The entire shell and the majority of the stiffening of the hull will be in hand laid FRP. The hull topsides will be gelled in Sunseekers’ exclusive XL gel coat for a white hull and NPG gel for a coloured hull to give the best possible weathering resistance and gloss retention. The hull below the waterline will be gelled with an NPG based gel coat. To optimise the resi tic blistering, the entire hull mould will have a skin coat of powder bound chopped strand matt with vinylester resin. It is recommended that the vessel is lifted at the end of each season in order to replace anodes and antifoul where necessary. The remaining hull shell consists of a single skin laminate in the bottom using multi-axial reinforcements with a substantial increase in thickness in the keel area; hull sides will be of a sandwich type construction. The hull shell will be stiffened by longitudinal stringers and deep girders, these in turn are supported by transverse bulkheads, FRP ring frames and watertight bulkheads. The longitudinal stiffeners will be of unidirectional and multi-axial plies over non-structural foam formers in way of stringers and over PVC foam engine girders.

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