
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 »
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 »
Artisan craftsman and knife maker Ed Louchard of Port Townsend, Washington, who also runs his Zephyrwerks block business, has expanded his product line to a variety of boat equipment. Notably… Read more »
A hard-working, innovative leader in the sailing world died October 21, 2019, in his longtime home of Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Olaf Harken was 80. With older brother Peter the two began… Read more »
So might say Bob Johnstone, who in 2002/2003 commissioned the first of five stylish MJM motoryachts from Marblehead, Massachusetts, designer Doug Zurn; so might singer/songwriter Billy Joel, who catapulted Zurn… Read more »
Lowell North, a sailing and industry icon, died last June at his home in San Diego, California. He was 89. For years, the Star class of one-design sailboats was considered… Read more »
In Professional BoatBuilder No.182, Paul Lazarus noted the September 6 passing of Mark Lindsay, and included a personal appreciation of his work and influence in the boatbuilding industry and on… Read more »
The boating industry lost one of its most flamboyant members April 10, when Irwin Jacobs shot himself after shooting his wife of 57 years, Alexandria, in their Orono, Minnesota, home…. Read more »
Autobiographies and biographies of yacht designers are entertaining and occasionally instructive. The recent publication of Dick Carter’s and Ron Holland’s self-written stories (Dick Carter—Yacht Designer in the Golden Age of… Read more »
Live by the sword, die by the sword. The legendary offshore powerboat racer and boatbuilder, Fabio Buzzi, died September 17 off Venice, Italy, while attempting to break another speed record… Read more »
One of the more intriguing Design Briefs we’ve published is on the 28‘ (8.5m) rowboat designed by University of Michigan–educated naval architect Eric Sponberg (see “Ocean Rowboat,” PBB No. 161)…. Read more »