
Folding Multihulls
Folding multihulls and their beam-reduction strategies. “I’ll be surprised if you can find space in the harbor for that thing,” I heard him say as my new 37‘ (11.3m) trimaran… Read more »
Folding multihulls and their beam-reduction strategies. “I’ll be surprised if you can find space in the harbor for that thing,” I heard him say as my new 37‘ (11.3m) trimaran… Read more »
Clara, a modest and deceptively simple launch, is the latest powerboat project from U.K. yacht designer Nigel Irens, and a timely reminder that boating can be simple, efficient, affordable, and… Read more »
A yacht designer and a boatbuilder walk into a bar. Says the yacht designer: “You might live on a beautiful island with a barn full of boats, but you can’t… Read more »
Matt Steverson and Janni Petersen, experienced cruisers in their mid-30s, are restoring Mike Plant’s first Open 60, Duracell, in Port Townsend, Washington. They document their doings on their own YouTube… Read more »
After a decades-long career in the field, I’ve come to define multihull naval architecture as: the use of predominantly lightweight composite materials whose properties can be accurately determined only through… Read more »
Twice each week, on Wednesday and Saturday, it’s pumpout time in the marina at Port Ludlow, Washington. That’s when Clean Bay, the fully electric pumpout boat makes her rounds to… Read more »
Drawing on experience in the wind-energy and aerospace industries, composite technology manufacturer Hexcel Corporation recently introduced G-Vent, an out-of-autoclave (OoA) processing system for highly loaded, thick-section marine structures such as… Read more »
Mark and Isabel Hardesty have lived aboard their Seawind 1160, JollyDogs, since 2014 and logged more than 26,000 ocean miles, visiting places in Mexico, French Polynesia, and Hawaii, from where… Read more »
A Rybovich in the Pacific Northwest, where the water rarely warms beyond 55°F (13°C), is not a common sight, but that’s about to change. The large workshop of Sea Marine,… Read more »
Having blazed the trail for flax composites for a dozen years, Greenboats in Bremen, Germany, now leads a boat-building trend that is gathering momentum. As the warming global climate yields… Read more »