18ft Skiffs - Building a High Tech 18ft Skiff

10:38 AM Wed 24 Nov 2010 GMT

'honeycomb core being laid over two skins of carbon fibre' Frank Quealey &copy /Australian 18 Footers League

Construction of the modern 18ft Skiff hull is obviously critical to its performance and longevity as a highly competitive racing machine, so the building of these high-tech hulls can only be assigned to the talents of a top class boat builder. Van Munster Boats, at Morisset (north of Sydney), has been the registered builder of all18ft Skiff hulls in Australia for the past five years. To give us some idea of how the task is undertaken, Brett Van Munster gives a simple explanation of what is a highly technical and very precise building process. 'Our challenge is to build boats ...

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by Frank Quealey