Spy Photos of Secret Weapon on Board Pelorus: world’s 16th largest luxury yacht

I was on vacation last week cruising with the family down in the Caribbean. In the port of St. Martin, I saw Pelorus – the private yacht of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Besides beautiful, this 377-foot yacht has tons of Internet chatter about all of its top secret features like a submarine capable of detecting sea mines and an anti-missile detection system.

Powered by two 3,600-hp Wärtsilä engines, Pelorus has a large pool, Jacuzzi, numerous toys, a tender on board, private movie theater and two helicopter pads. It has room for up to 22 guests and 42 crew members, some of which are even said to be ex-SAS (British special forces).

I’m happy to report I got some great (but fuzzy) shots of probably the most important secret weapon onboard. So what is the weapon that keeps this super yacht glistening on the water? That’s right: a full arsenal of Shurhold gear.

At one point, I was able to count five different crew members at the same time scrubbing down the Pelorus with Shurhold handles and attachments. Three crew members were on the back deck scrubbing the teak with handles, swivel pads and stiff scrubber pads. Two other crew members were repelling down the side of the yacht like ninjas working with Shurhold’s 960 soft brush cleaning the hull of the beauty.

So I think it goes with out saying if you want your boat, car or RV to shine like you’re a billionaire, use Shurhold products.

Click the images to the right to enlarge them!

-Barry

Miami Boat Show – Cold, Small and Interesting

Well I just spent the day at the 2010 Miami Boat Show. I have been attending this show for over 20 years, and I have to say the shrink in the amount of vendors displaying at the convention center is sad (but not really a surprise).  That aside, this show is still one of the greatest collections of boats and boating products put together in a beautiful and tropical place. Well, OK this year was 65 degrees, but the palm trees made it look tropical.

So the show was smaller, the weather was colder, but it still was a very interesting show. Our Shurhold Dual Action Polishers made its Miami Boat Show debut at both the Crook & Crook booth and The Boat Owners Warehouse booth.  The praise has still be great on this product and we are hoping to keep up with the growing demand for the Dual Action Polisher.

In addition to our great items, here are two items that I thought were note worthy at the show:

1. The Bucket Stop

The Bucket Stop is a sturdy non skid base that is designed to minimize sliding, toppling, and damage that can occur from buckets in motion.  What can I say, I love any product that helps to keep things Clean-N-Simple!

2. Autotether

Wireless Lanyard for Fishermen, Sailors, and Recreational Boaters!  Too often I’m out fishing a center console boat and trolling and walking around taking care of the lines.  Now if you fell in, the boat would automatically shut down.  This is probably the next best safety device after the life jacket.  This is defiantly on my soon to buy list.

I will be attending the Palm Beach boat show next and Shurhold will be attending the GSA and National Hardware shows.  More show reports to come.

Squash Those Bugs

Well, today is the first day of our new improved Web site. With all good things, there is a lot of work and preparation that goes into them. Regardless of how hard you prepare, when it comes to computers, they are full of bugs worse than a two bit motel. So while I have a lot to say about our new site and the many plans we have to make it an interactive and helpful corner of the web, it will have to wait.

This week we will be working on killing the bugs and working out the kinks. Stay tuned for more information and announcements about our official online launch party for the new site.