Slippery Nigel Irens Launch
Clara, a modest and deceptively simple launch, is the latest powerboat project from U.K. yacht designer Nigel Irens, and a timely reminder that boating can be simple, efficient, affordable, and… Read more »
Cape Islander Evolution – Professional BoatBuilder Issue 200, Dec/Jan 2023 — A Cape Islander for pleasure
Recent Posts
A Fiat Barge Goes to College
A yacht designer and a boatbuilder walk into a bar. Says the yacht designer: “You might live on a beautiful island with a barn full of boats, but you can’t… Read more »
Duracell’s Refit for Cruising
Matt Steverson and Janni Petersen, experienced cruisers in their mid-30s, are restoring Mike Plant’s first Open 60, Duracell, in Port Townsend, Washington. They document their doings on their own YouTube… Read more »
Rebuilding Mattapoisett Boatyard
Mattapoisett Boatyard has been on Ned’s Point since 1962 and was run under the watchful eye of Art McLean. He eventually passed it on to his son-in-law, David Kaiser, who… Read more »
Marine Leadership Alliance: What Upper Management is Thinking
Imagine a marine conference filled with boatbuilders and suppliers talking about business strategy, not boatbuilding, and no one trying to sell anything. Such is the ambiance over the past 15… Read more »
Fossil-Free Fuel Dock
While electric power is the flavor du jour, there is a growing sense that batteries might not be the panacea turning all modes of transportation into a zero-emissions game. Hence… Read more »
Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge
PBB contributor and composites expert Dan Newland sent photos of a carbon fiber piano hinge he installed in one of his restoration projects. Called Carbinge, the product was originally designed… Read more »
LiCell Lithium-Battery Fire Extinguishers
We live in a battery-powered age of unprecedented electronic connectivity that allows us to communicate, navigate, research, monitor, and operate similarly connected technologies remotely, wirelessly. The convenience delivered by… Read more »
The Breakthrough QE IV Ferry
After a decades-long career in the field, I’ve come to define multihull naval architecture as: the use of predominantly lightweight composite materials whose properties can be accurately determined only through… Read more »
Clean Bay on the Job
Twice each week, on Wednesday and Saturday, it’s pumpout time in the marina at Port Ludlow, Washington. That’s when Clean Bay, the fully electric pumpout boat makes her rounds to… Read more »
