NWSWB alumni collaborate on restoration
It’s not a secret that the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWB) in Port Hadlock, Wash., attracts students from far-flung places and diverse backgrounds who want to acquire skills that… Read more »
Black Plastic Boats
Tideman Boats had to define material-appropriate scantlings and build protocols before starting production of its line of high-density-polyethylene workboats featured in Professional BoatBuilder Issue 179, June/July 2019
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179 Shortcuts
≡ Canadian yachtsman Don Green died at the age of 86. A member of the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame and Member of the Order of Canada, Green sailed around… Read more »
Bullfrog Boats are the “Undeflatables”
Craig Henderson, whose Bullfrog Boats of Bellingham, Washington, has sold more than 600 RIBs (rigid inflatable boats), calls conventional air-filled technology “deflatable” boats. “Poke a hole in it and gonzo,”… Read more »
Life Industries celebrates 60 years
It’s strange and fascinating how some companies are founded. Sometimes the formative event is lightbulb inspiration, other times serendipity or plain dumb luck. For Edwin Kehrt, founder of Lifeline Industries,… Read more »
Bill Prince designs high-end replicas
Last we spoke with Bill Prince of Bill Prince Yacht Design (BPYD) was about a highly engineered hardtop for a 78-mph Schiada Boats express cruiser, destined for Kuwait (Professional BoatBuilder… Read more »
Diesel Outboards find bigger market
It is well known in the boating industry that the popularity of outboard motors continues to trend upward. I/Os are dead in the water. Inboards now seem relegated to midsize… Read more »
Raider Outboards are Military Grade
The High Speed Boat Operators (HSBO) Forum in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a gathering unlike any other. Uniforms are part of the ambience, as 370 delegates including search-and-rescue, police, customs, special… Read more »
Westlawn Students Chime In
In the December/January issue, No. 176, we invited Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology students past and present to share their experiences with and opinions about the 89-year-old distance-learning school specializing… Read more »
178 Short Cuts
Aside from company and product news, 178 Short Cuts also remembers Andrew Higgins, Raye Montague and Charles Everhart, three meritorious individuals of the boatbuilding and design trade who sailed for… Read more »
Hickman’s Imagination and the Dawn of Surface-Piercing Props
The most commonly recognized innovation of inventor and boat designer Albert Hickman is the inverted V hullform he patented and brought to market as the Sea Sled in the mid… Read more »
