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Roger Hill builds yacht with Diab's Divinycell composite

06 Jul '16

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Diab, a world leader in high-performance composite core materials, has announced that New Zealand-based Roger Hill has built a new yacht, Bajaca, with Diab's Divinycell composite.

Bajaca is an 18.7 metre power yacht that comfortably houses family and friends and is perfect for long range cruising and living.

Roger has based the design on ATL Composites DuFLEX composite panels with structural Diab Divinycell H foam cores. Divinycell H has a proven track record, and its unique IPN chemical structure, yields impressive mechanical performance, making it ideal for applications subject to fatigue, slamming, or impact loads.

The hull bottoms, lower topsides, chines, and engine bearers were cored with 30millimetres Divinycell H130. For all other structural areas, Roger chose Divinycell H80 manufactured predominately in DuFLEX form, but also with unidirectional laminates for curved sections to optimise engineering and performance in specific areas. Non-structural interior parts were made using lower density Divinycell H60 and H35 cores to guarantee uniform stiffness, stability, and a lighter weight.

Roger Hill said, “Construction with DuFLEX makes it possible to achieve required weight, stiffness and stability and optimise fuel consumption without sacrificing comfort or performance. Using the Diab foam-cored DuFLEX option saves approximately 2,000 kilograms over more conventional building methods.” (GK)

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