Strongplank material

[dtortarolo]

I'm designing a cruiser/racer sailboat 40' long, I heard about Strongplank materials, I find some information on the net, but I did not find anything about the product maker. Is some body on this forum could help me about this technology and where to get the product?
Thanks for your help

[TeddyDiver]

http://www.vq32.com/partners/index.html I reckon one of the vq32 partners have additional information.. some of the dutch maybe?

[Herman]

Strongplank is no more...

However, one of our clients was highly depending on Strongplank, and he bought the machines to produce it. To cut a long story short, actually we are now doing it for him.

I have not put together a new website yet, but if anyone wants info, I can send it.

[GML]

I am considering buying a large catamaran made from strongplank and any information about this material would be gratefully received. Thanks

[Herman]

What info do you need? One of my customers owns the machinery to produce it, and has a website (only in Dutch):

www.everstrip.nl

Contact him for more info.

In general, a very sturdy material, which produces good boats.

[GML]

Many thanks, I will contact everstrip. I had the impression it was no longer in use and thought there may be a reason but I am reassured by your comments.
Regards

[Herman]

Strongplank ceased production, however not from a structural point of view.

Everstrip bought the machinery to do it, but together with Everstrip we developed a more clean and cost effective production for producing the strips.

[waikikin]

Herman, please enlighten us on the nature of strongplank/Everstrip, I'm assuming its a foam-uniglass stripping material but keen to know more, I looked at the website but my understanding of Dutch is very limited. Regards from Jeff

[Herman]

Basicly, it is a foam core (Airex C70.55 if I recall correctly) which has biax (±45) and uni fibers around it. Impregnated with polyester resin, and sanded after cure.

I am not able to access my files right now, but I will see what I can come up with later.

[sissi]

have you seen this product line? http://preforms.com/

[Herman]

Prisma preforms are for quickly applying a reinforcing grid in a production boat. There are also more simple shapes, which reinforce a hull shell. But you need a shell first! And that is where Everstrip comes in...