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Hempel’s silicone-based paint has been on the market since 2012, when it represented a revolution in thinking about fouling ...

In the grand scheme of things, paint is really just makeup for boats. Alone, it’s not at all sexy; it looks like just another medium. But artfully applied on a perfectly faired canvas by hands that ...

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Aluminum fuel tanks can corrode in a marine environment, though much depends on how well they are protected belowdecks from salt water. Shielded from briny water, tanks can last forever, but on some ...

For “Flow Separation,” a new public artwork in New York, artist Tauba Auerbach repainted an historic fireboat with a diagram based on WWI Dazzle ships and fluid dymanics. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery ...