A Maine Startup is 3D Printing Tenders
Boat Evolution’s 3D-printed tender is made from recyclable plastic feedstocks, so it’s fully recyclable at end of life. They plan to be in production this fall.
Construction
Loosen Up: A New T-boat for Fishing Charters on Chesapeake Bay
Frank Carver’s new 51′ charter boat Loosen Up was designed by DLBA and built by Weaver Boatworks in Deale, Maryland.
New Masts for Reef Chief
Text and photographs by Reuel Parker Allen Cody Taube sailed his wooden Block Island Cowhorn Island Belle from California to Florida nearly 50 years ago. Landing in Key West, he… 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 »
Panel Discussion: Supersede’s Alternative to Plywood
Manufactured sheet goods are essential to modern construction practices. Few residential or commercial structures built today are completed without a significant investment in plywood, OSB, MDF, sheetrock, melamine board, etc…. Read more »
3D Printing Lessons from a Surfboard Shop
Reading the Small Print Easily stored in a garage or closet and transportable on a bicycle, surfboards are some of the simplest buoyant watercraft on the market today. But as… Read more »
Building the 55-knot Carbon Fiber Sportfisherman Skinny Witch
The Skinny Witch was splashed in October 2021 weighing in at about 55,000 lbs, and clocking an impressive 0 to 40 knots in 13 seconds in her first dash. “It was shocking how fast she was out of the hole. The engines have three sequential turbochargers tuned to kick in under rpm or load gauges. The boat is so light that the load trigger is not engaged at all. She just flies.”
Infusing a Workboat Hull with Elium
Recyclable thermoplastic resin and a crew of trainees are put to the test building a commercial fishing boat at DJ Marine in Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick.
Counting Carbon with LCA
A yacht designer and experienced builder of composite boats test-drives life cycle assessment software customized for the marine trades.
From Langan Design Partners, a Classic Cutter
Designing, engineering, and building sailing yachts 90′ (27.4m) or more in length once was common in the U.S. It’s happening again at Rockport Marine in Maine: Project Ouzel, a 95′… Read more »
