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The Plastiki is a 60-foot (18 m) catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled PET plastic and waste products. [2] Michael Pawlyn [3] of Exploration Architecture worked on the concept design with David de Rothschild and helped to shape some of the key ideas.
Early boats, wooden and GRP, used buoyancy bags fixed under the benches and thwarts for internal buoyancy but nowadays foam reinforced plastic boats have built in buoyancy tanks improving stiffness and removing much of the maintenance associated with air-filled bags. Wooden boats still tend to have buoyancy bags to the rear and a forward bulkhead.
At the time of its launch it was the largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) constructed yacht in the market and because of its excellent racing history, one of the most famous Swan models ever built. The first 65-footers were delivered to owners in 1973, and the production continued until 1989 with 41 hulls built in total.
Pearson 424 Pearson 323. Pearson Yachts was a sailboat manufacturer founded by Everett Pearson and Clinton Pearson in 1956. [1] One of the first fiberglass sailboat manufacturers, they grew rapidly during the 60s and 70s, while also developing and designing new boats.
First nine boats built by Foley of Ringsend. Other boats built by local amateur builders of Bray, Devon boat building school and Galway bost building school, Barna: Bray Sailing Club (founded 1896) No active fleets: Two new boats built in Bray by amateurs in 2014. [3] 1896: GBR/IRL: Colleen: L.O.A. 6.71m. James E. Doyle of Kingstown: Various ...
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The company received a government contract for 3000 boats in 1957. Inspectors expecting a payoff began rejecting boats the company made when they received no compensation. At the end of the year, Correct Craft had delivered 2,200 approved boats but had 600 rejects on hand. The chief inspector returned 40 of the previously accepted boats.
Chris-Craft Boats was an American boat manufacturer founded by Christopher Columbus Smith (1861–1939). [1] The company was sold by the Smith family in 1960 to NAFI Corporation , which changed its name to Chris-Craft Industries in 1962.