The Voice of Multihull Pioneer Jim Brown
No, the famed multihull designer and builder won’t be appearing on the popular television show anytime soon, but you can hear him tell seafaring tales on a growing series of… Read more »
Author: Dan Spurr
Bob Fournier Crosses the Bar
At the all-too-young age of 62, master builder Robert Fournier, affectionately called by his friends “Boston Bob,” died last April in Pompano Beach, Florida. Fournier’s expertise working with advanced composites… Read more »
Four Carbon Cutters
Lord knows not every boatbuilder recovered from the latest economic maelstrom of biblical proportions to hit the industry (2008), but “Survivor III” Jim Betts (see Professional BoatBuilder No. 139) of… Read more »
Early Kiwi Deep-V
A year ago, after publication of an item in this column titled “Jim Wynne, Volvo, and History of the Sterndrive” (PBB No. 161), New Zealander Peter J. Morgan wrote to… Read more »
Specmar: Refining Metal Boat Designs
At the risk of stating the obvious, the processes involved in composites, metal, and wood boatbuilding are worlds apart. And yet each method exists to achieve the same result. Material… Read more »
Boatbuilding in the Cloud
Boat Track, the Tallahassee, Florida–based marine software company, has moved to the cloud, offering its products as a subscription rather than as a more expensive server-based purchase. It’s an industry… Read more »
Epoxyworks Archives Online
Gougeon Brothers, makers of WEST System and PRO-SET epoxy resins and related products such as fillers and disposables, recently announced that its Epoxyworks newsletter now has 500 articles online at… Read more »
Cowes–Torquay Races Retold
The death of Renato “Sonny” Levi (see PBB No. 165, page 12) is an apt time to look at two books by Englishman Charles Lawrence that describe and catalog the… Read more »
Paul Elvstrom: 1928–2016
Reverently nicknamed “The Great Dane,” Danish sailor, designer, and sailmaker Paul Elvstrom died last December at the age of 88. He won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the Firefly… Read more »
Stern-Tube Bearings, Hold the Oil
Builders of small recreational craft would probably be surprised to learn that lubrication of stern-tube bearings on ships is an environmental issue. An estimated 10.3% of oil escaping into the… Read more »
