Boater Weekly #9

Yachting in Tahiti, Brazil's Fibrafort, The Riva 90, Mooring Lines and Weekly Highlights from the Boater Team

Mar 08, 2023

Welcome to the latest edition of Boater Weekly! Boater Weekly is published by a global crew of boat enthusiasts who also happen to be data scientists. We use data and analytics to curate the best opportunities, the most popular destinations and the most important terms from across the web for our subscribers. Let’s get to it!

“On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty.”
- Rumi

Weekly Highlights

2002 Mondomarine Logica

Price Drop: -€300,000 (-15%)
New Asking Price: $1,700,000
Location: Genoa, Italy
Broker: Equinoxe Yachts

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2019 Riva 90 Argo

Price Drop: -$1,195,000 (-14%)
Asking Price: $7,300,000
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Broker: Fraser Yachts

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Tahiti

Coordinates: 17.5325° S, 149.5677° W
Body of Water: South Pacific Ocean
Largest Marina: Marina Taina

Located in the South Pacific, Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia. Tahiti is home to French Polynesia’s capital city of Papeete and is a part of the Society Islands, an archipelago that includes Moorea and Bora Bora. On the west coast of Tahiti just south of the Fa'a'ā Airport, Marina Taina offers a variety of services and has 845 berths for yachts up to 60 meters in length.

Marina Taina

North of Marina Taina, Papeete is such a unique city, with influences from Polynesian and French culture. Southeast of Papeete, Boaters will find Tahiti Iti, the smaller of Tahiti’s two islands. Tahiti Iti is the less developed island, and is best known for the surf breaks at the legendary Teahupoʻo. Tautira’s black-sand beach is worth a visit before heading west to Moorea, an island we’ll explore in an upcoming Boater Weekly.

Tahiti Iti

An Outremer on Tahiti

Vessel: 2018 Outremer 5X
Price Drop: -€120,000 (-8%)
Asking Price: €1,450,000
Location: Tahiti, French Polynesia
Broker: Grand Large Services

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Featured Manufacturer

Fibrafort is a Brazilian boat manufacturer based in the city of Itajaí, a port city in southeast Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina. The company was founded in 1990, and has produced 16,000+ vessels for Boaters over the years. It is one of the largest boat manufacturers in South America today, and has a dealer network in 43 countries today. Fibrafort produces pleasure boats between 16 and 42 feet in length.

Fibrafort 242 GTC

Fibrafort currently manufactures 8 boats in its Sports Line, and 7 boats in its Cruiser Line. The Fibrafort 242 GTC above is one of the most popular boats in Fibrafort’s Sports Line, while the Fibrafort 305 below is one of the most popular boats in Fibrafort’s Cruiser Line. Fibrafort is partnered with Porsche on its manufacturing processes, utilizing Porsche’s quality control methodology in its hull production.

Fibrafort 305

Enjoy this short video of the Fibrafort 255 GTO!

Fibrafort 255 GTO

Mooring Lines

Securely mooring a boat is extremely important. Before diving in to mooring in greater detail in a future newsletter, it is important to be able to use the right terminology for lines that secure your boat to a fixed object, whether a dock or a buoy.

A bow line secures the boat from the bow cleat at the front of the boat, and stops the bow from drifting while tied to a dock or pier. Spring lines prevent a boat from moving aft (forward), and there are typically two spring lines used, a bow spring line and a stern spring line. Spring lines are connected to the center cleat.

A stern line prevents the back of the boat from moving from side to side, and drifting away from a dock. The stern line is connected to the stern cleat. Larger boats will require more lines, but this picture is a great visual for most Boaters.