SUPERSAIL WORLD 75 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2018
but more work is required to determine precisely how to
engineer the panel joints in a hull to the satisfaction of
classification societies.
So advanced composite yacht construction for large
yachts could become similar to building with sheets of
pre-formed aluminium or metal. In other words, the flat-pack
or pre-fabrication approach. How is Fibre Mechanics achieving
this? First, a team of expert yachtbuilders, whose experience
in composites can be traced back to the late 1970s, has been
assembled under the leadership of Geoff Stock, who was
THE GRAPHIC SHOWS
THE AMOUNT OF FLAT
PANEL BULKHEADS IN
THE GUNBOAT 68
PROJECT (BELOW)