On Powerboats
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Tomorrow’s powerboat will adapt to the times
Driven by fuel prices, we'll see designs with lighter and more efficient hulls, better propulsion and a return to simpler accommodations below
When it comes to utter foolishness, there's nothing quite like trying to predict the future. While Old Testament prophets had to bat a thousand to keep their heads, this month's objective merely calls for a reasonably defensible and probably obvious position based on current trends in boating.
Where tradition meets technology
The Landing School covers all facets of boatbuilding, from plank-on-frame to fiberglass composites.
After a visit to The Landing School in Arundel, Maine, I, like most first-time visitors, came away thoroughly impressed with the school, the staff and the students.
Fostering a sense of fulfillment, passion
When John Burgess got out of college in 1970 he decided to do something different before taking over the family business, starting with getting a job at Rumery's Boatyard in Biddeford, Maine.
Fly Fisher 22: the fruit of their hard work
This year the Wood Composites students built three Fly Fisher 22 saltwater center consoles. Designed by Michael Berryer at Van Dam Custom Boats, in Boyne City, Mich., they have moderate freeboard and moderate deadrise, making them suitable for comfortable inshore use in a 1- to 2-foot chop, and will typically be fitted with a 150-hp Yamaha 4-stroke or Evinrude E-TEC 2-stroke.
The art of high-tech powerboats
Boston BoatWorks and MJM Yachts team up on vessels that marry the best attributes of speed and weight
When you get four sailors together to build powerboats, interesting things can happen. In my experience, sailors tend to develop an appreciation for and sensitivity to the elements that many powerboaters never do - wind and current, set and drift, stage of the tide, phase of the moon. Powerboaters, with the advent of GPS, may be aware of where they are geographically, but not necessarily nautically and situationally to the degree sailors are.
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