Survey of yachts and related equipment made of plastics and shown at International Boat Show in London in 1969; exhibition was notable for number of top yacht designers now utilizing glass fiber reinforced polyester as materials in its own right with its own built-in design possibilities; experimental alloy mast which, for extra stiffening, had been sheathed in carbon fiber reinforced resin; other metal mast filled with foam; hovercraft, designed to carry 60 passengers at 35 knots, is equipped with polyester glass side walls; vacuum formed vessels in ABS and polyethylene, and many other boats. (20030)
British plastics looks at boat show
Brit Plast
British Plastics ; 42 , n 2
1969
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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