Solar Sal: A Sun-Powered Ferry
Sun-powered boats continue to evolve, thanks to improvements in the collection of solar energy and its storage in batteries. David Borton, of Troy, New York, is a solar enthusiast who… Read more »
Design
Video: Reinventing the Propeller
Professional BoatBuilder readers may remember Kiko Villalon from Dan Spurr’s 2008 article “Out of Cuba” (issue No. 114), which describes his journey from his homeland of Cuba to an indirect… 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 »
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 »
