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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Last we visited with famed Italian powerboat designer, builder, and racer Fabio Buzzi was in 2016, when we published a Design Brief of his SAR 60 (18.3m), developed to help… Read more »
The number of records for exploring our water-covered planet is limited only by one’s wild imagination…first to sail solo nonstop around the world, first to do the deed the “wrong… Read more »
A start-up boat company based in Newport, Rhode Island, aims to compete with the growing number of luxury sport boats in the 35‘–65‘ (10.7m–19.8m) range. As examples of this genre,… Read more »
Spanish-speaking applicants for the American Boat & Yacht Council’s Electrical Certification exam may now take it in their native language. The preparatory study guide is also available in Spanish. The… Read more »
The Dutch naval architecture firm Vripack, perhaps the world’s largest private entity specializing in boat and yacht design, engineering, styling, and brokerage, recently published Yacht Design by Vripack, a large-format… Read more »
The maker of WEST System and PRO-SET epoxy resins announced last January that it had acquired Entropy Resins of Hayward, California, a leader in bio-based renewable resins. Gougeon Brothers Inc…. Read more »
