Lately, there’s been a lot of publicity, some would say hype, about diesel fuel’s lubricity—its slipperiness component. Worry about the decrease in sulfur mandated for on-road diesel, which began in… Read more »
In Part 1 of our foiling story in Professional Boatbuilder No. 172 we take a look a the history of this technology, from the pioneers in the early days of… Read more »
Followers of extreme sailing may know of Bénéteau’s several-year program to develop a production monohull with foils. Well, let’s qualify the term foils. The new 32‘ (9.75m) Figaro Bénéteau 3… Read more »
New Zealand multihull designer and builder Ian Lindsay Farrier, 70, died suddenly in San Francisco, California, on December 8, 2017, culminating a career that began in 1973 in Australia. While… Read more »
Big toys on big yachts can do all sorts of fun things…except launch themselves. Jet skis jump waves. RIBs ferry guests to and from clubs on shore. Center consoles speed… Read more »
The British design studio Claydon Reeves (a partnership founded in 2010 by James Claydon and Mike Reeves) had a busy 2017, announcing the launching of several elite projects. Among them… Read more »
If one had to choose the most influential person in modern composite boatbuilding, you wouldn’t lose any points naming Everett Pearson, who died on Christmas Eve 2017 at age 84…. Read more »
Louisianan Clint Angelle knows something about shallow water. Indeed, hunting and fishing in the state often require extreme shoal draft to move through vegetation, stumps, and all sorts of muck…. Read more »
A year ago, in the Rovings item “The Manchurian Candidate” (PBB No. 163), we visited with Andrei Rochian, a Romanian naval architect practicing in the United Kingdom, who shared photos… Read more »
Preeminent and influential yacht designer and builder George Cuthbertson died last October at his home in Toronto, Canada. In 1969 he formed C&C Yachts, a partnership that included his design… Read more »
