Herald Tribune
A California maker of stand-up paddleboards sets up shop at Port Manatee. “A California-based stand-up paddleboard company has big plans to grow the specialty watersport in Southwest Florida.” Read More
Sea Magazine Journey Cat 47 LRC Review
The plan is for the 47LRC to be a family cruiser, capable of covering long distances in comfort, like a trawler. To that end, the boat has wave-piercing bows, like many passenger and cargo ferry cats, instead of planing hulls. That design produced a soft ride on San Francisco Bay’s moderate seas and is likely […]
Hovie SUP Comet Video
Hovie SUP developed the “Comet” race stand up paddleboard with world renowned Yacht Designer Tim Kernan of Kernan Yacht Design. Kernan designs have won major sailing regattas worldwide over the last ten years. We have an exclusive agreement to work together in the SUP world, they have created the next generation of SUP bottom design […]
SUP Radio Show
Stand Up Paddle Radio Show. Hear how Tim got the job of being the designer the Hovie SUP “Comet” race board. He tells us the concept of the extra wide tail, wetted surface, drag, lift and stability as opposed to a pintail design. Tim gives us a complete physics lesson on what makes a board […]
Top 10 Powerboats in Newport
The Kernan designed 48′ powerboat, now called “Drumbeat”, was recently picked as #4 in the top 10 powerboats in Newport Harbor by the Daily Pilot.
Stealth Arrives Under the Radar
Sneaking across the border from Canada is the Stealth, a solo dinghy with plenty of zip. “When Chuck Allen, de facto dinghy expert on our Boat of the Year selection panel, gets excited about a new boat, we know it’s a good one. Granted, it doesn’t take much more than an adrenaline bump to get […]
Kernan 68 Review
“One of the most successful boats in Southern California this past year was Peligroso, a Tim Kernan design aimed at reviving the good old days. As Kernan tells it, “The two owners had sailed almost everything—the 70s, the Beneteaus, the Transpac 52s, and the yachts with canting keels. But the question they kept asking each […]