Best rough water boat ever built?????
12-27-2010, 07:32 AM
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On Sunday the team went out in brutal sea conditions in the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes race and were in the front again to the half way point battling with Buzzi when drive damage occured to the # 6 drives and 5 blade props and the team had to call it quits. Remember this Pantera 41' is only powered by twin 525 EFI Mercs. In a field of over 30 boats including many legendary rough water boats with much more horsepower the Pantera was way out front giving a strong challenge to Buzzi.
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
Hopefully they will be out racing again this 2011 season.
Jo - Pantera Boats
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
Hopefully they will be out racing again this 2011 season.
Jo - Pantera Boats
But did the drive damage had anything to do with the structual damage? Can you please specify the laminations failures?
Here in Sweden we have only the best to say about Pantera
People love the boats, race and/or pleasure.
Mange
12-27-2010, 08:29 AM
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12-27-2010, 09:12 AM
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another one across the pond but man what ugly colors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKQGpz07Is&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKQGpz07Is&NR=1
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12-27-2010, 09:20 AM
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That would be "massive" as in lots of, not catastrophic as in terminal!
I don't recall saying that it sunk.
We have offered the team to repair secondary lamination as needed here at our factory but with the long distance between England and the U.S. it is a challenge.Either way it could be repaired here in the U.S. or in England.
The good thing about fiberglass it is all repairable.These things happen when you are taking the equipment to the extreme and really going for it like this team did !!!!
12-27-2010, 10:09 AM
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Secondary as bulkheads lamination to the hull.
Nothing interesting about the terminology, just the oppsite.
pepe.
12-27-2010, 10:09 AM
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please explain ect,
post pic's if you have them
thank's
mike
12-27-2010, 12:23 PM
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S-glass was developed originally for military applications, and is used for surfboards and other high-performance applications. There used to be S-1 and S-2 glass, but I think it is just one grade mostly now. An S-glass laminate can have substantially more strength than a standard E-glass. Composites are hard to throw exact strength/stiffness numbers at because each appliation is different, but some typical values I've seen are about 16000-20000 psi tensile for E-glass and I've seen up to 50000 psi for S-glass. Carbon laminates can get up over 80,000 psi.
I believe S-glass can be used with all the same resins as E-glass, but I would lean toward vinylester or epoxy when using S-glass to make sure everything is bonded well enough to avoid delamination and buckling at the higher stress levels.
During the carbon fiber shortage of 2006 (due to Airbus and Boeing orders sapping up all the supply), suppliers were pushing using S-glass instead of carbon.
I believe S-glass can be used with all the same resins as E-glass, but I would lean toward vinylester or epoxy when using S-glass to make sure everything is bonded well enough to avoid delamination and buckling at the higher stress levels.
During the carbon fiber shortage of 2006 (due to Airbus and Boeing orders sapping up all the supply), suppliers were pushing using S-glass instead of carbon.
