Below is the Table of Contents for Professional BoatBuilder Issue No. 126, August/September 2010.

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Roby Scalvini

A cored-bottom yacht repair. Page 18. 

Steve D'Antonio

Fail-safe diesel fuel filtration. Page 30.

Courtesy of MPYD

Michael Peters on fast powerboats. Page 38.

John Spadaro

Builder Dennis Choate, survivor. Page 56.

18    Water Everywhere   
by Roby Scalvini
We review an inventive infusion repair of a custom composite sailing yacht that had been rendered virtually worthless by water, and/or high moisture levels, throughout the hull bottom.

30    Go. No Go.   
by Steve D’Antonio
Every marine diesel engine demands fuel filtration for fail-safe operation. But what many boatbuilders, and technicians in the service community, are unaware of is the correct installation sequence, and types, of stock fuel filters.

38    Peters On (Fast) Powerboats, Part 1
by Michael Peters
The author’s firm has developed some of the most successful high-performance production and custom powerboats in the world, across a broad range of categories. Here he presents his office’s consistent approach to the design process.

56    Survivor   
by Dan Spurr
In the real reality show we all inhabit, veteran Southern California
boatbuilder/repairer Dennis Choate appreciates whatever work he gets.

64    On Becoming Savitsky   
by John G. Hoyt III
Daniel Savitsky, PhD—a living legend in the technical literature of naval architecture, and an inspired teacher in that discipline—continues to explore the complex hydrodynamics of planing craft.

6    Letters, Etc.
Readers comment on computer design, teak deck alternatives, and
anti-seize compounds for prop nuts.

8    Rovings   
compiled by Dan Spurr
Learning vessel design via robotic scale sailboats; more new welding gear from Miller Electric; an anti-adhesive spray; and closed-molding
materials, with training, from Bodotex Composites.

80    Parting Shot
Recently developed software for powerboat designers helps predict the onset of dynamic instability.

74    New Products & Processes

75    Services; Classified Advertising

79    Index to Advertisers

On the cover: The 104′ (31.7m) Tripp-designed sloop Cinderella II is readied for her return to the water at STP Boatyard in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, following a well-conceived and -executed repair and rebuild of her cored
composite bottom. Story on page 18.

Photograph by Roby Scalvini.