Renn Tolman and His High-Endurance Skiff
The consumer marine press is overstocked with cruising and fishing yarns. I’ve never been a fan of such articles. But a story by Mary Griswold, published in the October/November 1989… Read more »
Design
Alan Gurney’s Beer-Mat Sketches
Alan Gurney was not yet 30 when timber baron Robert Johnson commissioned him to design an ocean racer that would “go for all-out speed, beating the competition by finishing first,… Read more »
Afterlife Achieved
Yacht designer K. Aage Nielsen died 30 years ago this June at age 80. Born and raised in Denmark, and classically trained in that country’s apprenticeship system, Nielsen immigrated to… Read more »
Missing Links
Maryland-based consulting naval architect William Hockberger said he was “searching for something else” last August when he stumbled on “a paper read before the Institute of Naval Architects, in London,… Read more »
The Unsinkable
“The Unsinkable” and Additional Thoughts on Watertight Subdivision in Small Yachts In response to Eric Sorensen’s Parting Shot “The Unsinkable” in Professional BoatBuilder No. 140, Professional Engineer Christopher D. Barry… Read more »
VGWS Rigging Details
In their story “Working-Class Wing” (Professional BoatBuilder magazine No. 140, page 60), Greg and Patrick Johnston describe their development of the variable geometry wing sail, or VGWS, as a practical… Read more »
A Biennial Gathering of Powerboat Designers and Engineers
The Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium is approaching age 40. Its younger counterpart, the Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium, just turned four. Each event takes place in Annapolis, Maryland, in alternate years;… Read more »
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 »
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 »
