Briefly GMT building carbon crossbeams for big catamaran In jobs like this, which don’t fit a standard mold, strength, quality and consistency are critical.
GMT Composites, in Bristol, R.I., is crafting crossbeams for a 70-foot catamaran. At 34 feet in length each, these three crossbeams are made up of some serious carbon. They are a reinforced box construction with internal bulkheads made from pre-preg carbon. Designed to withstand bending loads over 400,000 foot-pounds, the skins are, in places, over an inch thick. Each beam will weigh over 700 pounds and yield a 900-pound weight savings when compared to a comparable aluminum structure. FMI: www.gmtcomposites.com
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Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Conn., has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities totaling $195,000. The funds will be used to develop programming around “The 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan” and support the Frank C. Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies at Mystic Seaport. The Museum received a $40,000 “Bridging Cultures” planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Public Programs to plan “In the Wake of the Whalers: American Identity and Worldview as Shaped by our Whaling Heritage.” This major national public programming initiative will revolve around the 1841 whaleship and the vessel’s voyage to historic ports-of-call along the northeastern seaboard in summer 2014. FMI: www.mysticseaport.org. The Compass Project, in Portland, Maine, has announced that some of its students will be building submarines at the boat shop This five-week pilot program, which started in November, introduces basic engineering and design principles through the construction of underwater, remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs). Volunteer coordinator and boatbuilding instructor Wendy West will be undertaking this project with a group of Lyman Moore Middle School students. FMI: www.compassproject.org.
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McMichael Yacht Brokers has opened a new sales office at Newport Shipyard in Newport, R.I. The new office came about based on an expanding customer base. McMichael represents the following new boats from New Jersey to Rhode Island: J/Boats, Tartan, Alerion Express, MJM Yachts, EdgeWater and AB Inflatables. FMI: Call 401-619-5813 or visit www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.com. Fatty Knees Boat Co., in Sagamore Beach, Mass., introduced, for the very first time, an eight-foot model of the Fatty Knees dinghy in Fighting-Lady Yellow with a Whisper-Grey at the 2011 Annapolis Boat Show, in Annapolis, Md., in early October. This year, 2011, has been the first year
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