Legend Relaunches Wheeler Brand
When we write about classic boats, successful yards, and legendary naval architects, it’s easy to overuse the word iconic. But in the recent revival of the Wheeler Yacht Company with… Read more »
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BoatSense Renders Sensible Advice
Catching up by phone recently with fellow writer and esteemed colleague Doug Logan sent us two boat scribes of a certain age fishing for the treasures that drift in the… Read more »
Farewell to Dugie Freeman
In 1969, Dugie Freeman and his father, Ed, along with Jim Howard formed Freeman-Howard, a company that built oceangoing commercial fishing boats. The first one was an all-steel Edwin Monk–designed… Read more »
Tullio Abbate – A Tribute
The scene was filmed somewhere in the Mediterranean, off the French coast. A speedboat bearing the signature “Tullio Abbate” and the name Mister Nicolas on the hull was running on… Read more »
Angle-Rite Welding Clamp Streamlines Fabrication
To get it straight, start with a curve. That, in a nutshell, is Tim Uecker’s pitch for the Angle-Rite clamping system he invented and patented. It’s a plain yet sophisticated… Read more »
Farewell to Rigger Brion Toss
Master rigger Brion Toss, 69, died June 6, 2020, in Port Townsend, Washington, after a few months’ illness. The news from his family arrived as softly as a Northwest mist:… Read more »
Superfici Prints Smart Wheel
Paolo Nazzaro, co-founder of Superfici in La Spezia, Italy, impressed last year’s IBEX attendees with his profound knowledge of 3D print technology for marine applications. After reconfiguring his company to… Read more »
Boatbuilding Schools Collaborate
“COVID-19 sent us lemons, but we made lemonade.” That’s how Nikki Storey, the executive director of the Great Lakes Boat Building School (GLBBS) summarized the changes visited upon four prominent… Read more »
A Pearson Vanguard For the Ages
A few years ago, a friend wanted to enter his 1960s-era Luders 33 in the Marion–Bermuda race, but a surveyor, without citing any specific shortcoming, declined to stamp it. “These… Read more »
2020 USCG Regulations for Recreational Boats
The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) recently published the revised book of USCG Regulations for Recreational Boats, which contains the pertinent parts of the regulation (Title 33 and 46,… Read more »
