All articles by Bob Greenwood – Page 5

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    Marketplace | Outboards for 2008: 300hp added to Suzuki’s Ultimate 4-stroke outboard line-up for 2007

    2007-10-01T09:34:00Z

    Suzuki’s 2007 outboard range has now been expanded to include the new 300hp, the world’s most powerful 4-stroke outboard in the world. The new 300hp shows Suzuki’s commitment to building innovative and revolutionary outboards, making the 300hp the ideal choice for boats and RIBs that demand power and performance.At 4.0 ...

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    Marketplace | Outboards for 2008: Mercury Marine - Verado and OptiMax additions

    2007-10-01T09:33:00Z

    Mercury Marine has continued to fill out its Mercury/Mariner Verado top-end four-stroke outboard line with the addition of a new range-topping 300hp model and it’s most powerful four-cylinder unit to date to bear the Verado name, which is rated at 200hp. At the same time, it has reinforced its commitment ...

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    Marketplace | Outboards for 2008: BRP - Evinrude takes the high ground

    2007-10-01T09:32:00Z

    There’s now a clear separation between the two- and four-stroke ranges offered by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) between its Evinrude direct-injection two-stroke and four-stroke model ranges. In-house manufactured two-stroke Evinrude E-TEC outboards cover the power range between 40 and 300hp, while the Suzuki-sourced four-stroke outboards that are rebadged as Johnson ...

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    Marketplace | Outboards for 2008: Honda - lightening up

    2007-10-01T09:32:00Z

    With an annual production of 21 million engines, Honda claims to be the world’s largest producer of internal combustion blocks. Mostly petrol-powered, these range from tiny single-cylinder units for lawnmowers and portable generators to the 3.5lt V6 that, in marine applications, pushes out 225hp. It’s not surprising, therefore, that ...

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    Marketplace | Outboards for 2008

    2007-10-01T09:25:00Z

    Competition for boat transoms has been intensifying over the past couple of years as the big five outboard manufacturers that concentrate on the recreational marine market continue to vie with each other by bringing out evermore powerful models.

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    Preview Monaco 2007 Yacht Show | Superyacht central

    2007-09-01T15:53:00Z

    This year’s Monaco show is set to reinforce its position as the world’s prime meeting point for all sides of the superyacht business — from owners and buyers, builders, naval architects and designers, equipment and service providers to captains and crew. Bob Greenwood reports.

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    Propulsion | Volvo Penta: Pulling power

    2007-09-01T09:56:00Z

    With the launch this summer of its biggest-yet IPS drives, Volvo Penta has mounted a serious challenge to conventional shaft propulsion in the domain of express cruisers up to 27.4m (90ft) — and quite possibly beyond. Bob Greenwood reports.

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    Bateaux Archambault | Petite, pioneering and proud

    2007-08-01T09:58:00Z

    For a small production builder, French company Archambault has a big international reputation for distinctive performance sailboats that do well on the race course. Technically, it has been a leader too in its use of resin infusion and injection moulding.

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    Backlog | Alan Morgan : Tender Touches

    2007-08-01T09:50:00Z

    Making tenders to match the needs of today’s larger production and semi-custom yacht builders is an exacting process. Avon, which has been manufacturing inflatables in South Wales for about 50 years, should know. It has led the evolution from roll-up dinghies to Seasport Jet RIBs. Recreational marine director Alan Morgan ...

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    Composite Engineering |Trend: Sunroofs - Light work

    2007-06-01T11:23:00Z

    VTM carbon epoxy prepregs purpose engineered by ACG have helped British marine-glazing manufacturer Trend to develop a line of light and strong sliding sunroofs, which have opened up new design possibilities for a growing number of production boatbuilders.

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    Processes | Sweden Yachts & Ashland’s AME6000: Carbon copying

    2007-06-01T10:57:00Z

    Swedish contract-moulding firm Technofibre and its performance-cruiser builder client Sweden Yachts are now routinely infusing carbonfibre with Ashland’s AME6000 resin, a new-formula epoxy-vinylester hybrid.

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    Backlog | Göran Gummeson: Powering ahead

    2007-06-01T10:29:00Z

    With the press launch of more powerful IPS drives in June, Volvo Penta has signalled its intention to tackle the planing powercruiser market up to about 37m (120ft). Company president Göran Gummeson talks to bob greenwood about what has been achieved with this innovative propulsion system so far, and where ...

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    Marketplace: Inboards for 2007

    2007-02-01T16:01:00Z

    After a few years of frenetic development of emissions-compliant engines to meet new EPA and EU restrictions, the inboard engine market is starting to slow.

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    Application News | SolidWorks 3D: Solid gains

    2005-11-01T12:02:00Z

    Computer modelling makes it easier for designers and boatbuilders to visualise grand designs and translate them into finished boats. But some 3D programs make the transition easier than others, as Bob Greenwood discovered when he visited the Dixon Yacht Design studio in the UK.

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    Application News | Cruisair solution for Bénéteau: Air intake

    2005-07-01T11:04:00Z

    European production sailing-cruiser builders, loath to add complexity to their products, have been slow to offer air conditioning as a factory fitted option. Bénéteau claims to be the first to do so, following the start of a pioneering project with Dometic. Bob Greenwood visited the French builder to find out ...