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Yamaha 255 FSH SPORT H 

Jet-Powered Center Console 

Yamaha 255 FSH Sport H

PROP-FREE STERN The Yamaha 255 FSH Sport H stands apart from most center consoles thanks to her twin supercharged jet drives. Yamaha’s background in personal watercraft shows up in the propulsion and controls, including push-button start, engine sync, and joystick maneuvering. With seating forward, casting space aft, and 25 rod holders, she balances fishing capability with day-boating comfort.

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De Antonio Yachts D50 Coupe

A Modern Mediterranean Coupe

De Antonio D50 Coupe

HIDDEN OUTBOARDS Barcelona’s De Antonio built its reputation around concealing outboards beneath the aft sunpad, freeing up deck space and keeping the profile clean. The D50 Coupé carries that thinking into a 48'10" platform designed around time aboard, with open social areas, multiple cabin layouts below, and 50.1-mph performance in BoatTEST trials with twin Mercury V12 power.

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Horizon Power Catamarans PC68

Wide-Beam Cruising Platform

Horizon PC68

DOUBLE-HULL ADVANTAGE Horizon builds its power cats using the same in-house approach that defines its larger yachts, and the PC68 shows how that philosophy scales to a cruising platform. With a 24'6" beam, a four-stateroom layout, and wide salon windows, she offers substantial living space. A long flybridge, hydraulic swim platform, and 850-hp MAN power round out a design intended for extended time aboard.

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Grand Banks at 70

A Cruising Legacy

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70 YEARS AFLOAT Before long-range cruising became a category of its own, Grand Banks was already building boats aimed at serious passagemaking. A new anniversary program revisits the company’s path from Hong Kong boatyard to global builder, including the  brands Grand Banks, Eastbay, and more recently, the Palm Beach series.  

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Boating Business

The Broker Moving Large Yachts

Bob Denison

SIX-YEAR STREAK Bob Denison is the undisputed king of large motoryacht sales, with 432 transaction sides in six years, and 68 deals in 2025 alone. Denison Yachting's numbers in the 79ft+ segment are hard to argue with: highest median sale price of the period, lowest median time on market at 277 days. What's driving that? The full report breaks down the numbers behind the run.

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Life is Better on the Water
Jeffrey Segall

First photo: smiles for the camera. Second photo: dolphins steal the show. Tampa Bay aboard a 27' Blazer Bay powered by a Suzuki 350

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