Mags UK - Thousands of Magazine Back Issues

Pricing Information

(Please select delivery location)

Product Description

April/May 2008 – Issue 31

Precision decision
Leading boatbuilder Sunseeker is using the latest CAD and CNC software from Alphacam to maximise and maintain the speed and quality of it production lines in the UK.

Good wood?
With Burmese teak becoming increasingly difficult to get hold of, new moves are being made to open up alternative supplies of sustainable, ethically produced, and equally high-quality teak timber from the forests of the Southern Sudan.

Bio-diversity, bio-adversity
The EU is now insisting on the implementation of mandatory biofuel regulations by 2010. EB investigates how future legislation — and engine technology — will affect the market.

Breaking story
Boatbuilders may be more responsible than they realise for the eventual recycling of their products. EB examines the latest cost assessments and European initiatives.

COVER STORY
Bertram Yachts: bigger fish
Evolving sports-fishing designs into more family-friendly cruising craft is helping US builder Bertram Yacht — owned by Italy’s Ferretti Group — to improve its export development strategy at a time when the domestic market continues to be sluggish.

Smooth operators
The future of antifouling systems and structural strengthening are about to be revolutionised by the impact of new technology — the use of carbon ‘nanotubes’.

PZero and the value of Pi
Italian builder Tecnorib has teamed up with tyre giant Pirelli to produce a stunning new craft that incorporates a digital switching system that replaces traditional electro-mechanical switches and circuit breakers.