Registered: November 2003 Location: Hamilton.New Zealand. Posts: 647
June-14-2005 11:50pm
Rating: 9
Thanks for the thrilling pictures,do not see many boats like that being built now.
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Sean Herron Scattered Focus
Registered: May 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC, CA. Posts: 1,084
September-24-2005 10:28am
Rating: 10
Hello...
Are those outside welded flatbar 'battens' - and if yes why did you do this over butt welding the seam with the batten inside - then fairing outside - just curious about your intentions and methods - I might be out to lunch all together, but I have never seen this done on a steel yacht - cheers ...
SH.
pollux Registered
Registered: September 2003 Location: belgium Posts: 52
September-27-2005 1:39pm
Hello Sean,
The 'battens' are joggles, they are formed by folding one plate over the other and double weld the seams, inside and outside.
This gives a stiffened area of 2.5" wide and 1/2" thick. They are on the outside to keep the inside flat against the frames.
It is not unusual in Holland to build classic yachts in this way (see http://bronsveen.nl)
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