Because of the nature of boat building, there has always been an issue of copying designs. This is simply because it is much easier to make a mold from an existing boat than making a new plug with a novel design
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Performance Boat Revolution: What Happened to the Affordable Performance Boat?
When I was growing up, not only was there a great number of manufacturers making 15’ to 22’ family performance boats from sterndrives to outboards but even mainstream manufacturers made performance oriented boats.
Fast Boats are Good for Business: The Story of a Boat Building Genius
The Chris Craft story has many chapters, being such an old brand, but the era we will talk about is Chris Craft Industries of the late seventies and eighties. That is when boat building guru Richard “Dick” Genth was brought in to see if he could turn the company around.
2020 Miami Boat Show: Center Consoles, Cruisers, Family Boats
This year I put together three different videos of the Miami Boat Show and I broke it up into performance boats, accessories and the last one is a mix of center consoles, family boats and other stuff
The Economics of Small Boat Building
The question is, do the economics of building boats prevent smaller boats from being built? Let’s look at interesting small boats, boat prices and why boat building is so expensive
Big Boats of 2019: Is Bigger Better?
Like most things in life, bigger isn’t always better but it sure is fun to make things bigger. For performance boats, I personally love small boats
Bad Boat Design: Your Living Room on the Water
In this article we will look at a few glaring design errors that are not only poorly thought out, but are outright dangerous.
The Glastron Carlson Scimitar: Forward Thinking Design
In the last 30 years of boat design, I am not sure there is one model that is as eye catching and awe inspiring as the Glastron Carlson Scimitar