we over-built? this Pilot Cutter 32 ft LOD hull in routered strip planking to 2 1/2". Douglas fir under LWL; and White Spruce topsides; barbed bronze nails fastened ; glued in West System epoxy + three layersx3mm mahogany veneer.
Pilot Cutter epoxy strip planking and cold molded; was built in Institutul de Ape Bucharest Romania 1999; for American Randy willard.Rudder laminated.
Spars were laminated in white spruce.No engine was installed.fastenings siliconic bronze.Bulwarks cold molded mahogany.
the deck and cockpit are sandwich teak/epoxy/pvc foam; cockpit backrest in laminated mahogany.
the glass sheating method proved quite labor&materials intensive.
keel and stems are oak laminated
bottom hull 3 layers biaxial fiberglass set in epoxy reinforced by laminated massive longitudinal stringers. floors laminated double direction
it was before the advent of digital camera revolution.
I designed the interior of this boat in a classic style.
Looking aft through companionway doors made in teak (center); on both sides mahogany louvered doors cabinets; wich on the other side of the bulkhead act as consoles.
mahogany top charts&cofee desk
teak louvered doors and hatch
composite console portside
sliding cold molded lateral windows
opening front windows mahogany
I designed twin consoles into the bathroom at the forward section of the hull ; supporting the sink and acting as an extension of the bed on the cabin side of the bulkhead.
the bulkhead is as well reinforcing the cabin.
in order to make better use of the space at the companionway area I...
after 2 years and 3 months the old racer is back on water.
new cold molded hull and new dynel&epoxy deck; plus all steel framing and fastenings changed with laminated framing bze fasteings
this was the first total rebuild and restauration ever performed arround here
aceasta a fost...
the framing was rebuilt in laminated wood;
old rotten bottom was changed with new cold molded bottom in plywood&epoxy;
the 200 hp chris craft engine was rebuilt. we as well did the re-varnishing and repainting; rechroming of all hardware
deck was rebuilt by taking off the weakened plywood on fastenings rows upon the beams,and scarfing in new plywood; adding a cold moulded solid wood sheer strake, adding a solid wood&epoxy forward section, and reinforced by dynel&epoxy.all steel deck as well as hull fastenings were...