Windcrest 98’ Sailing Yacht

Project Description: Deck superstructure including forward cabin house, pilothouse, mid and aft cockpits. Superstructure was built in modular parts. Forward cabin house and aft cockpit were first installed allowing time to install engine and other systems under the main pilothouse section. 3 sections joined together measured 20’ wide x 65’ long.

 

Construction: Construction consisted of foam core and fiberglass. Composite methods were VARTM system. Entire sandwich construction was completed in one application using this method, ie., inner skin, outer skin, and core were vacuum-infused simultaneously with an epoxy resin. High load areas were incorporated into the laminate schedule: winch pads, winch blocking, plus back up structure for hardware as well, to produce a strong lightweight part.

 

Execution: Main sheet attachment area had to be heavily reinforced due to the 100,000 pound tension load put onto pilothouse. Original laminate scheduled needed to be modified. Working inside of the direct female tooling made it possible to change laminate architecture to accommodate the new laminate schedule. This change order was a reinforcement, solid carbon fiber beam, 8” x 8”, that was integrated into an awthwartship’s beam. CCTI incorporated this change order so that the delivery date of the pilothouse was not impacted.

 

Client: Hodgdon Yachts, East Boothbay, MaineDesigner: Fontaine Design Group