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 »
Materials
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 »
High Strain Dynamics Expands Services
The name Peter Winkert popped up rather unexpectedly in a press release from a subsidiary of QMP (Quality Machine Products) called High Strain Dynamics. Winkert was an early contributor to… Read more »
King StarBoard: The Simple Versatility of Plastic Sheeting
Not long ago I was looking for some backing-plate material for a new piece of deck hardware. Not wanting to drive a long distance to the nearest chandlery, I bought… Read more »
Carbon from the Coop
Henhouses converted to boatshops are part of West Coast boatbuilding lore. When I think about notable chicken coop artists, a few prominent names come to mind: Bill Lee of Santa… Read more »
Meade’s Trove of NASA Wood Fatigue Data
The two pages of compression-fatigue data shown here, along with secondary properties, represent the heart of an expensive, years-long study of lab samples and full-scale specimens—of wood/epoxy construction for composite… Read more »
Boat Disposal Plan Progresses
Last year PBB investigated several potential solutions to reduce waste from composite boatbuilding and to dispose of the pile of unwanted used composite boats. Those included developments in carbon fiber… Read more »
Epoxyworks Archives Online
Gougeon Brothers, makers of WEST System and PRO-SET epoxy resins and related products such as fillers and disposables, recently announced that its Epoxyworks newsletter now has 500 articles online at… Read more »
Carbon Fiber Tubes
During a visit with Russell Brown last summer at his shop in Port Townsend, Washington, we caught up on changes he has made to his 18‘ 5“ (5.6m) PT Skiff and… Read more »
