Rovings 177 Short Cuts
≡ Chris-Craft, one of the oldest names in modern American boatbuilding, has new owners…again. This time it’s a nonnautical corporation big in the leisure industry—none other than RV manufacturer Winnebago… Read more »
Companies
Jensen Motorboat to Close Down
News came to me from a sailor friend, Charless Fowlkes, that Jensen’s Motorboat Anchor Jensen’s boatyard on the Seattle waterfront will be sold, possibly for a future restaurant. He and many… Read more »
High Strain Dynamics Expands Services
The name Peter Winkert popped up rather unexpectedly in a press release from a subsidiary of QMP (Quality Machine Products) called High Strain Dynamics. Winkert was an early contributor to… Read more »
Robotopia: Aluminum Boatbuilding with Welding Robots
Duisburg, Germany, an industrial city of roughly half a million in the most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers. It… Read more »
A Tale of Two Companies
I have been tracking, and writing about, the technical side of recreational boating for three decades. In that time, I have come across, or been approached by, numerous inventors and… Read more »
In Brief: Two Smaller Startups
Electric Yacht Scott McMillan is a sailor, an environmentalist with an interest in renewable energy, and an electrical engineer with specific expertise in electric motor control design. It’s not surprising… Read more »
