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The quirks of boat design

Fashion or function? If you've been around boats for a while, you may have seen these fashion statements pop up on the water.
Those who work in this field of racing sailboat design require enthusiasm and experience. Those who work successfully in designing racing sailboats also need boldness and creativity. A sailboat moves ...
When Hunter Marine, the sailboat builder in Alachua, opened its plant 30 years ago, the owner, president and CEO, Warren Luhrs, set out to make a sailboat that would sell to what haughty people might ...
The rate at which technology is advancing, industry after industry is seeing incredible advancements and innovations. One industry, sailing, is seeing advancements at an alarming rate. One design team ...
The mission of Sailing World‘s Boat of the Year Awards, now more than two decades running, is to acknowledge and highlight the best in performance sailboat design, construction, and overall execution.
The genesis of the MC38 One-Design, said its designer Harry Dunning, was to provide a pure raceboat for owners coming from the Farr 40 or Melges 32 classes. The design brief was therefore simple: ...