Annual ABYC Meeting Roundup
At its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, in January, the American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) welcomed new board members and celebrated award recipients. Simultaneously, experts from all fields… Read more »
Education
Fixed Fire Suppression Systems
These guidelines in this Task Sheet will help specifying and installing fixed fire suppression systems (FFSS) and related components. They are not a substitute for following all applicable manufacturer and… Read more »
Principles of Yacht Design, 5th Edition
For decades, Principles of Yacht Design (PoYD) has been the gold standard for practitioners in this line of work. Now in its 5th edition, the book has grown from 352… Read more »
Donald L. Blount Memorial Graduate Scholarship
DLBA Naval Architects recently announced the Donald L. Blount Memorial Graduate Scholarship to support advanced studies in high-speed craft hydrodynamics, which is offered through the Society of Naval Architects and… Read more »
A Fiat Barge Goes to College
A yacht designer and a boatbuilder walk into a bar. Says the yacht designer: “You might live on a beautiful island with a barn full of boats, but you can’t… Read more »
Marine Leadership Alliance: What Upper Management is Thinking
Imagine a marine conference filled with boatbuilders and suppliers talking about business strategy, not boatbuilding, and no one trying to sell anything. Such is the ambiance over the past 15… Read more »
Charles N Curtis Approaches Retirement
Once the years tick past 90, it’s time to hang it up, especially for working boats like the Sea Scout Ship 110 Charles N Curtis. She has been working as… Read more »
SP80 Record Chasers
It’s refreshing just looking at the team photo with more than three-dozen students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne taking a break from their ambitious high-tech… Read more »
ABYC Awards Marine-Service-Technology Instructors
The American Boat & Yacht Council’s Foundation announced its picks for the 2021 Educators of the Year, an award that recognizes individuals who distinguished themselves as marine-service-technology instructors teaching in… Read more »
The Return of Two International Conferences
Back from the COVID-induced hiatus are two international conferences. One of them is the High Speed Boat Operations Forum, which will be held August 31–September 2, 2021, in Gothenburg, Sweden…. Read more »
