Author Archives: Brian Wold

I haven't blogged about Zeus for a while. In Miami, I tested boats with Zeus drives from CAT and from Yanmar which showed me that by choosing Zeus over the other azipod drive system, we left open our customer's options … Continue reading →

Here in Maine we have seasons just like everyone else does but we have an extra one. It's called "mud season". That's the time between the really good sledding and when the black flies start biting. We don't really think about … Continue reading →

I am an observer of people. That's what marketing people do, They observe and then react with solutions to concernsor desires that have been expressed by potential clients. Electrical systems controls are a pet peeve of mine. Whoever wrote the … Continue reading →

When you live here in Maine and the winter starts to drag on, the very mention of sunshine picks you up, This week, prior to decking the new Sabre 40, we installed the optional Webasto sun roof which we have used with great success … Continue reading →

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 →