Renewable composite materials remain some of the elusive unicorns of the boatbuilding industry. As we aspire to moderate our environmental impact while still building some of the most durable manufactured… Read more »
The afternoon before the first coat of topside paint went on a 100’ (30.5m) sloop, the crew of applicators at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Maine, gathered to talk through… Read more »
Sometime around 2010, German boatbuilder Friedrich Deimann built his first flax-fiber composite boat, a two-person kayak, as a project to qualify as a master boatbuilder. In the ensuing 16 years, the art of building boats with natural-fiber composites has come a long way.
Boat Evolution’s 3D-printed tender is made from recyclable plastic feedstocks, so it’s fully recyclable at end of life. They plan to be in production this fall.
It’s rare to find a truly new approach to a problem that’s plagued seafarers for millennia, but Finsulate film wrap offers such a fix for marine fouling. Life abounds in… Read more »
We continue our primer on corrosion vulnerabilities of common marine metals from Part 1: Preventing Galvanic, Stray-Current Corrosion in Professional BoatBuilder No. 212. Stainless Steel Since its accidental discovery nearly… Read more »
There’s a conversation I find myself having on too many occasions that goes something like this: Jim: “Hey Steve, I’m interested in purchasing/building this vessel. It’s XX feet, does XX… Read more »
Multihull pioneer Walter Greene kept a deliberately low profile as he built some of the legendary racing sailboats of the last century at Greene Marine, a disarmingly modest yard on… Read more »
I first visited Tern Boatworks (Lahave, Nova Scotia) in the spring of 2022. At that time, the two-campus boatyard with a crew of about 12 was focused on readying the… Read more »
Manufactured sheet goods are essential to modern construction practices. Few residential or commercial structures built today are completed without a significant investment in plywood, OSB, MDF, sheetrock, melamine board, etc…. Read more »
