
Over the Bar: Lowell North, Sailmaker
Lowell North, a sailing and industry icon, died last June at his home in San Diego, California. He was 89. For years, the Star class of one-design sailboats was considered… Read more »
Lowell North, a sailing and industry icon, died last June at his home in San Diego, California. He was 89. For years, the Star class of one-design sailboats was considered… Read more »
≡ Accon Marine introduced a new retractable Slim-Line Cleat made of 316 stainless steel, available in 4.5“, 6“, 8“, and 10“ (11.4cm, 15.2cm, 20.3cm, and 25.4cm) sizes, each sold with… Read more »
The boating industry lost one of its most flamboyant members April 10, when Irwin Jacobs shot himself after shooting his wife of 57 years, Alexandria, in their Orono, Minnesota, home…. Read more »
Autobiographies and biographies of yacht designers are entertaining and occasionally instructive. The recent publication of Dick Carter’s and Ron Holland’s self-written stories (Dick Carter—Yacht Designer in the Golden Age of… Read more »
Live by the sword, die by the sword. The legendary offshore powerboat racer and boatbuilder, Fabio Buzzi, died September 17 off Venice, Italy, while attempting to break another speed record… Read more »
Following publication of Jim Kyle’s years-long effort to improve the legendary Hickman Sea Sled (see “Tough Sledding,” PBB No. 178), we were contacted by Dave Demaree at Demaree Inflatable Boats… Read more »
In a 1956 movie, Phileas Fogg (played by the quintessential Brit David Niven) won a bet that he could travel “Around the World in 80 Days.” The “most punctual man… Read more »
One of the more intriguing Design Briefs we’ve published is on the 28‘ (8.5m) rowboat designed by University of Michigan–educated naval architect Eric Sponberg (see “Ocean Rowboat,” PBB No. 161)…. Read more »
Burmese teak has been the standard boat deck material for centuries, but that won’t likely be the case much longer, courtesy of a new modified-wood product called Lignia. Increased demand… Read more »
≡ Derecktor Shipyards signed an agreement with St. Lucie County, Florida, to develop a superyacht repair and refit facility at the Port of St. Lucie, capable of accommodating vessels in… Read more »