Carbon from the Coop
Henhouses converted to boatshops are part of West Coast boatbuilding lore. When I think about notable chicken coop artists, a few prominent names come to mind: Bill Lee of Santa… Read more »
Construction
Print Yourself a Boat
A 3D-printed construction mold has potentially big implications for the boatbuilding industry, but the road won’t end there. The next step is taking this technology from tooling and prototyping to… Read more »
Just Print it!
The dictionary defines the verb disrupt as “breaking apart” or “throwing something into disorder,” while the adjective disruptive is now often used to describe products, services, or ideas that radically… Read more »
Printing Small Parts
In Port Townsend, Washington, Brandon Davis, with his company Turn Point Design, has carved out a niche for boat design, composite tooling, precision machining, and prototyping all kinds of things… Read more »
Lyman-Morse Builds New in Wood and Glue
Cold-molding has been around since the development of good glues, mid-20th century, but it was the formulation of high-grade epoxy resins that allowed builders to construct stiff, lightweight, monocoque hulls… Read more »
Four Carbon Cutters
Lord knows not every boatbuilder recovered from the latest economic maelstrom of biblical proportions to hit the industry (2008), but “Survivor III” Jim Betts (see Professional BoatBuilder No. 139) of… Read more »
Early Kiwi Deep-V
A year ago, after publication of an item in this column titled “Jim Wynne, Volvo, and History of the Sterndrive” (PBB No. 161), New Zealander Peter J. Morgan wrote to… Read more »
Designer/Builder Dave Sintes: 1947–2016
The name may not be familiar to many in the marine industry, but Dave Sintes enjoyed a strong following among those who knew him and his work. It was two… Read more »
Ken Raybould on Structural Cores—Part 2
During the late 1990s, marine-composites expert Ken Raybould, based in Southampton, U.K. but consulting internationally, was an important contributor to Professional BoatBuilder’s IBEX seminar program as a speaker and a… Read more »
IBEX Opens Registration, Announces Seminars
Online registration is open for the 26th International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition and Conference (IBEX), which will be held October 4-6 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. Show organizers have… Read more »
