New Breed Maritimo M75 for Asia-Pacific Passages
Indonesia, the world?s largest archipelago with over 15,000 islands, is the siren call for famous Australian builder Maritimo?s first M75 flybridge owner. A Kiwi, he wants to go surfing anywhere from Bali to the Mentawai Islands off Sumatra, and has bought a vessel capable of much more.
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Maritimo?s flagship M75 is capable of Asian and trans-Pacific cruising
First comes a trip from the Gold Coast to Auckland in New Zealand, as a shake-down and to see the folks. Then this latest flagship of the Maritimo fleet heads for Southeast Asia. Central and wing tanks carry over 10,000 litres of fuel which, combined with Rolls Royce MTU 1625 HP power plants and Maritimo?s renowned shallow shaft drives, allow the passage to New Zealand with suitable safety margins.
Next the M75 can island-hop to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Solomons or Papua New Guinea prior to entering Indonesian waters, which ark through the same distance as San Francisco to New York.
That?s the scenario foreseen by Maritimo CEO Tom Barry-Cotter, who likes to sea trial new models he builds personally, as though they were his own. It is a legacy instilled by dad Bill Barry-Cotter, who founded both of Australia?s two premier production yards, Riviera and Maritimo, the latter now into its third decade.
For this review, we edged out into The Broadwater from Runaway Bay Marina as light rain squalls swept across from the SE, with y...
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Maritimo?s flagship M75 is capable of Asian and trans-Pacific cruising
First comes a trip from the Gold Coast to Auckland in New Zealand, as a shake-down and to see the folks. Then this latest flagship of the Maritimo fleet heads for Southeast Asia. Central and wing tanks carry over 10,000 litres of fuel which, combined with Rolls Royce MTU 1625 HP power plants and Maritimo?s renowned shallow shaft drives, allow the passage to New Zealand with suitable safety margins.
Next the M75 can island-hop to New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Solomons or Papua New Guinea prior to entering Indonesian waters, which ark through the same distance as San Francisco to New York.
That?s the scenario foreseen by Maritimo CEO Tom Barry-Cotter, who likes to sea trial new models he builds personally, as though they were his own. It is a legacy instilled by dad Bill Barry-Cotter, who founded both of Australia?s two premier production yards, Riviera and Maritimo, the latter now into its third decade.
For this review, we edged out into The Broadwater from Runaway Bay Marina as light rain squalls swept across from the SE, with y...
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