Professional BoatBuilder - December-January 2018

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n Boatbuilding Lore: When  berglass boats were

introduced, many people were afraid they would

shatter like glass. The years between 1940 and 1970 saw

great changes in boatbuilding, which editor-at-large,

Dan Spurr, author of Heart of Glass: Fiberglass Boats

and the Men who Built Them, documents in an online

archive. Click on the “Wood to Glass” category to see

what we’ve got.

n Search Us: Do you need more information on a

speci c topic? Or are you looking for past stories by

one of our authors? Nigel Calder, for example, began

examining the possibility of hybrid engines back in

2007. (It took almost 10 years for viable options to
      arrive, as he explained in “We Can Have Hybrids,”
      Professional BoatBuilder No. 164). Search the magazine’s
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Heart of Glass

Aaron Porter

Steve D’Antonio

n Systems Online:^ In

“Making Reliable Solder-Free

Connections,” technical editor

Steve D’Antonio shares his

techniques for reliable crimps.

It’s the latest in our series of

brief but informative articles

on marine systems. This series

is regularly updated, and can

only be found on Proboat.com.

To explore, click our “Systems”

category or search keywords on

the website.

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