Kanvaslight Updates Illumination
Kanvaslight promises to change how boaters light up decks and cockpits. Since the arrival of LEDs we have had to update our knowledge about lights and lighting solutions more frequently…. Read more »
Companies
A Shipwrights Co-op Incorporated
With workshops buzzing and business thriving, the Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op turns 40. We look at the past, present, and future of this unique institution. The origin of this story… Read more »
Trade Tariffs: No Reversal of European Duty on U.S. Boats (Yet)
An update about the trade tariffs that continue to affect US boat builders. In May the news ticker came to life with updates of the tit-for-tat trade war between the… Read more »
FAST Electricity Act Promotes Some Electric Propulsion
The push for cleaner and more efficient propulsion technology received another boost from Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), who introduced the Fueling America’s Security and Transportation with Electricity Act of 2021… Read more »
CFD for Powerboat Design, Part 2
CFD analysis of hull aerodynamics holds the potential to answer many performance questions, including the cause of an infamous side-by-side blow-over of identical high-performance catamarans during competition in Key West… Read more »
Maretron MPower Digital Switching
The world has gone digital, and there’s no going back. Cars, homes, and boats all get what advocates characterize as “smarter” with apps, sensors, and monitoring devices that communicate… Read more »
MarQuip Addresses IMO Tier III Exhaust Rules
MarQuip, a Dutch company that designs and produces superyacht exhaust systems, is keenly aware of the new International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) emissions regulations that went into effect on January 1,… Read more »
New Life for Old Shrink-Wrap
For about two decades now, boats tightly swaddled in #4 low-density polyethylene (LDPE) shrink-wrap have been a common sight in marinas and service yards around the world, especially in wet… Read more »
Hanse Opens Baltic Design Institute
HanseYachts AG, one of the world’s big manufacturers of recreational craft, located in Greifswald, Germany, with additional factories in Poland and France, and its Polish subsidiary, Technologie Tworzyw Sztucznych… Read more »
OneNet Promises A Faster Network Standard
The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) released its latest protocol, the NMEA OneNet standard, Version 1.000. This is an open industry standard based on Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) and… Read more »
