MarQuip, a Dutch company that designs and produces superyacht exhaust systems, is keenly aware of the new International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) emissions regulations that went into effect on January 1,… Read more »
Anyone who has been around boats in a professional or obsessed way for more than a few years has encountered new technologies or materials that promise to change the future… Read more »
Trailer tongues often extend well beyond the bow of a trailered boat, and sometimes that extra length causes problems when getting the boat undercover or shoehorned into a tight storage… Read more »
She’s a slender double-ended ketch that kissed the water for the first time on May 15, 1951. Drawn by A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff, Arion measures 42‘ (12.8m) overall and… Read more »
Electric propulsion is all the rage now, but the high cost of high-tech batteries is still a deterrent to many owners who are considering the switch. Taking a page from… Read more »
For about two decades now, boats tightly swaddled in #4 low-density polyethylene (LDPE) shrink-wrap have been a common sight in marinas and service yards around the world, especially in wet… Read more »
HanseYachts AG, one of the world’s big manufacturers of recreational craft, located in Greifswald, Germany, with additional factories in Poland and France, and its Polish subsidiary, Technologie Tworzyw Sztucznych… Read more »
George Hazen, whose work revolutionized yachting as a pastime, a sport, and an industry, died from cancer on December 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Maryland. He was 69. Many boat owners… Read more »
The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) released its latest protocol, the NMEA OneNet standard, Version 1.000. This is an open industry standard based on Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) and… Read more »
If this Finnish builder of luxury yachts is any indication, composites made with natural fibers are inching closer to mainstream boatbuilding applications. Later this year, Baltic Yachts, operating 280 miles… Read more »
