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K1W1 · 10-07-2010, 12:44 AM

Hi,

Lars, Have you seen that Fagerdala Treated yacht up close?

It was in a port I was in a couple of years ago, I was amazed at how shiny and smooth it is.

Strangely there does not seem to have been much of an uptake if any by the top end builders of this system.

There was an article a couple of years ago touting it was to be used on the conversion of an Ex Scottish Fisheries vessel in the UK that was becoming a yacht.

I have recently been told that this particular conversion seems to have shuddered to a halt and the project vessel is an abandoned hulk.

I don't know if this was a result of an over ambitious refit proposal or another reason beyond the shipyards control.

I am envious of a steel hull that can be faired by 1.5 to 3.0mm of LW Filler. If the decimal point were removed it would be a lot closer to the real-life scenario being applied everyday in megayacht yards the world over.

10-07-2010, 12:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
K1W1 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: My Office Posts: 5,375	Hi, Lars, Have you seen that Fagerdala Treated yacht up close? It was in a port I was in a couple of years ago, I was amazed at how shiny and smooth it is. Strangely there does not seem to have been much of an uptake if any by the top end builders of this system. There was an article a couple of years ago touting it was to be used on the conversion of an Ex Scottish Fisheries vessel in the UK that was becoming a yacht. I have recently been told that this particular conversion seems to have shuddered to a halt and the project vessel is an abandoned hulk. I don't know if this was a result of an over ambitious refit proposal or another reason beyond the shipyards control. I am envious of a steel hull that can be faired by 1.5 to 3.0mm of LW Filler. If the decimal point were removed it would be a lot closer to the real-life scenario being applied everyday in megayacht yards the world over.