Boat handling Part III: low-speed operation
November 26, 2014
While being able to maintain high planing speeds in rough seas makes a boat safer and more seaworthy, it’s also inevitable that you’ll have to
While being able to maintain high planing speeds in rough seas makes a boat safer and more seaworthy, it’s also inevitable that you’ll have to
Last month I discussed the capabilities and limitations of planing, semiplaning and displacement hulls in rough conditions. Now let’s take a look at offshore boat-handling
Displacement, semidisplacement and planing hulls all have their pluses and minuses. We compare and contrast them.
John L. Hacker was a top speedboat designer and builder in the early part of the last century, and he knew a thing or two
F. Todd Warner, an authority on classic wooden powerboats who owns the original POSH, approached designer Bill Prince roughly two years ago about building a
This month, I’m looking at two design concepts from Stephens Waring Yacht Design in Belfast, Maine. They are just concepts at this point, and Paul
Most boats have intelligent ideas worth noting, along with areas that need a little more thinking through. It’s rare to see a boat that gets
Frank Huckins’ granddaughter Cindy Purcell started working in the stockroom at Huckins Yachts in the 1970s, and today she and her husband, Buddy, own and
The first Huckins launched in 1928 — talk about a bad time to start a business — but the name achieved real prominence in the
I ‘m a big fan of the quirky, minimalist look of a Huckins yacht. It’s a seagoing version of the Saab 900, the result of
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Meet the Revolutionary War-era whaleboat that helped the Culper Spy Ring outwit the British on Long Island Sound.
