After a decades-long career in the field, I’ve come to define multihull naval architecture as: the use of predominantly lightweight composite materials whose properties can be accurately determined only through… Read more »
Twice each week, on Wednesday and Saturday, it’s pumpout time in the marina at Port Ludlow, Washington. That’s when Clean Bay, the fully electric pumpout boat makes her rounds to… Read more »
Once the years tick past 90, it’s time to hang it up, especially for working boats like the Sea Scout Ship 110 Charles N Curtis. She has been working as… Read more »
Folding-cleat manufacturer Nomen Products of Hamburg, Germany, sent word about Nomen Sport Line cleats, an evolution of the original product. Promised improvements include more sustainable production, lighter weight, faster operation,… Read more »
Powerboat racing on foils and electricity is not new, as the annual Energy Boat Challenge in Monte Carlo has proven since 2014. But as the goal of getting the most… Read more »
Drawing on experience in the wind-energy and aerospace industries, composite technology manufacturer Hexcel Corporation recently introduced G-Vent, an out-of-autoclave (OoA) processing system for highly loaded, thick-section marine structures such as… Read more »
In a perfect world, every onboard component would be installed according to American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) or International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards, or a manufacturer’s explicit instructions…. Read more »
Mark and Isabel Hardesty have lived aboard their Seawind 1160, JollyDogs, since 2014 and logged more than 26,000 ocean miles, visiting places in Mexico, French Polynesia, and Hawaii, from where… Read more »
James Wharram, one of the last multihull pioneers from the postwar period, has embarked for the Great Perhaps. He died December 14, 2021, in Devoran, United Kingdom. The early seafaring… Read more »
It’s refreshing just looking at the team photo with more than three-dozen students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne taking a break from their ambitious high-tech… Read more »
