
Eight Bells: Vic Porter
Victor Butler Porter of Decatur, Indiana, serial entrepreneur and chairman emeritus of Formula Boats, died October 24, 2021, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the age of 90. In an announcement,… Read more »
Victor Butler Porter of Decatur, Indiana, serial entrepreneur and chairman emeritus of Formula Boats, died October 24, 2021, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the age of 90. In an announcement,… Read more »
The American Boat & Yacht Council’s Foundation announced its picks for the 2021 Educators of the Year, an award that recognizes individuals who distinguished themselves as marine-service-technology instructors teaching in… Read more »
Some good news about doing business with Europe made headlines in late October: The U.S. and the European Union reached an agreement on a trade dispute that had vexed U.S…. Read more »
A group of boatbuilding and refit specialists in Newport, Rhode Island, who had been collaborating successfully for several years, recently hung out a new shingle as Newport Yacht Builders (NYB)…. Read more »
There are places in this world that seem to have been blessed by the gods, Italy’s Lake Como being one of them. With local roads resembling tortuous paths, boats were… Read more »
You know you’re getting old when today’s generation of hot-shot designers tell you they’ve never heard of someone you consider an American hall of famer. Case in point: I was… Read more »
For many, the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced a latent desire to leave terra firma and its worries behind, which resulted in a boating boom and the introduction of some tempting new… Read more »
Last July, we were saddened to hear of the passing of Tom Johannsen at age 88, a trailblazer in the development of lightweight foam-cored composite laminates, and a true gentleman… Read more »
LilliPad Marine, a Michigan-based manufacturer of pontoon boat accessories, recently introduced Ghost Mount, one of several products the company makes and markets that have won design awards. It’s a fitting… Read more »
Paul Lemmer, a United Kingdom writer and expert on rigid-inflatable boats (RIBs), went to Göteborg, Sweden, to attend last summer’s High-Speed Boat Operations Forum (HSBO), an invitation-only event for designers,… Read more »