseo-designed interior includes wooden dining chairs and unusual forward-facing windows.
The twin-spreader rig is deck-stepped with double backstays and inboard shrouds for clear decks. A removable inner forestay allows for a storm jib. The large 140 per cent Facnor roller genoa dominates the sailplan, with the relatively small mainsail controlled from the sheet track. Lazy jacks catch the mainsail and, conveniently, both sets of sheets run to Harken winches at the helms.
The fashionable styling of the hand laid hull means plenty of freeboard and an upright stem, allowing for maximum waterline. The standard keel has a cast-iron bulb, but for performance sailors a deep fin with lead bulb is available. The voluminous hull allows for a transom garage which takes a dinghy sideways, while the attached swim platform is motor operated.
Specifications Dufour 525
Price $699,000
LOA 15.32 m
Beam 4.90 m
Draft 2.35 m
Displacement 16,200 kg
Engine 75 HP
Sail area 128.3 m2
True North Yachts’ success over the past three years is the subject of a dealer profile in Boating Industry Canada magazine’s October 2011 issue.
The article documents the growth of True North Yachts from its inception in the fall of 2008 to its present position as #1 Hunter Marine dealer worldwide, #1 Dufour Yachts dealer for North America, the Eastern Canada dealer for Bavaria Yachts, a successful power and sail brokerage, as well as a new Mobile Marine Service and strategic partnership with SailTime GTA.
You can read the full article from Boating Industry Canada online.
