Sailboat : racing sailing-yacht TP-52 (ISAF international class)
Hakes Marine
- 15.85m 
52' 0"ft
With the TP52s they built female moulds split down the middle with the gunnel built into the mould. "Weight has been an issue all the way through the boat which is why we female moulded them," says Hakes of the sisterships. "We saved upwards of 100kg by female moulding the hulls with the gunnel in them as opposed to male moulding. We saved about 30-40kg of filler over a 50 footer. More importantly the engineers then optimised every single panel in the boat, so we have seven different core thicknesses through the hull shell because they could change the thickness because it wasn't going to impact on the fairness of the boat."
52' 0"ft
With the TP52s they built female moulds split down the middle with the gunnel built into the mould. "Weight has been an issue all the way through the boat which is why we female moulded them," says Hakes of the sisterships. "We saved upwards of 100kg by female moulding the hulls with the gunnel in them as opposed to male moulding. We saved about 30-40kg of filler over a 50 footer. More importantly the engineers then optimised every single panel in the boat, so we have seven different core thicknesses through the hull shell because they could change the thickness because it wasn't going to impact on the fairness of the boat."
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