Sled Revival
Long, skinny boats dominated West Coast offshore racing decades ago. A new build in wood composite is out to prove the concept is still valid.
Racing
Australia II Wing Keel Controversy – Part 2
A tank-testing laboratory team in The Netherlands convinced Australian challengers to rely on performance-prediction data and analysis that helped create the 12-Meter that made America ’s Cup history.
Princeton University Electric Speedboat Team Sets World Record
Even a broken prop shaft could not slow them down. On October 26, 2023, the 40-plus members of Princeton University’s Electric Speedboat Team (PES) erupted in cheers on a clear,… Read more »
Windward Passage in Print
A hardcover tribute to a legendary Alan Gurney–designed maxi yacht.
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 »
Nitronic Stanchions
Standard Nitronic rod rigging can make superior low-windage lifeline stanchions.
Lawrence of Arabia and a World Record
Telling this story about a world record and Lawrence of Arabia is proof again that fact is stranger than fiction. It started with an e-mail from Canadian John Spurr, who… Read more »
Mini 650 Rehab
Every two years a solo race across the Atlantic leaves from France and finishes in the Caribbean, with a stop in the Canary Islands along the way. It is known… Read more »
Walt Walters, Mister Lucky
You know you’re getting old when today’s generation of hot-shot designers tell you they’ve never heard of someone you consider an American hall of famer. Case in point: I was… Read more »
CFD for Powerboat Design, Part 2
CFD analysis of hull aerodynamics holds the potential to answer many performance questions, including the cause of an infamous side-by-side blow-over of identical high-performance catamarans during competition in Key West… Read more »
