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 »
Design
Specmar: Refining Metal Boat Designs
At the risk of stating the obvious, the processes involved in composites, metal, and wood boatbuilding are worlds apart. And yet each method exists to achieve the same result. Material… Read more »
Work in Progress
Our profile of independent Swedish naval architect Petter Håkanson in Professional BoatBuilder (see “Fast Boats for Professionals. Plus a Few Yachtsmen.” PBB No. 167, June/July 2017) concentrated on his career… 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 »
The Rickborns: Two Generations of Design Innovation
Chris Rickborn doesn’t claim that his father invented the flying bridge, but he offers plenty of evidence that Commodore Harold C. Rickborn popularized it, beginning in the 1960s, when he… Read more »
The People’s Foiler: A Design Brief on the UFO Foiling Catamaran
The father-and-son design team of Steve and Dave Clark develops the UFO, a stable, affordable, production-built foiling beach catamaran. It’s June 2015. I’m chatting on the phone with my tugboat… Read more »
Video: Dave and Steve Clark’s UFO Foiling Catamaran
Chasing UFOs: A brief film about the UFO foiler Video by Billy Black When Dave and Steve Clark started designing the UFO (Unidentified Foiling Object) their intention was to make foiling technology… Read more »
Video: Lorne Campbell’s Notes on Stepped Hulls
The decisions that go into the design of a stepped hull are similar to the tradeoffs designers face with any other boat-design—every time you make one thing better, you compromise… Read more »
Mark Richards: “It’s Good to be Involved in Something that Fails”
It’d be easy to assume that failure is not an option for Mark Richards. Profiled in Professional BoatBuilder No. 165 (February/March 2017), Richards has become famous in his native Australia… Read more »
22′ Electric Boat
Sailors will remember Ian Bruce as the “Father of the Laser.” The 13.8‘ (4.2m) cartopper ranks as one of the world’s most popular boats. Born in Jamaica and educated in… Read more »
