Ships – Boats – boat component – or attachment – Hull construction
Patent
1998-03-03
2000-02-08
Sotelo, Jesus D.
Ships
Boats, boat component, or attachment
Hull construction
264219, B63B 524
Patent
active
060217324
ABSTRACT:
A method of fabricating boat hulls is provided. A first piece of molding material is contoured on a concave mold in a particular position dependent on predetermined desired hull parameters to form a first hull half panel. The concave mold has a compound surface, which constitutes a portion of the surface of a torus having a constant radius and an elliptical cross-section. The first piece of molding material is allowed to set and is then removed from the concave mold. A second piece of molding material is contoured on the concave mold in substantially the reverse profile of the first piece of molding material to form a second hull half panel, the second hull half panel being a substantially mirrored image of the first hull half panel. The second piece of molding material is allowed to set and is removed from the concave mold. The first hull half panel and the second hull half panel are then bonded together to form a boat hull. The above steps can then be repeated to produce numerous boat hulls having any number of varying hull parameters from the same concave mold.
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