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Basic construction is double teak lamination. All components are burmese teak, except the keel is heavy hard yellow balau.
All is sunk in 5 layers of West 207 epoxy and one 100 gsm clear satin weave cloth. Under water line is 200 gsm cloth. Some parts have been reinforced with several layers of 200 gsm (such as stem).
Epoxy has been protected by 9 layers of PU.
The pictures speak for themselves, you will easily identify their location. We are at about 20,000 hours, but since this is the first one, we believe next will take half.
Note that timber color variations fade with time (hull shows many clear colours)
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Thanks all for the comments, that is rewarding. I also have to say thanks to my team, because I am a real pain in somewhere, and for sure, they do not get used to that quality level, and to my behavior neither..
As for drilling the holes, on the dash board, it will depend of what the guy wants to hook, and I will indicate how to or do it.
If I sell the boat locally, I will drill the holes by myself. I know they are standard holes, but it is no big deal. Just to re epoxy inside the bored walls.
I do not know. Have to see what it did cost first. What I know is that we are the only ones in the world to make that in full burmese teak, this is a single piece, finishing (according to some boat business that visited) hass not been seen yet, and it is build like a tank. I do not see this being used as a functional boat but more as an annexe to a yacht.
So I guess there is money there. Our real business has nothing to do with boats, I just keep that as a side hobby, and to convince our customers that I have an idea about what quality means. I am not meant to loose or to make money out of boats.
Actually, this boat is also a revenge towards a designer that did an original drawing full of astronomical flaws and mistakes. He was mandated by a customer. He obviously had no clue of wooden boats. I asked him many details on the construction, and he could never reply. Instead of accepting his mistakes (which were even obvious to his customer), he said I was an idiot. So I want him now to see this boat. This is my own design, but he will know why this boat looks like this.
If his drawings were not protected, I would love to put them here on the web for the laugh.
So a boatbuilder pisses you off, tells you that you are an idiot, you tell him how it should be done and that you would do it better even though you don't build boats, then you follow through with it! Wow.... Great follow through. I guess that's the last time anybody around there doesn't take you seriously!
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Yes I have them, although I would have preferred them bigger. If it stiches the future owner, I still can make them larger.
As for the designer, I never said I would do it better than him. His project was just not viable. The boat (originally 8 meters) would have collapsed under its own weight. 300gsm cloth was his only reinforcement without a single rib or stem/keel knee. The board was just supposed to come and kiss the keel without rabbet line. From one drawing to another there were 70cm differences (errors). I have also completely amended the look. But I must admit that his look was darn nice. But mine is mine
Client finally dropped the designer and asked me to go ahead with my ideas. The 8 meters keel jiggs and stem were already there, awaiting client's deposit, but poor guy seemed broke. I then had free hands to play my own boat. I did it w/o drawings. It was probably more difficult than to go ahead like this.
The hull was finished, I had no clue yet how long the front and rear deck would be, how I would support the floor and many details. Some were thanks to the help of THT'ers.
But yes, I have build other boats, but on small scale. You can see on my signature imagestation.
Teak 20' speed boat wood work is finished 
