touches appear at the engine box, which also houses the galley sink. Cruising couples are skipper, navigator, chef, steward and engineer, so anything that complicates their lives should be exorcised from the design. Alizé III's engine box opens like an easily recalled puzzle box, allowing easy reach of all ...

fiber by Composite Engineering. The carbon-fiber wishbone boom allows precise control of the sail ... with the ubiquitous stayed sloop. The freestanding rig, as Wylie and Composite Engineering have conceived it ... is severely tapered, allowing it to bend to leeward in gusts, depowering the sail. A properly engineered ...

to a good deal of head-scratching for John Reichel and Jim Pugh, as well as the R&J design/engineering ... of engineering. On other boats, the hydraulic rams that control this movement protrude well up inside the hull ... is a brilliant piece of engineering that works simply and soundlessly at the press of a button, pulling the boat ...

that delivery trips will be made under power. It will be cheaper to replace Mirabella 's two engines than ... -meter minesweepers here so they had the expertise in composite engineering, and they think big ... understanding of just how groundbreaking this yacht is, and what a design and engineering challenge she had been ...

of unreliability, Rivolta avoided the problem by using Corvette engines. The resulting cars were not only ... , the 90 takes full advantage of her slippery hull lines. She cruises at 13 knots with both engines turning 2300 rpm. With one engine, she cruises at 81/2 knots. Best of all, using a single engine drops the fuel ...

/50 boats. Fitzroy Yachts, a division of Fitzroy Engineering Group in New Zealand, built this 80-footer to showcase the company's expertise in the engineering and construction of large metal structures. From all ... and back without sanding bottom paint off the keel. When he fired up the 370 hp Lugger engine ...

and mechanicals, and the engineering, have created a stylish boat fitted out for serious cruising and bluewater ... liters per hour; a washer/dryer; a supplemental engine-driven bilge pump and washdown system; and air ... sole. The watermaker strainers and main inlet strainers are there, as well. Engine maintenance ...

result was a longer waterline for higher speed. The designer also set the engine just abaft the mast ... the firms. In Zìngaro, Derecktor's aluminum construction is impeccable, as is its engineering and finish ... , if not standing, headroom-houses the soft-mounted Caterpillar main engine, watermakers and other peripherals ...

trip last summer, though, that was most revealing. Athena is hull and rigging and engines ... . A well-situated foyer and engineer's control room help assure that no hint of engine noise will reach ...

our helmsman, Peter Smith, head of Hinckley 's engineering team, seemed an ordinary mortal ... , and putting the boat to bed after the day's sail. King contributed the artistry, Smith and his engineering ...