Having a son who is a boat painter working with various products he seems rather taken with Awlgrip most commonly used on aluminium superyachts he...
Thanks Homer. Understand the latest twist to this iconic vehicle story is that a German company has bought the rights and use of the company name...
I don't think that Shelby designed the car itself nor did Ford have much, if anything, to do with it. It was the existing AC Cobra sports car from...
All materials flex but the degree is naturally relative to the inherent strength, design and construction. If you have ever spent time forward...
Been a while since I heard that old expression! However with any male molded vessel the quid pro quo is the long boarding to fair the hull!...
In my experience people these days use the term "cold-molded wood" to include multi-layered wood construction (typically marine ply strip laid...
Oops - I just left Westhaven after a few Christmas drinks with old clients which may explain why I never even spotted the new launch. May have the...
Sorry, trying to use the obvious understatement as a weak humour attempt - probably 15 gals per minute is somewhat closer to the mark for about...
Steve, good stuff! There's so much design talent out there for fast cruising yachts you wouldn't lack for ideas and options if you made enquiries....
As is perhaps obvious modern fast cruising yachts are very efficient under power as their hull configuration is intended to be slippery of course....
Sorry Brian, haven't been following things too much lately but timing would suggest it is either launched and in the commissioning phase or is...
I personally think there is a fair bit of nonsense spoken of in this debate along with all the pertinent points fairly made. Whether you have a...
Locally, Alloy Yachts, Yachting Developments and Fitzroy Yachts have sailing superyachts underway. I see that Alloy have a no name 67 metre ketch...
In all this debate it seems that some people overlook the point that monolithic layups can disguise the true extent of damage from impacts. Many...
There you go - you have been a composite boat builder - epoxy/glass over a wood core!
Sorry about the clumsy typos - Friday night here and I was having a beer!
Some interesting comments "This fascinating conclusion contradicts some present-day thinking, which holds that solid carbon fiber bottoms are...
Sorry to have said that Allogante had a Redman Whitely interior - it has a Don Starkey interior. I see the launch name will be changed to Loretta...
Hi Nilo - if you are not bound by too much need to conform to conventional thinking you might consider looking at catamaran/wavepiercer designs...
