Recycling end-of-life composite boats or the production waste from composite boat building has been a subject of interest at IBEX and Professional BoatBuilder during the past decade. As with many… Read more »
In this age of relentless automation, even boatbuilding is subject to tech-driven change as everything from components assembly and supply-chain management to service scheduling and systems diagnostics are being entrusted… Read more »
As the tides of editorial staff and contributors at Professional BoatBuilder ebbed and flowed through my two decades with the magazine, I’ve been grateful that one of the constants in… Read more »
Carl Cramer — 1946–2025 SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine—Carl Cramer, 78, of South Portland, Maine, died at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, on April 10, 2025 with his wife Melissa Wood… Read more »
In Part 1 (Professional BoatBuilder No. 210) I explored design of the hull form, the shell plating, and choosing efficient, cost-effective build methods. While it may seem counter-intuitive to obsess… Read more »
At IBEX 2024, CMP Group won an Innovation award for a wireless, impressed current sacrificial anode whose power source is a small embedded solar panel. It would have been easy… Read more »
In my professional life, I’ve dismissed most artificial intelligence (AI) tools I stumble across as manifestations of a flawed invention consistently oversold by hubristic tech bros and investment con-artists. For… Read more »
Beginning in the late 1970s, the progressive adoption of solid-state electronics into numerous components of marine electrical systems resulted in a qualitative shift in overall capabilities. These were years that… Read more »
A flawless laid teak deck has long defined the aspirational expectations for yacht owners, but scarcity of the hard, rot-resistant tropical wood and shifts in aesthetic sensibilities and a market… Read more »
The Skinny Witch was splashed in October 2021 weighing in at about 55,000 lbs, and clocking an impressive 0 to 40 knots in 13 seconds in her first dash. “It was shocking how fast she was out of the hole. The engines have three sequential turbochargers tuned to kick in under rpm or load gauges. The boat is so light that the load trigger is not engaged at all. She just flies.”
