The steering is a pure linkage from your hand to the rudder. “We knew that it would look great, but you always hold your breath wondering how it’s going to sail,” he says. Kilmer is equally impressed with Sizzler’s performance. “Any other boats I’ve been on have had to make compromises, but there are no compromises on Sizzler.” “The boat is made exactly to the owner’s preferences in every way,” says Sizzler’s captain, David Kilmer, who has skippered and raced several sailboats in the Caribbean. Couches line the nearly 30-foot-long space, and tables rise up from the teak deck for cocktail service. “It was a huge project, and to have it turn out as beautifully as it has is just an unbelievable credit to the team.”īecause Sizzler is intended for entertaining, the boat’s cockpit is larger than those of most vessels its size. “First we had to build a building that we could make it in,” recalls Hagadone.
However, Hagadone Marine Group’s Resort Boat Shop, which specializes in restoring smaller wooden boats, had never taken on anything like Sizzler. To fulfill his vision, he enlisted Southampton, England–based yacht architect and designer Tony Castro, who drew up plans for a monohull with a 90-foot carbon-fiber mast-huge by lake-boat standards.īoth Hagadone and Castro planned to have a major shipyard build the yacht, but as the design evolved, they realized the solution was closer to home: Hagadone’s very own boating company, located just down the lake from his Coeur d’Alene house. Hagadone’s dream did not involve overnight accommodations, as he intended to use his yacht primarily for cocktail cruises to lakefront restaurants, followed by nighttime sails on the Wolf Lodge Express. “I’ve always had a sailboat,” says Hagadone, who has spent each of his 76 summers in Coeur d’Alene, “and I had this dream of building a sleek boat that I could sail by myself on the lake.” Sizzler, a 60-foot sailboat that-thanks to an elaborate hydraulic system-can be sailed by a single person, represents the vision of media mogul and developer Duane Hagadone. Why Superyacht Chefs Are Plucking Their Own Oysters and Foraging for the Food They Makeį1 Has Never Been Hotter-and the Luxury World Is Fueling Its Meteoric Rise If you choose to do business with this business, please let the business know that you contacted BBB for a BBB Business Profile.Īs a matter of policy, BBB does not endorse any product, service or business.First Drive: Porsche’s New Cayenne Turbo GT Brings Old-School Power and Beastly Acceleration to Your Daily Drive BBB Business Profiles are subject to change at any time.
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