Working with Composites

Catamaran Hull Damage Repair: What We Found Under a Bad Fix

Catamaran Hull Damage Repair: What We Found Under a Bad Fix When we bought Paikea there was a small repair above the rudders that didn’t sit right. The previous owner had a story about it — a cable, he said. We were fairly sure he was telling porky pies. Grinding it back confirmed it. The […]

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Engineering a Flush Fit: Recessing Skin Fittings for Less Drag & Better Flow

Flush Skin Fittings: Recycling Our Existing Through-Hulls for Less Drag The toilet inlet and the toilet outlet on Paikea were about 300mm apart. Anyone who has lived on a boat knows exactly what that means. The inlet was moving — three or four metres forward in the hull — and while we had the boat

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