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≡ Derecktor Shipyards signed an agreement with St. Lucie County, Florida, to develop a superyacht repair and refit facility at the Port of St. Lucie, capable of accommodating vessels in… Read more »
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Professional BoatBuilder Issue 180, Aug/Sep 2019 — German yacht company SAY aims to concour the high-end runabout market
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Rob Valdes, a Life in Boats
Not long ago I was speaking with Rob Valdes, service manager at Sailor’s Wharf boatyard in St. Petersburg, Florida, and asked if he was the same Rob Valdes who co-founded… Read more »
All Points Boats goes All Out
Nate Goodwin, who founded All Points Boats (APB), a big-boat repair facility at Lauderdale Marine Center in Florida, introduced himself at IBEX when it was held in Fort Lauderdale. He… Read more »
Parting Shot: “Berthright”
As I recover from what seems like an endless boat show season, I have a question for boatbuilders and designers: What is it you don’t get about beds? You weren’t… Read more »
Battle Borns offers hi-end batteries
Dave Exley, who builds a nice flats boat at his Green Heron Boatworks in West Melbourne, Florida, called recently to tell of his lithium battery research. He has been following… Read more »
Propspeed keeps Props clean
While living and keeping a boat in Newport, Rhode Island, I never had much problem with barnacles fouling props. My boats were hauled each fall, and each spring the bottom… Read more »
South African Boatbuilders revisited
In 2002, as an effort to promote the country’s then budding industry, the newly created South African Boatbuilders Business Council persuaded the government to pay for 10 international boating journalists,… Read more »
Catching up with Chris White
It was 36 years ago, in 1983, that multihull designer Chris White hung the proverbial designer’s shingle, Chris White Designs, outside his Massachusetts home. He now boasts more than 80… Read more »
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 »
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≡ 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 »
