Outremer 45
Privilege Yard: 691 Bd de l’Île Vertime, 85100 Les Sables-d’Olonne, France
Outremer Yard: 726 Avenue Robert Fages 34280 La Grande-Motte, FRANCE
Wine: Château l’Hospitalet Route de Narbonne-Plage 11100 Narbonne France
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Welcome back to Naval Gazing at Camp David.
This week’s guest yacht is the third and smallest of the Outremer line we have looked at, made famous by Sailing La Vagabond…
The Outremer 45!
Today we are going to
1. Review its specifications, pricing and layout against three similar new vessels.
2. Do a full tour asking, “What would Sylvia say?”
3. Naval Gaze at an innovation and/or adjustment that might make life aboard easier.
4. Have a look at the used market for 3-5 year old comparables
5. And finally give it a “Dave Score” and compare the result with all our previously reviewed yachts.
Hovering above Vancouver British Columbia, we fly across the Atlantic to the West Coast of France and the home of last week’s yacht at the Privilege yards in Les Sables-d’Olonne.
From here we head South East across France to La Grand-Motte and the yards of Outremer and Gunboat.
For our wine pairing this week we head South down the coast to Narbonne and the vineyards of Gérard Bertrand.
Our pairing is Gerard Bertrand Domaine d’Aigle Pinot Noir
One of the highest situated domains in Languedoc Roussillon with a terroir similar to that of Burgundy, the estate is cultivated in biodynamic agriculture certified Demeter since the 2018 vintage. Domaine de l’Aigle Pinot Noir 2020 was rated 93/100 by Decanter.
The grapes are harvested by hand and transported in boxes to the cellar. The grapes are destemmed and sorted in order to eliminate all the vegetal parts of the bunch. A pre-fermentation cold maceration of 5 to 8 days is carried out with regular punching of the cap. At the beginning of the alcoholic fermentation, the cap is punched down, then, little by little, in order to better control the extraction of the aromas and the tannins, it is replaced by pumping over. The pressing is delicate with a pneumatic press. The malolactic fermentation and the maturation of 9 to 12 months take place in French oak barrels. Finally, the wines from the different barrels are blended after racking.
Innovation Corner
• Outremer 45 Web page:
• Hydro Generation – Watt & Sea POD 600:
o Tested since 2014, this version has been able to demonstrate those useful advantages:
Invisible
no complicated handling up and down
easy start-up
electrical output is the same compared to classic models
The hydrogenerator POD600 is delivered with a 100 mm aluminium leg; it will find its place under the hull of the boat to insure an on-board electrical output with the utmost secrecy.
Delivered standard with the 240 mm diameter propeller (10 Amps at 5,6 knots), the POD600 accepts a range of 4 propellers for speed ranges from 3 to 20 knots.
The output power increases in an exponential way over 6 knots.
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Sail away Outremer 45 ~ $1,120,000 USD
Art Stop:
André Derain
Boats at Collioure
André Derain is best known for his contributions to the developments of Fauvism and Cubism, two avant-garde movements from the beginning of the 20th century. Derain was born on June 17, 1880 in Chatou, just outside of Paris. He began his training by attending painting classes under French symbolist, Eugène Carrière at the Académie Carriere (1898-1899). While at school, he befriended Henri Matisse, and in 1900, he met Maurice de Vlaminck, with whom he later shared a studio. The three often painted together, and were instrumental figures in each other’s artistic development.
Derain spent the summer of 1905 with Matisse in Collioure, a small village in the South of France. This was a pivotal period for the artist: he explored techniques of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism and produced paintings such as Mountains at Collioure (1905) and Boats of Collioure (1905). These landscapes assimilated an impressionist subject with a divisionist technique, and the bold color palettes of Van Gogh and Gauguin. Derain showed many of his new paintings at the 1905 exhibition Salon d’Automne (Autumn Salon). After seeing the show the art critic Louis Vauxcelle called Derain, Matisse and others from their circle ‘Fauves’ (‘wild beasts’ in French), thus marking the establishment of Fauvism. The name ‘Fauve’ reflected a mixed impression; it recognized the vibrancy and unrestrained energy of their paintings but also expressed a sense of shock and apprehension.
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