
A Cleaner, Faster Infusion Shop
Dinghy builder Fulcrum Speedworks reduces consumables by as much as 90% by switching to infusion under reusable silicone bags. It’s not news to boatbuilders and owners that plastic waste… Read more »
Dinghy builder Fulcrum Speedworks reduces consumables by as much as 90% by switching to infusion under reusable silicone bags. It’s not news to boatbuilders and owners that plastic waste… Read more »
Rhode Island, along with Washington and North Carolina, has a keen awareness of how important boats are to its state economy. It treats boatbuilding companies favorably, recognizes the value of… 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 »
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 »
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 »
The boat began in 2016 with a casual remark by Donald Sussman, then owner of the 90‘ (27m) Gunboat catamaran Sunshine, while discussing the prospect of a new boat with… 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 »
Nate Goodwin, who founded All Points Boats (APB), a big-boat repair facility at Lauderdale Marine Center in Florida, introduced himself at IBEX when it was held in Fort Lauderdale. He… Read more »
Dave Exley, who builds a nice flats boat at his Green Heron Boatworks in West Melbourne, Florida, called recently to tell of his lithium battery research. He has been following… Read more »
While living and keeping a boat in Newport, Rhode Island, I never had much problem with barnacles fouling props. My boats were hauled each fall, and each spring the bottom… Read more »