On Powerboats
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A 1950s boat with 21st century power
It's no small task to repower a wooden Huckins with Volvo's IPS propulsion - here's how it's being done
If ever there was a great boat tale involving a blend of old and new technologies, this has got to be it. Take one classic 1954 Huckins motoryacht built of two layers of 3/8-inch mahogany planking laid out diagonally, screwed to oak framing and fiberglass-sheathed on the outside.
Is that repo boat really a bargain?
You can get a good deal in today's glutted market, but you also can get burned if you're not careful.
Repossessed boats can offer what seem to be amazing deals, especially with owners defaulting on loans in record numbers. Banks contract with repo firms to recover the boats and then sell them off, often at auction, to stem their losses as quickly as possible.
Efficient cruising the Wilde way
Independence is the name of the game in Ben Wilde’s book, and the fewer hours on the genset the better
Ben Wilde, a former sales and marketing executive in the housewares business, has carved out a niche for the last 10 years selling a unique style of boating adventure out of his waterfront location in Essex, Conn.
Production, custom or semicustom?
You get a truly unique boat with the custom route, but you’ll pay more for the one-on-one attention
In a more perfect world — that is, a world in which everyone is rich — custom powerboats would be the only boats built.
Boat handling: the boat’s role
In Part II, our powerboat guy looks at such elements as steering, prop pockets, hull form and thrusters
Last month we looked at the role propulsion plays in boat handling, including pod drive (IPS and Zeus), outboard and sterndrive systems. Of special note was the advent of joystick controls, which points to the ability of modern technology to meet an obvious need for improved handling capabilities.
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