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Monthly Archives: July 2025

NEW WORLD

By admin | Published: July 30, 2025
New World New 8 JuneShow less The ocean racing schooner New World was launched in New Zealand about 1971. 69′ x 13′, of light plywood construction, with a displacement of 30,000 lbs, 11,600 lbs of ballast, flush decks and no engine, she was pretty different. Her design was a collaboration between designer/builder John Spencer, and[.....]

LITTLE GOOSE

By admin | Published: July 29, 2025
There were actually four boats built to this mid-1950’s William Garden design. Garden has written that the first one, Little Goose for John Case, was one of his favorite boats. That might partially stem from her being built at Maritime Shipyards where Garden’s office was at the time, so he saw her every day. The[.....]

The Perfect Coastal Motorboat

By admin | Published: July 28, 2025
In 2010 I was involved with a group that wanted to design and build “The Perfect Coastal Motorboat”. A nice idea, group design, but in my experience it doesn’t work. The pushy-argumentative people always get their way and the others follow along. But any product “designed” by a group of non-designers will end generic in[.....]

Comparing the Performance of Boats

By admin | Published: July 27, 2025
Often it’s interesting to see just how one boat does against another. Usually this is done using weight or displacement, speed, and required power. Of course the tricky bit is comparing like with like, and getting accurate data. Don’t use the published weight, find out the real weight from an accurate scale or travell lift.[.....]

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