Curt Whiticar Dies at 106 Years
The press is fond of asking centenarians their secrets to long life, and the answers often include no booze (or maybe just a nip a day), but you never hear:… Read more »
Rovings
New IYRS Program Will Focus on 3D Design Skills
Rhode Island’s International School of Technology and Trades (formerly the International Yacht Restoration School, still referred to as IYRS, pronounced “iris”), recently announced a new nine-month training program, Digital Modeling… Read more »
Larson Leaves VEC Behind in Pulaski Move
Larson, longtime maker of runabouts, announced last spring that it was moving out of its Little Falls, Minnesota, plant and will share space with its sister brands—Carver and Marquis—at their… Read more »
The Voice of Multihull Pioneer Jim Brown
No, the famed multihull designer and builder won’t be appearing on the popular television show anytime soon, but you can hear him tell seafaring tales on a growing series of… Read more »
Bob Fournier Crosses the Bar
At the all-too-young age of 62, master builder Robert Fournier, affectionately called by his friends “Boston Bob,” died last April in Pompano Beach, Florida. Fournier’s expertise working with advanced composites… Read more »
Four Carbon Cutters
Lord knows not every boatbuilder recovered from the latest economic maelstrom of biblical proportions to hit the industry (2008), but “Survivor III” Jim Betts (see Professional BoatBuilder No. 139) of… Read more »
Boat Disposal Plan Progresses
Last year PBB investigated several potential solutions to reduce waste from composite boatbuilding and to dispose of the pile of unwanted used composite boats. Those included developments in carbon fiber… Read more »
Early Kiwi Deep-V
A year ago, after publication of an item in this column titled “Jim Wynne, Volvo, and History of the Sterndrive” (PBB No. 161), New Zealander Peter J. Morgan wrote to… Read more »
Specmar: Refining Metal Boat Designs
At the risk of stating the obvious, the processes involved in composites, metal, and wood boatbuilding are worlds apart. And yet each method exists to achieve the same result. Material… Read more »
Boatbuilding in the Cloud
Boat Track, the Tallahassee, Florida–based marine software company, has moved to the cloud, offering its products as a subscription rather than as a more expensive server-based purchase. It’s an industry… Read more »
