scandinavian boat design

[Sudarikov]

Hello everybody!

I am very interrested in understanding trends of nordic design.
Could you please tell me names of boat brands or factories who produsу good motor yachts for Canada, Alaska, scandinavian countries?

Do any one know good factories or shipyard which are situated in thet contries???

Thank you. It is VERY important for me.

[CGN]

China, big on boat building, use Google to search for companies over there,

Cheoy lee or http://www.yantai-raffles.com/

this link have some of the names of boatyards in china

http://www.boattechchina.com/conference/conference_speakers.htm

[Sudarikov]

Realy interresting sites! Espetialy chinese language :)

[CGN]

Don't worry about the language, most of the people on charge speaks english also a lot of the projects are for english spoken clients, so if you are looking for work, china is growing, and like i said a lot of this yards work use English as their primary communication language

good luck

[Michael Chudy]

Look at http://www.mooseislanddesign.com
Sven is Norwegian and has some interesting designs.

[Raggi_Thor]

NORBOAT is the Norwegian boating industry association.
This is their list of members producing boats:
http://www.norboat.no/index.php?page_id=45&article_id=341

There are links to most of the manufacturer's homepage.
Most of them build motor boats, and most of them are suited for rough conditions, most of the boats are quite small in your eyes, I guess.

Here are some of the best known names:
http://www.askeladden.no/frameset.php
http://www.djupevaag.no/home.html
http://www.fjordboats.no/cms/index.php?id=651&L=0
http://www.ghbat.no/ (Norwegian only, and smaller boats up to 23')
http://www.hansvik.no/ (Good reputation, bought Rhino 3D from me :-)
http://www.cormate.com/ (their 27-footer became "boat of the year 2006")
http://www.nidelv.no/
http://www.rana-plast.no/Rana_640.html (small fishing boats, mostly)
http://www.sagaboats.no/index.php?lang=en "cabincruisers"
http://www.viksund.no/en/ more "cabincruisers" but also fishing boats
http://www.windy.no/flash/range.asp bigger boats...

[Pericles]

I would also suggest http://www.dolvik.no/boats.htm. Their construction methods are well illustrated here. http://www.dolvik.no/construction.htm

A trip over the border would reveal http://www.strand-craft.com/

Another respected builder is Sam Devlin who can be reached through http://www.boatbuilder.org./

Duckworks is another excellent place to surf. http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/plansindex.htm

Pericles

[StianM]

This is a good boat in my opinion.

The hull is 30mm thick and the functionalety is good.
The finish on the woodwork inside is not perfect in my opinion and the design is old. The police has some, the fishery department has two and they are popular as taxiboats and ambulance boats since they ride good in the sea and have high speed.

The thick hull save it from debris in the water and ice.

http://www.morejet.no/

[Raggi_Thor]

I think a lot of the boats produced in Norway are very old designs.
Sometimes the superstructure and layout are "modernised", but the hull mold is the same as in 1980 or 1970 :-)

My neighbors here in Trondheim just made a brand new 30 feet fishing boat a "speed sjark" :) Modelled in Rhino and the plugs for all parts cnc milled in Finland. www.selfa.no (Norwegian only)

[Sudarikov]

Realy interresting sites!!!
May be some one can give info about boats made for frost?
To sail in -10 degree for example

[Raggi_Thor]

For a motor boat, isn't that mostly a question of heating?
Webasto is quite popular here :)
Forgot: All the small fishing boats are used year round.

[Sudarikov]

Raggi_Thor, you say that mostly in frost usage it is a question of heating, and what about doors of motor yachts, materials of a deck, equipment, and so on? May be there are some constrution element which arу needed just in frost? What is the best way to make sun showing plane on a boat to make it comfortable and undestroyable in frost air?

There are some problems i wrote, but may be any one knows more? Give me ideas please. Imagine yuor seiling on 14m motoryacht, what thing would you like to see on a board?

[Raggi_Thor]

Condensation on the inside of the hull is one problem.
Sandwich is better than single skin.
Single skinned working boats are normally insulated on the inside, while recreational boats often are not.
Working boats often have double glass in the windows also.

I don't think I understand what you mean exactly here: "What is the best way to make sun showing plane on a boat to make it comfortable and undestroyable in frost air?"

[Sudarikov]

Raggi_Thor, i ment how to construct soft place for tan on top of a boat which will not go bad on a frost.

[Pericles]

Sudarikov,

Take the mattress below decks before the frost arrives. http://www.greatbeanbags.com/?gclid=CMn8o4v04owCFRnjEAodmQWl1Q

Pericles

[Sudarikov]

:) mattress insede? - OK :) What about usage of radiators? Do some one know about this? One guy said that for this conditions i have to put radiators on all wals around. Is it?

[Raggi_Thor]

Yes, that's probably the best method, a removeable sun bed.

[Pericles]

Sudarikov,

Boat heating can vary from something simple like this http://www.bengco.co.uk/
to this http://www.eberspacher.com/marine1.php?section=marine
and this. http://www.boatcentralheating.co.uk/

These sites should cover most of your needs.

Pericles

[Raggi_Thor]

Nice links.
It's very useful to take heat from the engine's cooling water, but also to have a silent diesel burner when in port.

[Sudarikov]

Realy SUPER links, Thank you, Pericles!