Boatbuilding
Marine Results NDT uses fluourescent dye
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More than one reason to keep safety in view
What does training, or for that matter equipment checks, mean to commercial retailers and suppliers? Stevie Knight asks... 14 May 2013 - Boating Business
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Getting out when things get scarey
A simple fact of life is that boats can capsize, and while an open deck will just tend to dump crew and passengers in the water, cabins are another matter, writes Stevie Knight. 14 May 2013 - Boating Business
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Lifejackets: issues still need thought
The lifejacket message is getting there – you only have to look at the figures, writes Stevie Knight. But choosing which type still needs thinking through 14 May 2013 - Boating Business
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Raising the alarm
EPIRBs are wonderful things, but there are issues getting people to do the decent thing and register them, writes Stevie Knight 14 May 2013 - Boating Business
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No hassle bells and whistles
Are the days of spending endless frustrating hours trying to set up systems and getting them to talk to each other really over, asks Katina Read? 14 May 2013 - Boating Business
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Sailing into the green
The newly launched GreenCat 605 brings together a number of ecofriendly concepts – but builder African Cats says the 61ft boat is 'luxury comfortable' with four cabins, king sized beds and en suite bathrooms. 28 Nov 2012 - Boating Business
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Light, long distance and reliable
Although it might be a good idea for many kinds of sailboat, when it comes to long distance attempts, hydrogen fuel cells are almost a match made in heaven. 28 Nov 2012 - Boating Business
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The future is already here
There are some truly innovative and green onboard power solutions around that can cover almost any application - big and small, race and cruise, sail and motorboats, writes Stevie Knight 20 Nov 2012 - Boating Business
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No need for sacrifice
There are a growing number of customers with a green conscience, but a large expectation where comfort’s concerned, explains Paul Holland of Energy Solutions UK. 20 Nov 2012 - Boating Business
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Entertaining complex ideas
The weird and wonderful is part of the job for electronic systems, but space on board also has multiple uses, writes Stevie Knight 28 Sep 2012 - Boating Business
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When style means simple
It’s no longer a case of delivering ‘bells and whistles’, it's now a case of bells-and-whistles-with-no-complications, writes Stevie Knight 28 Sep 2012 - Boating Business
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Downstream of watermaker sales
There are two schools of thought on watermaker ‘consumables’. One is that it’s a good way of keeping a customer base, another is that the consumer would rather pay a little more upfront and be free of ties, writes Stevie Knight 23 Aug 2012 - Boating Business
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Water: what kind of ‘budget’ are you on?
The choice of watermaker comes down largely to the kind of ‘economy’ that’s of most concern, whether this is cost, power, or the water budget onboard, writes Stevie Knight. 23 Aug 2012 - Boating Business
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Defining wifi without the waffle
Despite wifi’s growing presence onboard, it has its limitations. “Wireless should be an addendum, the wire should be the core because it’s reliable,” points out Andy Campbell of Actisense. 30 Jul 2012 - Boating Business
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What do people want?
Paul Sumpner of Digital Yacht adds that there is a lot of development, “but part of the art is knowing what the market wants, and bringing it along with you, not alienating people by giving them something they just don’t understand or can’t make use of.” 30 Jul 2012 - Boating Business