179 Shortcuts
≡ Canadian yachtsman Don Green died at the age of 86. A member of the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame and Member of the Order of Canada, Green sailed around… Read more »
Propulsion Systems
Bill Prince designs high-end replicas
Last we spoke with Bill Prince of Bill Prince Yacht Design (BPYD) was about a highly engineered hardtop for a 78-mph Schiada Boats express cruiser, destined for Kuwait (Professional BoatBuilder… Read more »
Diesel Outboards find bigger market
It is well known in the boating industry that the popularity of outboard motors continues to trend upward. I/Os are dead in the water. Inboards now seem relegated to midsize… Read more »
Raider Outboards are Military Grade
The High Speed Boat Operators (HSBO) Forum in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a gathering unlike any other. Uniforms are part of the ambience, as 370 delegates including search-and-rescue, police, customs, special… Read more »
178 Short Cuts
Aside from company and product news, 178 Short Cuts also remembers Andrew Higgins, Raye Montague and Charles Everhart, three meritorious individuals of the boatbuilding and design trade who sailed for… Read more »
Hickman’s Imagination and the Dawn of Surface-Piercing Props
The most commonly recognized innovation of inventor and boat designer Albert Hickman is the inverted V hullform he patented and brought to market as the Sea Sled in the mid… Read more »
Say 29E Claims World Speed Record for E-Boats
Johan Ullman, an occasional PBB contributor and maker of shock-mitigating seats for high-performance recreational and military boats, recently brought to our attention the achievements of German boatbuilder SAY GmbH, which… Read more »
A Tale of Two Companies
I have been tracking, and writing about, the technical side of recreational boating for three decades. In that time, I have come across, or been approached by, numerous inventors and… Read more »
In Brief: Two Smaller Startups
Electric Yacht Scott McMillan is a sailor, an environmentalist with an interest in renewable energy, and an electrical engineer with specific expertise in electric motor control design. It’s not surprising… Read more »
