Machined fittings for the A Class cat in anodised aluminium, stainless steel, plastic and bronze. Contact us for more info or for your custom CNC machining requirements. CarbonicBoats can take you from an idea or sketch, through 3d modelling, to finished components in any quantity…Read More
Chris Woods, John Fisher, and Roger Paul, have been building the latest incarnation of our Rubicon 10 Rater under license. They have added their own touches in deck layout and fit-out, and the project is moving along nicely. Production of our Marblehead Katana in house is underway. Our IOM is next on the list as, for...Read More
Blogging about the new A Cat should resume soon after a pause enforced by transport times. Getting everything in one place across this big country is a bit of a logistical challenge… A Class Cat mould making has now started in earnest. Rolls of the black stuff visible too.Read More
The process and resin we are using for our Katana Marblehead are optimised to obtain the best ratio of resin to reinforcement fibres. In practice this means minimising the amount of resin that cures around the fibres which are themselves a fixed quantity determined by the weight and number of layers of carbon fabric put...Read More
No new interesting images this week since parts are on the road and other projects tick along in that phase where a lot of work takes place but the visible differences are small…For now, here is a video of the Aptec CNC machine at work on the A Cat rudder plugs. Thanks to all our regular...Read More
Machining of plugs is complete. Next week they will leave the Aptec facility. After a few days in transit lamination of the female moulds can begin. Our decision to invest time and resources on highly detailed plugs should hopefully make the next steps more efficient.A few words on what you can see in the images:...Read More
Recent consultancy work on the Carbonix side of CarbonicBoats. Once again, we are not allowed to show much given the nature of the project (UAV with defence applications – think a six metre wingspan bird). There are definitely interesting parallels with foiling sailboats, especially with respect to dynamic stability.Read More
We saw in Part 1 and Part 2 that generalised statements about the handling qualities of ‘wave piercing’ bows miss the point that bow profile is a reflection of sectional volume distribution, which is a much more useful indicator of design priorities.Multihull bow sections have recently tended to carry volume lower down rather than above...Read More
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