Its alluring blue waters appear idyllic in travel brochures and color charts, but the Caribbean is not a gentle sea. Generations of mariners have been challenged by its seasons of… Read more »
Multihull pioneer Walter Greene kept a deliberately low profile as he built some of the legendary racing sailboats of the last century at Greene Marine, a disarmingly modest yard on… Read more »
In the eye of the discerning boatbuilder or buyer, beauty is more than skin deep. Not just the glossy surface finish determines the quality of a paint job; the underlying… Read more »
For centuries, mariners have navigated the seas with charts, instinct, and hard-won experience. Today, a new tool is joining them at the helm: artificial intelligence (AI). AI has made its… Read more »
Boats demand constant maintenance, but one of the most persistent predictable needs, even for boats that never leave the dock, is the prevention and removal of biological growth on the… Read more »
I first visited Tern Boatworks (Lahave, Nova Scotia) in the spring of 2022. At that time, the two-campus boatyard with a crew of about 12 was focused on readying the… Read more »
The “Made in the U.S.A.” badge has been a stamp of quality in the global boatbuilding industry. Unfortunately, in response to economic pressure over the past 30 years, many U.S…. Read more »
Manufactured sheet goods are essential to modern construction practices. Few residential or commercial structures built today are completed without a significant investment in plywood, OSB, MDF, sheetrock, melamine board, etc…. Read more »
After living at full throttle for nearly 90 years, Allan “Brownie” Brown could not straighten his head because of neck injuries and had two knees replaced, but what he had… Read more »
Reading the Small Print Easily stored in a garage or closet and transportable on a bicycle, surfboards are some of the simplest buoyant watercraft on the market today. But as… Read more »
