Patent ID: 6367406
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B29C,B29L,B63B

Abstract:
A method for making a boat, the boat including a port side positioned opposite from a starboard side, the boat also including a floor and support stringers positioned within the hull, the method comprising:providing an insert having two spaced-apart elongated portions interconnected by at least two spaced-apart transverse portions that extend between the elongated portions, the elongated portions being sized and relatively positioned for one of the elongated portions to extend along the port side of the hull and the other of the elongated portions to extend along the starboard side of the hull; positioning the insert in a chamber defined between a male mold piece and a female mold piece; providing fibrous reinforcing material that surrounds the insert within the chamber, the fibrous reinforcing material including portions positioned between the male mold piece and the insert, the fibrous reinforcing material also including portions positioned between the female mold piece and the insert; transferring resin into the chamber between the male and female mold pieces such that the resin envelops the fibrous reinforcing material; and curing the resin within the chamber such that the resin enveloped fibrous reinforcing material hardens to form the hull, the floor and the support stringers of the boat.