wish ti manufacture cold molded hull 35meters

[Laurent]

I wish to make a (+/-100' - 35 meters) cold molded hull for a trip around the world for friends willing to retire...
I have knowledge on how to do a smaller hull but 35 meters is quite big and I need to know more.
Your help will be highly appreciated

[Venchka]

Hire a qualified Naval Architect with a VAST amount of experience with boats this size. People will be risking their lives on this vessel. 100' vessels are not to be taken lightly. Then contract with a yard which also has experience with boats this size.

That's my story and I'm standing by it.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[Buddy]

A look at Hodgkins Yacht's (in Maine) website would show you quite a bit about the scale of what's involved. They specialize in cold molded custom yachts in this size , and have done some bigger. This is mega millions territory for them so like was said above, it's worth hiring some extremely experienced talent for hand holding at the very least in the feasibility study of the project. A reality check as well. I'm sure if you've got the money and the time, somebody's in the business to help.

[Venchka]

Hodgdon and Bruce King seem to fit the criteria well. Thanks, Buddy.

Hodgdon Yachts (http://www.hodgdonyachts.com/contents.shtml)

Just add money. Lots of it.

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[RonW]

STEEL HULL - Have a architect design it, a ship yard to build it, and you oversee as well as finish it. Should be cheaper, more durable and easy to have repaired in any port world wide. That is my 2cents worth..maybe one of the 3 or 4 marine architects that visit this board will give a opinion.......steel should also have a good resale value world wide...

[TimothyB]

This fella is in Myanmar, so his material is probably Wood. :)

Steel is the best and cheapest choice for larger vessels. Period.

If you have a cheap source of wood, than you could build something of that size, but you MUST hire a designer to design one for you, and walk you through the construction!

The best piece of advice we can give here, I think, is to talk to an expert. Find a designer that you like and talk to him. There are many who have websites, but I would think that Ted Brewer would be a good one to talk to about this sort of thing.

http://www.tedbrewer.com/

[maa. melee]

Alot of old steel work boats end up as scrap. Maybe you can find an old coastguard cruiser, a huge tug, or something of the sort and restore it to you liking. But I wouldn't go with anything but steel for this project. Good luck.

[RonW]

Composite construction, might want to check this site out. These guys are using steel ribs with wood planking, decks, cabins and so forth. Might be worth considering or getting a qualified architect's opinion on

http://www.legendaryyachts.com/composit_construction.htm

Thats 4cents worth of advice,and that might be a little bit of a overcharge. You need as tim also says, a QUALIFIED MARINE ARCHITECT.

http://www.thomasecolvin.com/
here is a site and architect that might be worth looking at...

[ 12-01-2004, 07:53 PM: Message edited by: RonW ]

[Venchka]

Laurent,

Use the search feature of the Forum and search all of the boat related areas for the word Thailand. In the last few months, a very respected member of the Forum, paladin, posted a lot of information on having a boat built in Thailand. I'm sure it will benefit you greatly.

Here you go...

Thai Boatbuilding (http://media5.hypernet.com/cgi-bin/UBB/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=010319&p=)

Wayne
In the Swamp. :D

[ 12-01-2004, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: Venchka ]