Shooting True Colors: Navigating Shifts in Paint Chemistry
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 »
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Video: What Caught Steve D’Antonio’s Eye at Metstrade 2024?
As the tides of editorial staff and contributors at Professional BoatBuilder ebbed and flowed through my two decades with the magazine, I’ve been grateful that one of the constants in… Read more »
An Anode Powered by Underwater Solar Panels? Nigel Calder Has Questions
At IBEX 2024, CMP Group won an Innovation award for a wireless, impressed current sacrificial anode whose power source is a small embedded solar panel. It would have been easy… Read more »
New Waves: A Brief History of Alternator Controls
Beginning in the late 1970s, the progressive adoption of solid-state electronics into numerous components of marine electrical systems resulted in a qualitative shift in overall capabilities. These were years that… Read more »
Infusing a Workboat Hull with Elium
Recyclable thermoplastic resin and a crew of trainees are put to the test building a commercial fishing boat at DJ Marine in Pointe-Sapin, New Brunswick.
Noise Reduction with QuietRide Sound Shield
From Ray Hunt Design comes a timely answer to the growing menace of outboard motor noise.
Quick Cure Wood Putty
System Three Resins, the Lacey, Washington–based manufacturer of specialty adhesives, coatings, encapsulants, and composite resin systems, recently introduced Quick Cure Wood Putty (retail $29.95) to its product line. It is… Read more »
Life Raft Installation
Installing a life raft is straightforward but easy to get wrong—with dire results.
Kingfisher MA37X12 AC runs on 12V DC
Archer Power Solutions (APS), a company founded in 2019 and part of the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator, is bringing 12VDC-powered air-conditioning to small vessels. The firm’s first product, the Kingfisher… Read more »
Knotless Netting from NET Systems
It’s a safe guess that nets have been around for at least 10,000 years. These simple, practical tools have found countless uses and become essential to many human endeavors, including… Read more »
