Yearly Archives: 2010
Trim Tab Talk Sabre 52 with Volvo IPS
Last winter Sabre built it's first 52 Salon Expresswith the Volvo IPS pod drive train. In this scenario the owner sought no new interior accommodation plans and was more interested in the pod technology, the joy stick docking and of … Continue reading
Shoji and the Sabre 456 Sailing Yacht
About ten years ago I was at the Genoa (Italy) Boatshow and I visited with a good friend who had recently launched a very traditional looking powerboat called the Romantica 55. I wanted to see how her Italian builder had interpreted … Continue reading
Today I am a panelist at the Sail America conference imn. Annapolis. Having a great time and hearing great speakers
Staying out of the sun (or rain)
So there we were last weekend. The rain started when we left work on Friday and stopped Sunday just after sunset ( I think because I could not actually see the sun). So to get even with the weather gods … Continue reading
Sabre’s 40th Anniversary Rendezvous
Our 40th Anniversary Rendezvous in Boothbay Harbor Maine is rapidly approaching and the number of owners who have signed up to celebrate this great event with us is even more than we had hoped for. This image was taken at … Continue reading
Social aspects of the Sabre Salon Express
In contemporary home design, exterior and interior spaces are physically separate but designed so that they can be joined quickly by opening large doorways and windows. The Salon Express designs that we offer take this same concept to join together … Continue reading
Sabre 46 Salon Express gets underway
Our tooling project for the Sabre 46 Salon Express is advancing quickly at Marine Concepts' shop. Our in-house designers are now ensconced in the details of the deck mold while the hull plug (seen here) is off and running. The process … Continue reading
Tinned wire. Yawn !
Not exactly a hot topic I know but some days you just need to speak about things that are important and hope someone is listening. That's the beauty of the blog. You can get up on your soap box and … Continue reading
The Sabre 456 is coming to life
I like color renderings. As a student I was a pencil and paper drawing guy with aspirations in the field of architecture and so I truly appreciate the skills required to create a rendering such as this one. I also … Continue reading
Lower helm Justified.
Not many power boat designs in the under 50 foot category offer both upper and lower helms. In the 1960's the first "convertible" was introduced to the market. These boats eliminated the lower helm and blacked out the lower windshield. As the story goes … Continue reading