Unmanning the Fleet
What it takes to keep pace in the race for commercially viable autonomous vessels
Companies
Start with the Propeller: A UK tech team builds a unique electric outboard and new company from scratch
The RAD 40 is efficient, unobtrusive, and aesthetically current and cool. Read more about RAD Propulsion and their unique design.
Cast Away: Irons Bros. Tradition of Supplying Metal Keels to Boatbuilders Globally
The 77m (252.6′) superyacht M5 (ex-Mirabella V) has several claims to fame. When launched in 2003, she was the biggest single-masted sailing yacht in the world, and her 291′ 11″… Read more »
New Recycled, Recyclable Composite Panels for Boatbuilders
Multihull pioneer Walter Greene kept a deliberately low profile as he built some of the legendary racing sailboats of the last century at Greene Marine, a disarmingly modest yard on… Read more »
Breaking it Down: Tank-Free Solvolysis Technology Reclaims Glass and Carbon Laminate Material from Large Parts for Reuse in New Boats
I first visited Tern Boatworks (Lahave, Nova Scotia) in the spring of 2022. At that time, the two-campus boatyard with a crew of about 12 was focused on readying the… Read more »
Raptor Deck: From Startup to Global Supplier
“We had no inkling of creating a business or anything. It was just a total fluke.” Dan Kaseler still chuckles when he relates the story that led him to start… Read more »
Saildrone Launches 65′ Aluminum USV
Richard Jenkins, an Englishman trained in mechanical engineering, stepped into the limelight on March 26, 2009, in California’s Mojave Desert by setting a 126.1 mph (203 km/h) land sailing speed… Read more »
Gunderson Marine Pays Welding Students
Gunderson Marine of Portland, Oregon, recently side-launched Makani Loa, a 438‘ x 105‘ (133.5m x 32m) container barge for Lynden/Alaska Marine Lines from its 58-acre (32.5-hectare) manufacturing site in the industrial area north… Read more »
Noise Reduction with QuietRide Sound Shield
From Ray Hunt Design comes a timely answer to the growing menace of outboard motor noise.
Sled Revival
Long, skinny boats dominated West Coast offshore racing decades ago. A new build in wood composite is out to prove the concept is still valid.
