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Richard “Dick” Valdes and Maurice V. Threinen founded Glass Laminates, a fiberglass contract company, in 1958. Among the early products were camper shells and producing canoes for Sears. The company eventually focused its development expertise on sailboats and became Glass Marine Industries (GMI), marketing their boats under the Columbia ...
The fiberglass boats have balsa cores for the hull and the decking. The boat has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem , an angled transom , a rounded, transom-hung, fiberglass rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable fiberglass centerboard , operated by a winch with a 10:1 mechanical advantage .
Cal Yachts (also known as Jensen Marine and Cal Boats) was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa , California , headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders.
Correct Craft released its first Ski Nautique boat, the first fiberglass ski boat, designed by Leo Bentz, in 1961. [ 3 ] [ 9 ] [ 5 ] It was the world's first tournament inboard ski boat. [ 1 ] In 1986, SeaWorld signed a contract with Correct Craft to supply Ski Nautique boats for ski shows at their marine parks.
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened into a sheet called a chopped strand mat, or woven into glass cloth .
The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the standard keel. [1] [3] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor mounted in centerline well, for docking and maneuvering. [1] [3] The design has sleeping accommodation for four people. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder.
Image credit: Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images. 1. BATHTUB SCRUB. Formula: Grapefruit + Salt How-To: You can always use baking soda and vinegar, but we prefer this fresh-smelling citrus combo ...
USS Regulus hard aground in 1971 due to a typhoon: after three weeks of effort, Naval salvors deemed it unsalvageable.. Marine salvage takes many forms, and may involve anything from refloating a ship that has gone aground or sunk as well as necessary work to prevent loss of the vessel, such as pumping water out of a ship—thereby keeping the ship afloat—extinguishing fires on board, to ...