STABILISATION
reduced fuel consumption and dual pumps give low noise and reduced vibration.
The owner, captain or crew can keep an eye on things via a bespoke graphic user interface with intuitive and interactive control functionality such as a preventive maintenance function, troubleshooting assistance, data logging and remote access option for assistance by SKF specialists at any time.
With a head-office in Cascina, near Pisa, Italy, and further dedicated offices in Norwich, UK and Fort Lauderdale, USA, CMC Marine are well placed to support a growing market share for fin stabilisers, and have recently strengthened their foothold as far as Australia, via their relationship with Stella Marine, in SE Queensland.
Best known for their Stabilis Electra range of fins for larger yachts and superyachts, the company can now address a far wider
CMC MARINE Based in Pisa, CMC Marine is the leading company in designing and building the most sophisticated yacht stabilisation systems and thrusters for yachts between 80 and 200 feet. Among its top products Stabilis Electra (patented in 2012) is the world’s most recognised stabilisation system with electrical rather than hydraulic transmission. In 2019 CMC Marine also introduced a brand new product: WAVELESS, the mini stabilising fins: incredibly compact and suitable for installation on yachts from 40 up to 130 ft. Waveless embeds the same technology as Stabilis Electra, the well-known “big sister” which has made CMC Marine the world- leader for superyachts. For more details Tel: +39 050 815500 or visit
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share of the market with their compact Waveless range.
A remarkably small interior footprint of just 9.5 inches means this new range is geared towards the 40ft to 70ft market yet benefitting from the same or very similar engineering components taken from the more established and proven Stabilis range. Powered-up using AC batteries, or with a 24volt DC option, the Waveless design is said to have more available torque due, in part, to a ‘flange on flange’ bolted together system, instead of using the more common through-shaft to connect the actuator with the fin.
CMC advise that installation of these smaller, lighter units, STAB 25 or STAB 30, for example, can even be considered by an experienced Do-It-Yourself minded owner, as long as he/she is familiar with the mounting and wiring-in of this kind of equipment, and in using glass-fibre. Once installed, the fins align themselves using in-built software.
Sounds like a very well thought out system to me, a sentiment underlined by UCINA in 2019, when CMC’s Waveless fin technology was chosen as one of the best designed accessories for boats in the same year.
Sam Crockford, Managing Director CMC Marine UK, told us: “A recent example of a new build that has installed Waveless is the new 32m X-Treme X-105 by Holterman Shipyard.
“Due for final delivery in 2021, we worked closely with Holterman to study the owner’s comfort requirements, which resulted in a 4x fin solution using a combination of 2x of the smaller STAB 25 at the rear and 2x larger STAB 40’s forward. These were combined with CMC’s unique Directa 120 electrical steering and propriety ARGO software that integrates the controls of the steering with the stabilisers to further enhance directional stability, reducing the risk of broaching and maintain higher course directionality.”
Small is beautiful
At the start of this report I referred to boats even in the 20ft size range who are now benefitting from stabilised hulls, and one company I had in mind when I wrote that was Seakeeper.
Based in Maryland, California, Seakeeper’s Gyro stabilisers encapsulate the market up to 85ft, but, of late, they’ve been placing more and more significance on the small boat market as well.
Up until recently, the Seakeeper 2 was their smallest model, available for boats in the 27ft to 35ft range, but the latest offering is the Seakeeper 1, targeted at the 23ft to 30ft size range. A package that so impressed the jury at this year’s Miami Boat Show that it was awarded winner of the Innovation Awards and voted one of the boating industry’s Top Products for 2020. With prices for the smallest Seakeeper unit under $15,000 excluding fitting, the outlay
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