The owner of this Seawind catamaran contacted us to replace the old canvas bimini which was in bad shape, with a hardtop. We have done a range of these and after looking at what was involved, a concept plan was developed. The ideal material for a lightweight strong hardtop is foam glassed with epoxy skins. […]
Foam Epoxy Hardtop – Composite Structures Medowie NSW
We have made many light-weight hardtops over the years. This one was made with Divinycell foam and epoxy laminate each side. It was built with 25mm of camber and a 40mm thickened edge around the perimeter. The brief was to make it as light as possible without being too delicate. There were posts that needed […]
Balsa core epoxy hardtop – Boat Modifications Williamtown NSW
We fitted a light-weight composite balsa core hardtop to this Allycraft. The top was formed over a jig and then glassed with epoxy each side. The posts were attached to the hardtop with composite sockets made to suit the post size. The posts were then pinned to the sockets and the bottom of the posts […]
Large Foam-epoxy hardtop
This job was a hardtop for a 40ft trimaran built from foam and epoxy. A jig was made for the foam to be formed over and once secured the foam was glassed. As soon as the glass was fully cured the hardtop was turned over and the underside was glassed. Some stiffeners were required and […]
Fair and paint custom stern
This customer had done some custom work to the back of this boat but it needed a professional touch. The work needed fairing and painting to produce a good finish. The blue super high build epoxy primer was blocked down for the final fair. The areas were painted in hardtop PU for the final high […]