The Quest for Eco Composites
Boat yards and design offices embrace new fibers and resins that promise to reduce pollution, consume less energy in production, and yield composite boats that can be recycled. “It is… Read more »
Materials
Angle-Rite Welding Clamp Streamlines Fabrication
To get it straight, start with a curve. That, in a nutshell, is Tim Uecker’s pitch for the Angle-Rite clamping system he invented and patented. It’s a plain yet sophisticated… Read more »
Superfici Prints Smart Wheel
Paolo Nazzaro, co-founder of Superfici in La Spezia, Italy, impressed last year’s IBEX attendees with his profound knowledge of 3D print technology for marine applications. After reconfiguring his company to… Read more »
HFO Replaces Harmful Foams
While COVID-19 dominates the headlines, the slow burn of climate change is still with us and increasingly impacts how boats are built. Take, for instance, the replacement of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),… Read more »
Rapid Response Team at Teak Isle
Consider this an introduction to a friend that you’ll have time to get to know better in Professional BoatBuilder No. 185, due out next month. Here’s what you need to… Read more »
DCMC Delves Into 3D-Printed Tooling
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is emerging as a viable alternative to the now-popular subtractive process employing 3- and 5-axis milling machines/routers to make tools for parts as large as… Read more »
A Cleaner, Faster Infusion Shop
Dinghy builder Fulcrum Speedworks reduces consumables by as much as 90% by switching to infusion under reusable silicone bags. It’s not news to boatbuilders and owners that plastic waste… Read more »
The Biggest 3D Printed Boat
If any listeners doubted James Anderson (Senior R&D Program Manager at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center) when he told attendees to a 3D-printing seminar Oct. 1… Read more »
The Future is Not Teak
Burmese teak has been the standard boat deck material for centuries, but that won’t likely be the case much longer, courtesy of a new modified-wood product called Lignia. Increased demand… Read more »
Fledging the EAGLE
The boat began in 2016 with a casual remark by Donald Sussman, then owner of the 90‘ (27m) Gunboat catamaran Sunshine, while discussing the prospect of a new boat with… Read more »
