One Man’s Quest for a Fully Aerated Hull
Recently we heard from a fellow in Australia who has been experimenting with a somewhat radical hull surface. A welder by trade, Roger Mutimer says he has been designing and… Read more »
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Design Challenge IV Call for Entries
For pure fun, speed, and versatility on the water, it’s hard to beat the family runabout. Whether for fishing, picnicking, waterskiing, or just whizzing around on a sunny summer’s day,… Read more »
Direct Descendant
Drawn in late 1963 by Renato “Sonny” Levi and currently produced in Italy, the composite-built 30′/9.1m fast cruiser we’re looking at here, called the Levi Corsair, has a pedigreed lineage…. Read more »
PechaKucha At IBEX 2011
Among other firsts introduced at IBEX 2011 was Professional BoatBuilder magazine’s Design X PechaKucha for boat designers. What’s that? you ask. PechaKucha is a rigid, allegedly Japanese presentation format that… Read more »
Building Foil-Shaped Centerboards
Traditional centerboards, with few exceptions, are pie-shaped (triangular), and pivot from their forward lower corner. They typically have little or no foil shape. As long as they are located such… Read more »
Design Challenge III Winners
Winners of Professional BoatBuilder’s “Design Challenge III: A Fast Expedition Sailboat” are featured in the Design Brief in No. 133, the IBEX issue of the magazine, scheduled for print and… Read more »
A Real Showstopper
Like them or not, boat shows are a fact of life for professional boatbuilders. Deep as we may now be into the digital era, no virtual presentation on a computer… Read more »
IBEX Seminars as Articles
Technical Seminars at IBEX and the Professional BoatBuilder Stories They Spawned Since the first IBEX (International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition) was created as an offshoot of Professional BoatBuilder magazine in 1990, technical… Read more »
Design Challenge III
Submissions closed, judging is underway. A Fast Expedition Sailboat Inspired in part by the worldwide popularity of raid-type events—multi-day racing and cruising expeditions sailed in small boats—we challenge you… Read more »
Predicting Bad Behavior
Consider the following cases: A 28′ (8.5m) lobsterboat, repowered for a race, turned turtle at high speed. A 23′ (7m) tournament-style bassboat would chine-walk violently at high speed. A 30′… Read more »
