New line of abrasive pads from Festool
Last fall, a couple of years since winning awards for their 18V TSC 55 Cordless Track Saw and BHC 18 Cordless Rotary Hammer Drill, Festool introduced a new line of abrasive… Read more »
Rovings
Removing Pink Stain from Boat Upholstery
Even after publishing a short item on the cause of pink stains on white vinyl boat seats and cushions, the frequency of this phenomenon escaped me. Turns out, says Gestalt… Read more »
Jensen Motorboat to Close Down
News came to me from a sailor friend, Charless Fowlkes, that Jensen’s Motorboat Anchor Jensen’s boatyard on the Seattle waterfront will be sold, possibly for a future restaurant. He and many… Read more »
High Strain Dynamics Expands Services
The name Peter Winkert popped up rather unexpectedly in a press release from a subsidiary of QMP (Quality Machine Products) called High Strain Dynamics. Winkert was an early contributor to… Read more »
The Patented Petestep Hullform
You know how it is said that the only two guarantees in life are death and taxes? Well, in Rovings, I’d amend that to death and newly minted hullforms. We… Read more »
Say 29E Claims World Speed Record for E-Boats
Johan Ullman, an occasional PBB contributor and maker of shock-mitigating seats for high-performance recreational and military boats, recently brought to our attention the achievements of German boatbuilder SAY GmbH, which… Read more »
More British Speed Tales
My fellow nutty historian from Great Britain, Charles Lawrence, has published British Offshore Powerboat Marathons, yet another compilation of powerboat races, beginning with the 1969 Round Britain and ending with the same… Read more »
Rockler Plywood Challenge
Chris Salomone, Ben Uyeda, and Mike Montgomery like to make things—anything. They like to think outside the box and encourage others to do so. Salomone describes himself as a “husband,… Read more »
Brownie’s Yarns from Thunderboat Row
I’ve been grinning all week, and it’s not because I won the lottery or found a lost dog. Allan “Brownie” Brown mailed me a copy of his new book, titled Tales… Read more »
Westlawn’s Dwindling Graduation
In the December 2014 issue (PBB No. 152), we announced that the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) wanted to divest itself of the Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology, which… Read more »
