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Professional BoatBuilder magazine is written and edited for boatbuilders, repairers, designers, and surveyors. Published six times a year, by WoodenBoat Publications, Inc., it focuses on materials, design, and construction techniques and repair solutions chosen by marine professionals. Regular technical articles provide detailed, real-world examples to improve the efficiency and quality of their work. Professional BoatBuilder has an audited circulation of 27,500 readers, worldwide.

As a real-life expression of the mission of Professional BoatBuilder, the magazine has established the premier trade shows for the boatbuilding industry.


PBB has launched a new boatbuilding job-search, the marine industry's foremmost online job service.


This intensive series of online courses is brought to you by the staff of Professional BoatBuilder magazine and IBEX the world’s leading producers, authorities, and communicators of BoatBuilding Excellence.