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 »
Henhouses converted to boatshops are part of West Coast boatbuilding lore. When I think about notable chicken coop artists, a few prominent names come to mind: Bill Lee of Santa… Read more »
A 3D-printed construction mold has potentially big implications for the boatbuilding industry, but the road won’t end there. The next step is taking this technology from tooling and prototyping to… Read more »
The dictionary defines the verb disrupt as “breaking apart” or “throwing something into disorder,” while the adjective disruptive is now often used to describe products, services, or ideas that radically… Read more »
In Port Townsend, Washington, Brandon Davis, with his company Turn Point Design, has carved out a niche for boat design, composite tooling, precision machining, and prototyping all kinds of things… Read more »
When we started to discuss a story about foiling powerboats, we’d heard about scattered projects that were developing boats of this kind, consulting with designers who had become household names… Read more »
Just when we thought all prayers for a chic and functional nesting dinghy were answered with the kit of the adorable PT 11 by Port Townsend Watercraft , here come… Read more »
In Part 1 of our foiling story in Professional Boatbuilder No. 172 we take a look a the history of this technology, from the pioneers in the early days of… Read more »
