Eight Bells: Duncan Lethbridge
Iconic South African boatbuilder and founder of St Francis Marine (now St Francis Catamarans) Duncan Lethbridge, 76, died during an armed robbery and assault at his home in St Francis… Read more »
Author: Dieter Loibner
The Efficiency of a Foiling Powercat
Motivated by his own boating experience and America’s Cup foiling technology, a startup builder launches the Matanzas 29, a new breed of powercat for fishing and cruising. Wherever Jan Brandt… Read more »
Piotr Zin’s New Electric Runabout
Following the lead of European builders such as SAY Yachts (see “a = F/m,” PBB No.180) venturing into high-speed electric runabouts by combining advanced carbon construction with powerful motors and… 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 »
Raider Outboards are Military Grade
The High Speed Boat Operators (HSBO) Forum in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a gathering unlike any other. Uniforms are part of the ambience, as 370 delegates including search-and-rescue, police, customs, special… Read more »
Robotopia: Aluminum Boatbuilding with Welding Robots
Duisburg, Germany, an industrial city of roughly half a million in the most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. It… Read more »
A Matter of Precision – Variable Deadrise and Longitudinal Steps
Norson Design’s development of several customizable 7m–12m (23‘–39.4‘) LOA RIBs for Ophardt Maritim, intended for professional users, required a three-way balance between high speed, good seakeeping, and comfortable running. At… Read more »
IBEX Education Conference attracts interested crowds
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 »
Carbon from the Coop
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 »
Print Yourself a Boat
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 »
