Service Manual Lament
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 157 Compiled by Dan Spurr If you’ve had the pleasure of using a marine or auto-motive engine-service manual written any time through the 1970s, you… Read more »
Rovings
Low Impact for a Tall Ship
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 157 Compiled by Dan Spurr Expanding on a program running for the last 10 years on different working sailing ships for Northern California youth, first… Read more »
Still Ticking
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 157 Compiled by Dan Spurr Ostensibly the first fiberglass auxiliary sailboat ever built was Arion, built by The Anchorage, in Warren, Rhode Island, and launched… Read more »
Day of the Iguana
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 157 Compiled by Dan Spurr If you thought the amphibious aftermarket Sealegs systems, which appeared in this column in the last issue (PBB No. 156,… Read more »
Xylem Pumps Water for Rule Brand
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 157 Compiled by Dan Spurr Xylem is a $3.2 billion company that advertises itself as “a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the… Read more »
High-Tech Hardtop
From “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 156 Compiled by Dan Spurr Yacht designer Bill Prince recently saw the launching of Black Diamond, a custom version of a 43‘ (13.1m) production model… Read more »
Fair Warnings
From “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 156 Compiled by Dan Spurr They seem to be everywhere these days, often declaring the obvious: the presence of nuts in a nut mix, the… Read more »
Around and Around Vancouver
From “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 156 Compiled by Dan Spurr Aspen Power Catamarans of Burlington, Washington, and ArrowCat Marine, of neighboring Everett, successfully completed the Pacific Yachting Pacific Challenge issued… Read more »
A Boat, an Online Event
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 156 Compiled by Dan Spurr Stephen Boden, 47, a native of Hamburg, Germany, and author of two books on minimalist cruising aboard small sailboats, decided… Read more »
Amphibious Add-on
from “Rovings,” Professional BoatBuilder No. 156 Compiled by Dan Spurr Sealegs Capt. Ken Green and photographer Billy Black, who’s also a regular contributor to PBB, shot this fun video showing… Read more »
