A New Growler
LOOKING BACK ON IT, THE SIGNS WERE CLASSIC. WE’D MADE OUR WAY DOWN ONE PATH, only to find our needs had changed when we got there. And, as so often happens, other life factors changed as well. For a...
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There I sat, at a table with the great Charley Morgan, one of the founding fathers of fiberglass, as he tried to explain the nuances of boat design and the boat business in general. Morgan’s past...
View ArticleNow On Deck
There’s something new and exciting underfoot on many yachts around the world: cork. Most of us know cork for one of its most obvious and important uses: keeping wine in the bottle and protecting its...
View ArticleA Lobster Boat Alternative
Four and a half years. Six days a week. Eight hours a day, everyday. All told, roughly eight thousand hours of personal commitment. It’s not for everyone, and those who lack perseverance need not...
View ArticleIndependence Cherubini 45
To be successful in the business of building boats, it is vital to have an integrated marriage of craftsmanship (the skill to create boats that offer value and satisfy customer demand), business...
View ArticleBackyard Boat Building Resources
Duck Builders: Diesel Duck Owner’s Dicuss The Home-Built Trawler Option Web Extra For more information on some of George Buehler’s designs and the people who build them, here are a few resources and...
View ArticleA Haulout Gone Bad
Mobile Boat Hoist Safety: What To Look For Regular Maintenance Program Boat hoists require a regular maintenance program to maintain their peak functionality. Inquire with the boatyard as to what type...
View ArticleSling Conditions: What To Look For
Sling Rating A boat hoist will be unable to lift its maximum capacity if the slings being used are not the ones rated for use with the machine to achieve maximum load capacity. Occasionally, marina...
View ArticleA Design Challenge With Real-World Results
The Westlawn-PassageMaker competition was interesting from several perspectives, and it is clear that a similar design challenge could readily be applied to the other mission-statement goals we set for...
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ABYC, CE, ABS??? – Making Sense of Boat-Building Standards
Author, Mike Telleria is a marine systems engineer and technical writer for Nordhavn Yachts. He is also an ABYC Master Technician. One of the interesting challenges of building luxury yachts for the...
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Designing the MJM 50z
Commercially driven industrial design often breeds a certain level of ennui, because the results frequently look remarkably similar. We can’t blame the designers or the manufacturers. They merely have...
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