Why Yacht Designs Need to be More than Art
June 18, 2015
After the high-tech sales pitch is done, all that’s left is hull and water.
After the high-tech sales pitch is done, all that’s left is hull and water.
Michael Peters can’t believe how far the outboard has come. Can you?
Did our columnist just refer to some boat designs as “butt-ugly junkyard dogs; the kind you wouldn’t want around your family?” Yes, yes he did. Read his argument for leaving naval architecture to the experts here.
Michael Peters shares his broker experience.
We sat down with some of the most famous boat racers of all time, and heard some good stories from the old days, and learned that lots of lessons about life on the water still apply today.
Michael Peters discovers that sometimes when you’re rebuilding a boat, the boat isn’t necessarily the most important part of the process.
It’s no secret that Russian money fuels a large portion of the megayacht industry. But will that last forever? Yacht designer Michael Peters has his doubts. Read his thoughts here.
Designing boats can be a tough business. Nobody knows that better than yacht designer extraordinaire Michael Peters. Here he imparts knowledge to a new class of boat designers, so that they may ably navigate the waters to come.
In his Sightlines column, Michael Peters asks an important and controversial question: Would having a gun onboard his boat actually make him safer, or just introduce new risks? Read here to see what he concluded.
In his latest Sightlines column Michael Peters takes a sobering look at the responsibilities of a captain, in good times and in bad. And he wonders a very important question; does the captain need to go down with the ship?
Michael Peters believes beauty has been sacrificed for headroom.
Passing on your love of boating to your kids isn’t always as easy as it seems.
A cautionary tale for all you weekend warriors out there.
After the high-tech sales pitch is done, all that’s left is hull and water.
Michael Peters has an anchoring problem.
Michael Peters can’t believe how far the outboard has come. Can you?
Did our columnist just refer to some boat designs as “butt-ugly junkyard dogs; the kind you wouldn’t want around your family?” Yes, yes he did. Read his argument for leaving naval architecture to the experts here.
Michael Peters shares his broker experience.
We sat down with some of the most famous boat racers of all time, and heard some good stories from the old days, and learned that lots of lessons about life on the water still apply today.
Michael Peters discovers that sometimes when you’re rebuilding a boat, the boat isn’t necessarily the most important part of the process.
It’s no secret that Russian money fuels a large portion of the megayacht industry. But will that last forever? Yacht designer Michael Peters has his doubts. Read his thoughts here.
Designing boats can be a tough business. Nobody knows that better than yacht designer extraordinaire Michael Peters. Here he imparts knowledge to a new class of boat designers, so that they may ably navigate the waters to come.
In his Sightlines column, Michael Peters asks an important and controversial question: Would having a gun onboard his boat actually make him safer, or just introduce new risks? Read here to see what he concluded.
In his latest Sightlines column Michael Peters takes a sobering look at the responsibilities of a captain, in good times and in bad. And he wonders a very important question; does the captain need to go down with the ship?
Michael Peters believes beauty has been sacrificed for headroom.
Passing on your love of boating to your kids isn’t always as easy as it seems.
Michael Peters takes aim at the good-old American battlewagon.
A cautionary tale for all you weekend warriors out there.
