George Hazen 1951–2020
George Hazen, whose work revolutionized yachting as a pastime, a sport, and an industry, died from cancer on December 23, 2020, in Annapolis, Maryland. He was 69. Many boat owners… Read more »
People/Profiles
Frank Butler Farewell
Frank Butler, founder of the largest builder of sailboats in the U.S., died November 15, 2020, in Long Beach, California. He was 92. Butler founded Catalina Yachts in 1969, in… Read more »
Nordlund’s Family Ties
Nordlund Boat Company of Tacoma, Washington, is one of the few remaining family-owned yacht builders in the U.S. When I was researching the story of the two pilot vessels the… Read more »
BoatSense Renders Sensible Advice
Catching up by phone recently with fellow writer and esteemed colleague Doug Logan sent us two boat scribes of a certain age fishing for the treasures that drift in the… Read more »
Tullio Abbate – A Tribute
The scene was filmed somewhere in the Mediterranean, off the French coast. A speedboat bearing the signature “Tullio Abbate” and the name Mister Nicolas on the hull was running on… Read more »
Farewell to Rigger Brion Toss
Master rigger Brion Toss, 69, died June 6, 2020, in Port Townsend, Washington, after a few months’ illness. The news from his family arrived as softly as a Northwest mist:… Read more »
A Pearson Vanguard For the Ages
A few years ago, a friend wanted to enter his 1960s-era Luders 33 in the Marion–Bermuda race, but a surveyor, without citing any specific shortcoming, declined to stamp it. “These… Read more »
Eight Bells: James D. Rosborough
James Douglas (Doug) Rosborough, founder of Rosborough Boats of Halifax, Nova Scotia, died on April 23, 2020, a casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was 91. A self-taught designer, Rosborough… Read more »
Old 505 Dinghy Needs New Home
Larry Tuttle operates his Waterat workshop in La Selva Beach, California, on the property of the Monterey Bay Academy surrounded by acres of agriculture and a view of the Pacific… Read more »
First Female Port Commissioner
At last November’s ballot, the constituents of Jefferson County, Washington, made history by voting into office Pam Petranek, 59, the first female port commissioner in the 95-year history of the… Read more »
