Yearly Archives: 2009

Nida Core is a honeycomb coring the material that we chose on the Sabre 52 to give that boat sound levels (I should call them quiet levels) that have rarely before been seen in planing powerboats. That design achieved 75 … Continue reading →

For the casual observer,not a lot of attention is paid to the side door that we have worked so hard to incorporate into the Sabre 40. Some readers may not have even noticed the door in the renderings but it is a really big deal … Continue reading →

Modern boats have thousands of feet of electrical wiring in them. Unlike your house that only has AC wiring, a boat also has DC or 12 volt wiring. There are plenty of sub topics when it comes to wiring so … Continue reading →

  Connecting interior and exterior spaces is the latestdesign challenge in the motor yacht industry and our own Sabre Design team has come up with some innovative ideas. In this image Glen Campbell and Rick Paul from the engineering group … Continue reading →

From the first days of the discussion about the mid-galley we have thought that it would be a nice idea to break up the different cabin soles (a.k.a. floors) so that a crew member moving from one level to the … Continue reading →

Installation of the drive train system progressed on the Sabre 40 this week with the installation of the two Cummins QSB 5.9 380 hp standard engines. We've had plenty of experience with the QSB engines having installed many of them … Continue reading →

Boat building really is a big puzzle and only the designers and production people really know how everything is going to fit together. They have lived with it for about 18 months now, day and night. Once the assembly is … Continue reading →

With the hull of our first boat on the line, everyone from the hull team to mechanics and electricians are busy doing their part to make the Sabre 40 come to life. Our two top mechanics seen here took very … Continue reading →

European builders have been including their swim platforms in their LOA dimension for decades. When the EEC and our own US boat building standards groups got together to talk about it, the decision was made that a builder could include … Continue reading →

Two tone non-skid is a topic that puts a lot of people to sleep so I'll make it short. Gelcoated boat decks get their exterior color before anything else happens in the deck mold. Gelcoat (the paint color you see) is … Continue reading →