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Boat Design?

michaelmillsdesign wrote 1 week ago: Till the other day, I had not even considered doing Boat Design as a profession. But as time goes by … more →

Tags: Blog, Inspiration, Automotive, Automotive Design, boat, Coventry, coventry university, Design, Maltese Falcon

How To Sketch A Boat Design

clarencexh98 wrote 1 month ago: With a positive frame of mind and little perseverance, almost everyone can come up with their own sm … more →

Tags: boat design software, yacht hull design

Circle gets the square

studio27inc wrote 2 months ago: Everyone knows that when you have a round table, you’re pretty much set on how many people can … more →

Tags: Creative, Innovation, Industrial Design, Brilliant Design, table design

BoatUS Magazine: Respite At 60 | February-March 2013

matthowarduys wrote 3 months ago:   BoatUS Magazine: Respite At 60 | February-March 2013. I love this story! This is boating at i … more →

Tags: boating, boat

The Surface of Mortality

Antonio Dias wrote 4 months ago: Looking out across an unfrozen yet still icy-cold salt pond, a boat goes by. I’m reminded of t … more →

Tags: Poetics of Boats, Boats, writing on design, perspectives, uncertainty, Vessels of Transformation, the Poetics of Boats, boat, difficult times

A Lateener for the Channel Islands

Antonio Dias wrote 4 months ago: This is just a teaser for a project that’s beginning to come together, a 24′ lateener that will be s … more →

Tags: Creativity, Design, News, trailerable sailboats, Wood/Composite Construction, Lateen Rig

A Guest Post by Thad Danielson1 comment

horizonandpointofview wrote 4 months ago: Difficult times.  I don’t have numbers, just impressions.  World wide most people struggle to eat, s … more →

Tags: Boats, Boats & Utility, Craft, Poetics of Boats, Albert Strange, boat, difficult times, Horizon and Point of View, Kenneth Grahame

Two new developments…

Antonio Dias wrote 5 months ago: Jeppe Graugaard has posted the third and final installment of a series of conversations we’ve … more →

Tags: Creativity, Design, Essay, News, writing, antonio dias, Antonio Dias Design, Boats for Difficult Times, Dark Mountain

Schooner Boat, next iteration10 comments

Antonio Dias wrote 5 months ago: After a long pause the Schooner Boat design has made it to another iteration. The hull is now 32 … more →

Tags: Boats, Boats & Utility, Design, Poetics of Boats, Process, boat, Robust Design, schooner, Schooner Boat

Bringing a champion back to life11 comments

curatorialassistant wrote 5 months ago: 18 footer MYRA TOO on Sydney Harbour, c 1951. William Hall ANMM Collection 00013522 Meet Myra Too. I … more →

Tags: From The Collection..., vessels, 18 footers, Billy Barnett, black and white photography, boat building, Museum Collection, MYRA TOO, Photography

Joystick maneuvering and the unceasing march of technology2 comments

matthowarduys wrote 6 months ago: I always look forward to reading my copy of Soundings when it arrives. To me it has the look and fee … more →

Tags: boating, Boat handling, Drafting, Joystick, Naval Architecture

Full sail!

Cat wrote 6 months ago: So we built a boat and then we cut some holes in it….. Slightly nerve wracking  but after Si f … more →

Tags: Boat build, Our boat

Bilge keels

Cat wrote 7 months ago: Because we’re going to be predominantly working our boat out of Portscatho, Si designed her wi … more →

Tags: Boat build, Our boat

Fibreglassing2 comments

Cat wrote 7 months ago: So…..where were we?? Before the launch, the last thing I wrote about was laminating Kensa … more →

Tags: Boat build, Our boat

Schooner Boat Update1 comment

Antonio Dias wrote 8 months ago: Thought it was time to update the progress on the Schooner Boat. As you can see, length has been inc … more →

Tags: Boats, Boats & Utility, Craft, Design, Process, Boats for Difficult Times, schooner, Schooner Boat, Vessels of Transformation

5/7: A touch obsessed . . .

Bill wrote 10 months ago: from John: “Lovely boats Bill, they all seem to be double enders, is that cos they are the mos … more →

Tags: Crete, FISHING BOATS, Greece, Inshore Craft, small craft

4/7: Eleven fishing boats2 comments

Bill wrote 10 months ago: Eleven fishing boats mean eleven fisherman, eleven sources of income, and eleven  funds of knowledge … more →

Tags: Crete, FISHING BOATS, Greece, Inshore Craft, small craft

3/7: Eight fishing boats - no longer fishing1 comment

Bill wrote 10 months ago: These are beautiful boats. If I  lived in the Mediterranean I would be proud to own one. But, as I m … more →

Tags: Crete, FISHING BOATS, Greece, Inshore Craft, Maritime History, small craft

Laminating the stem9 comments

Cat wrote 10 months ago: Having -thankfully- finished fairing the planks, we needed to make a stem for our boat before starti … more →

Tags: Boat build, Our boat


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