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There is a welded anodized aluminum bow fitting with two cunningham sheaves, and three removable pins for two separate jib tack positions. The boat has bow and stern pulpits made of stainless steel, with double life lines and gates. Two goiot hatches and a spray shield are designed into the deck. [3]
The boat has a double spreader sloop rig with an extruded aluminum mast and boom. [11] The standing rigging is wire, and the running rigging includes internal main and genoa halyards, two genoa sheets, a mainsheet, a boom outhaul and topping lift, a four-part boom vang and preventer, and two flag and burgee halyards.
Aluminum and aluminum alloys are used both in sheet form for all-metal hulls or for isolated structural members. Many sailing spars are frequently made of aluminium after 1960. It is the lightest material for building large boats (being 15–20% lighter than polyester and 30% lighter than steel).
Ventilation is provided by seven opening cabin hatches. [3] The cockpit coaming, hand rails and toerails are all made from teak. There is an aluminum bowsprit and stainless steel pulpits at the bow and stern. [3] For sailing the design is equipped with winches for the mainsail, jib and mizzen halyards, genoa and mizzen sheets.
Butterworth hatches are not the main access hatches, but are the servicing hatches, and are generally closed with a metal cover plate with a gasket that is fastened to the deck by a number of bolts which stick up from the deck. Holes on the edges of the plate fit over these bolts and the cover is fastened down with nuts or dogs.
In 1954 George Garcia, owner of Falls City Flying Service, introduced the ‘Marinette’ which was an aluminum houseboat initially built as a twin-hulled cruiser. Choosing to use an aluminum-magnesium alloy, whereas previous attempts at an aluminum watercraft had mainly involved small row boats made of a copper-aluminum alloy , the same ...
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