“The Unsinkable” and Additional Thoughts on Watertight Subdivision in Small Yachts In response to Eric Sorensen’s Parting Shot “The Unsinkable” in Professional BoatBuilder No. 140, Professional Engineer Christopher D. Barry… Read more »
from Professional BoatBuilder Magazine No. 141 Compiled by Dan Spurr Buzzi to Bermuda On September 28, 2012, Fabio Buzzi, founder and chief executive of FB Design (Annone Brianza, Italy), added… Read more »
from Professional BoatBuilder Magazine No. 140 Compiled by Dan Spurr Salthouse Boatbuilders Those readers in the sail yacht racing game will know well the name Salthouse, the 54-year-old New Zealand… Read more »
In their story “Working-Class Wing” (Professional BoatBuilder magazine No. 140, page 60), Greg and Patrick Johnston describe their development of the variable geometry wing sail, or VGWS, as a practical… Read more »
from Professional BoatBuilder Magazine No. 139 Compiled by Dan Spurr Alive and Well: C. Raymond Hunt Associates When the Hunt office recently sent us a set of drawings for a… Read more »
The Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium is approaching age 40. Its younger counterpart, the Chesapeake Power Boat Symposium, just turned four. Each event takes place in Annapolis, Maryland, in alternate years;… Read more »
Recently we heard from a fellow in Australia who has been experimenting with a somewhat radical hull surface. A welder by trade, Roger Mutimer says he has been designing and… Read more »
A colleague recently described to me the unusual loss of a large, relatively new motoryacht that sank at the dock as a result of a failed raw-water plumbing fitting in… Read more »
At the 1958 edition of the Boston Boat Show, engineer/entrepreneur Dick Fisher introduced a pricey and—let’s be honest—homely 13′/4m utility outboard skiff. Looks aren’t everything, right? Fisher’s uniquely shaped boat,… Read more »
For pure fun, speed, and versatility on the water, it’s hard to beat the family runabout. Whether for fishing, picnicking, waterskiing, or just whizzing around on a sunny summer’s day,… Read more »
