On Sunday night, 17 August, a special transport of a composite carbon fibre deckhouse for a yacht departed from Emmeloord, heading towards Zwartsluis. VABO Composites engineered and built the structure that was delivered to yacht builder Vitters.
The deckhouse measures 10 x 7 x 1.5 metres and weighs 2500 kg. Composite material was chosen to save maximum weight and to take advantage of the material’s design flexibility.
For this project, in addition to “normal” carbon composites, VABO also used “high modulus” carbon fibres and prepregs. These are the state-of-the-art materials for building a product like this. Super lightweight, yet capable of handling the forces expected of a deckhouse on a 70-metre sail yacht.
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Yacht powered by renewable energy
It is already remarkable to build a 70-metre sail yacht, but this project is even more special. This project results in a sailing yacht that operates without the use of any fossil fuels by using renewable energy sources.
For this reason, the electric truck from transport company Van Wieren from Emmeloord was chosen to transport the deckhouse to Zwartsluis. Later this year, another transport with a slightly smaller deckhouse, also destined for Vitters, will follow.
Picture (top) by VABO Composites.
