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Friday, 02 September 2005
Most of our boats can be built in Aluminum.
The general structure will be identical and all the dimensions from the plans can be used. The weight of an aluminum boat will be very close to our plywood composite hull weight. The developable hull panels can be cut in aluminum directly from our plans.
However, we will not specify plate thickness and required stiffeners. If you contemplate the building of an aluminum boat, you should be familiar with those requirements.
For plating, you should use alloys such as 5052 or 5086, for extrusions, 6061 or 6063. |
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