Epoxyworks Archives Online
Gougeon Brothers, makers of WEST System and PRO-SET epoxy resins and related products such as fillers and disposables, recently announced that its Epoxyworks newsletter now has 500 articles online at… Read more »
Rovings
Cowes–Torquay Races Retold
The death of Renato “Sonny” Levi (see PBB No. 165, page 12) is an apt time to look at two books by Englishman Charles Lawrence that describe and catalog the… Read more »
Paul Elvstrom: 1928–2016
Reverently nicknamed “The Great Dane,” Danish sailor, designer, and sailmaker Paul Elvstrom died last December at the age of 88. He won four consecutive Olympic gold medals in the Firefly… Read more »
Stern-Tube Bearings, Hold the Oil
Builders of small recreational craft would probably be surprised to learn that lubrication of stern-tube bearings on ships is an environmental issue. An estimated 10.3% of oil escaping into the… Read more »
Designer/Builder Dave Sintes: 1947–2016
The name may not be familiar to many in the marine industry, but Dave Sintes enjoyed a strong following among those who knew him and his work. It was two… Read more »
The Rickborns: Two Generations of Design Innovation
Chris Rickborn doesn’t claim that his father invented the flying bridge, but he offers plenty of evidence that Commodore Harold C. Rickborn popularized it, beginning in the 1960s, when he… Read more »
Tacoma Community Boat Builders
It was with no small degree of pleasure, and a bit of surprise, that I received an end-of-year e-letter from the Tacoma Community Boat Builders (TCBB) organization, signed by Paul… Read more »
Soviet-era Ground Effect Vehicle
Neither aircraft nor hovercraft, hydrofoil nor seaplane, ground effect vehicles (GEVs) are phenomena unto themselves. The U.S. and U.S.S.R. researched GEVs; however, the latter could be said to have run… Read more »
22′ Electric Boat
Sailors will remember Ian Bruce as the “Father of the Laser.” The 13.8‘ (4.2m) cartopper ranks as one of the world’s most popular boats. Born in Jamaica and educated in… Read more »
Carbon Fiber Tubes
During a visit with Russell Brown last summer at his shop in Port Townsend, Washington, we caught up on changes he has made to his 18‘ 5“ (5.6m) PT Skiff and… Read more »
