A Tale of Two Companies
I have been tracking, and writing about, the technical side of recreational boating for three decades. In that time, I have come across, or been approached by, numerous inventors and… Read more »
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Modular to the Max
by Hans Buitelaar, Professional BoatBuilder Issue 176, Dec/Jan 2019
Recent Posts
In Brief: Two Smaller Startups
Electric Yacht Scott McMillan is a sailor, an environmentalist with an interest in renewable energy, and an electrical engineer with specific expertise in electric motor control design. It’s not surprising… Read more »
Westlawn’s Dwindling Graduation
In the December 2014 issue (PBB No. 152), we announced that the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) wanted to divest itself of the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology, which… Read more »
Beneteau’s Airstep Hullform
The old saying that there’s nothing new under the sun certainly has variants. Tracing a succession of patents on stepped powerboat hullforms, proves it. Professional BoatBuilder has covered this topic… Read more »
IBEX Education Conference attracts interested crowds
With nearly 4,300 verified visitors and 700 exhibitors from 55 countries, 2018 was a banner year for the International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition & Conference, held Oct. 2- 4 at the Convention… Read more »
Isolation Transformers with a Boost Feature
We’re talking shore-power transformers with a boost feature to compensate for variations in dockside shore-power voltage, because two years ago Charles Industries, a major supplier to boat builders and yards,… Read more »
King StarBoard: The Simple Versatility of Plastic Sheeting
Not long ago I was looking for some backing-plate material for a new piece of deck hardware. Not wanting to drive a long distance to the nearest chandlery, I bought… Read more »
Oyster Marine is Bought and Sold
Last March, British entrepreneur Richard Hadida, 52, bought beleaguered Oyster Marine, which had been in administration only since February, a result of the Oyster 825 Polina Star III sinking off… Read more »
Eight Bells: John Letcher
John S. Letcher Jr. died at age 76 in Bangor, Maine. (Although he had a PhD in aerodynamics from the California Institute of Technology, he seldom seemed to invoke that… Read more »
Onboard Charging Unplugged
As wireless electronic connectivity has come to dominate our smartphone- and tablet-driven world, I’ve had great hopes that the technology could help eliminate some of the long cable runs and… Read more »
