Inside Angle: The Missing Napkin Sketch
April 19, 2022
A napkin sketch is usually an inessential piece of design ephemera. When a client requests to keep his, all hell breaks loose.
A napkin sketch is usually an inessential piece of design ephemera. When a client requests to keep his, all hell breaks loose.
As a longtime yacht designer, Bill Prince has seen it all. Some of it he can write about; some of it he can’t.
The hullside window divide continues to split boaters. As hullside windows increase in size and abundance, the only place they are still anathema is on sportfishermen.
The author recalls trying to wrangle a pesky catamaran and protect a beloved photographer.
As day-boats continue to grow in size, designer Bill Prince wonders if we’re not far off from the “day-superyacht.”
Bill Prince looks back on 25 years of attending the largest in-water boat show in the world: Ft. Lauderdale.
Are engine rooms in danger of becoming extinct? New and bigger propulsion options are changing the way boats are designed and enjoyed.
The iconic tuna tower’s end comes not with a bang but with a bzzz—drones are steadily gaining ground offshore. Bill Prince explains why.
Thanks in part to the Queen Mary’s paper-thin walls, Bill Prince is forced to take part in a couple’s anniversary celebration.
A blind, single-handed sailboat racer shows Bill Prince how anything can be overcome on a family cruise.
If you’re a longtime boater, there’s a good chance you’ve met THAT guy. Do you know the one? Worse yet, are you that guy?
When it comes to engineering, “close enough” is a recipe for disaster, and lemonade cans should not be a unit of measure.
Yacht designer Bill Prince is tasked with restoring a treasured Huckins to prior beauty, while upgrading her to cruise into the 21st century.
Design trends overseas have this designer wondering: Where have all the pretty boats gone?
A checklist for all the new (and not so new) boaters out there, to help look the part and keep the staring bystanders at bay.
A napkin sketch is usually an inessential piece of design ephemera. When a client requests to keep his, all hell breaks loose.
As a longtime yacht designer, Bill Prince has seen it all. Some of it he can write about; some of it he can’t.
The hullside window divide continues to split boaters. As hullside windows increase in size and abundance, the only place they are still anathema is on sportfishermen.
The author recalls trying to wrangle a pesky catamaran and protect a beloved photographer.
As day-boats continue to grow in size, designer Bill Prince wonders if we’re not far off from the “day-superyacht.”
Bill Prince looks back on 25 years of attending the largest in-water boat show in the world: Ft. Lauderdale.
Are engine rooms in danger of becoming extinct? New and bigger propulsion options are changing the way boats are designed and enjoyed.
The iconic tuna tower’s end comes not with a bang but with a bzzz—drones are steadily gaining ground offshore. Bill Prince explains why.
Thanks in part to the Queen Mary’s paper-thin walls, Bill Prince is forced to take part in a couple’s anniversary celebration.
A blind, single-handed sailboat racer shows Bill Prince how anything can be overcome on a family cruise.
If you’re a longtime boater, there’s a good chance you’ve met THAT guy. Do you know the one? Worse yet, are you that guy?
When it comes to engineering, “close enough” is a recipe for disaster, and lemonade cans should not be a unit of measure.
Yacht designer Bill Prince is tasked with restoring a treasured Huckins to prior beauty, while upgrading her to cruise into the 21st century.
Design trends overseas have this designer wondering: Where have all the pretty boats gone?
A checklist for all the new (and not so new) boaters out there, to help look the part and keep the staring bystanders at bay.
