Boat Building News

Fire destroys luxury yachts at Polish shipyard
Straits Times
Firefighters battle a blaze that broke out at a luxury yacht-making facility in the Gdansk Shipyard compound, famous for being the cradle of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement, in Gdansk, Poland, Thursday, Jan 19, 2012. -- PHOTO: AP WARSAW, Poland (AP) ...

Custom Composites launches marine products
Reinforced Plastics
The continued evolution of composites materials means than boat building today is very different from the way it was in its infancy three decades ago. We visit Green Marine to see the state of the art in composite yacht building and learn how a

 Christchurch boat builders make waves at ocean race
Bournemouth Echo
The boat building team got to work on creating the £35000 carbon-kevlar boat and the lads did some training at Christchurch in August this year. Crispin Rossiter, who oversees the rowing side of the business, said: “They approached us after they had 

 Boat industry showing signs of recovery
The Kansas City Star Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:19 PM PST
The recreational boating industry, dead in the water for much of the last four years, is starting to show signs of getting under way. 

 Is There a Future in Solar Boats?
Environmental News Network Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00 AM PST
One of the highlights of this year's World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi was a tour of Planet Solar's incredible solar powered yacht â the Turanor. The largest solar powered boat ever to set sail, the Turanor is on the final leg of a round-the-world tour, the first time anyone has managed to sail around the world powered entirely by solar energy. The massive 8.5 ton boat comfortably carries ...

 Blind boat: Billings man crafts one-of-a-kind vessel for waterfowl hunting
Longview Daily News
"Nope, you've got to have a hot plate of food," said his friend, Dave Wise, whose camouflage-clad body was wedged into the boat bench seat alongside Adler. The consensus was that any type of distraction, such as a bathroom break or re-arranging the 

 Taking Note: NMMA hall of fame welcomes boat builder
www.kamloopsnews.ca
Ross Campion Jardine - that's his full name - started up Kam Sport Marine which morphed into Campion Marine Inc., a Kelowna-based boat building business he co-founded with Gordon Elliott. On Monday, while Jardine was being honoured during the Toronto 

 ONE-TANK TRIPS
nwitimes.com
26-29 | 17th Annual Strictly Sail Chicago, Navy Pier, Festival Halls A and B, 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago, www.strictlysailingchicago.com This event is the largest US indoor sailboat show and attracts more than 20000 sailing enthusiasts each year for ..

 Aerospace development could bring hundreds of jobs to Arlington
Everett Herald Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST
ARLINGTON -- In the not-too-distant future, Arlington might be known for helping build airplanes, not boats. Seattle real estate developers have purchased the former Meridian Yacht campus, and they plan to turn it into a manufacturing park that caters to Boeing suppliers. 

 Taking a Vstep toward boating safety
Baltimore Sun
"We did have one guy who walked up to the booth and was interested in a basic navigation class and said that he and his wife wanted to get into boating and they didn't know where to start," Martino recalled. "I started talking with him about what would ...