Bay Marine Reopens
After months of cleanup and restoration, boat dealer Bay Marine, with locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Florida, recently reopened its Waukegan, Illinois, storage facility, which was severely damaged in a… Read more »
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Annual ABYC Meeting Roundup
At its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in January, the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) welcomed new board members and celebrated award recipients. Simultaneously, experts from all fields… Read more »
Charley Morgan 1929 -2023
A bright, kindly bear of a man who seemed like he might live forever finally gave up the good fight on January 6, at age 93, reportedly just hours after… Read more »
Seacycler Combines Pedal and Electric Power
An electric boat with pedals? That’s one of the latest entries in the category “sustainable vessel propulsion.” Mermade, the German builder of the craft, calls it Seacycler and defines it… Read more »
Gen 2 Carbon Introduces Non-Woven Fabric from Recycled Carbon
A 2017 story in the United Kingdom daily The Guardian titled “Carbon fiber: The wonder material with a dirty secret” explains the blessings of this increasingly popular structural material for… Read more »
VacPuc Checks Your Vacuum Bags
It’s possible to monitor houses, cars, cats, and boats by smartphone, so why not check vacuum bags during resin infusion? Now composite technicians have this option with VacPuc, a new… Read more »
Dual-Fuel Marine Engines
Electric propulsion might be the preferred technology for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, but it is by no means a panacea. Principals in high-fuel-consumption applications such as… Read more »
Principles of Yacht Design, 5th Edition
For decades, Principles of Yacht Design (PoYD) has been the gold standard for practitioners in this line of work. Now in its 5th edition, the book has grown from 352… Read more »
Obituary Eddie Lane
Don’t call his number again. Eddie Lane is “out of the office” for good. Charles Edward “Eddie” Lane, of Lexington, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2022, at… Read more »
The Evolution of ICE
Driving through the Columbia River Gorge on a summer day, one cannot help but notice the abundance of sun, wind, and waves. Boardsports is the watchword here, and the Gorge… Read more »
