Last weekend we when to a very wet and rainy
Seattle boat show. We weren't planning on looking at any particular
boat, but ended up spending the most time with the
Jeanneau and
Bavaria folks.
What intrigued me about the
Jeanneau construction was the
hull. Rather than the
Beneteau styled glued in liner that is dropped in and
hull and forms a second skin on top of that actual hull that hides the hull
fiberglass from view, they had a liner with grid of structural ribs that formed boxes. They cut out the bottoms of the boxes during assembly and then glue in the rib/box matrix to the hull just like a liner.
However after the grid is glued and cured they then go back and
layup fiberglass over where the grid contacts on the hull. That seems like the great compromise of ease of assembly but still have full
inspection access of the actual hull.
Jeanneau only does this step on the boats 40 ft and larger. Does anyone know of any other
builder that do this or is just unique feature of the larger Jeanneaus?