There are several boat design companies that have these plans available as well as the do-it-yourself kits to make them a reality.
Specialty Marine Contractors is a company that will send you a pre-cut aluminum boat kit. Located in Scappoose, Oregon, this company wrote the book “Boatbuilding with Aluminum,” the only book available on the subject at the time of its publication in the mid 1990s. This business offers a variety of styles of aluminum boats and the plans to go with them. They use their CAD 3D designs to computer cut the pieces for the boat kits to make the task of boat assembly easier. If you would like to get in touch with Specialty Marine Contractors, you can reach them at 503-543-7562.
The Trident Welding Ltd. located in British Columbia, Canada also carries plans for aluminum boats as well as providing the boat kits to go with them. These kits start out as 3D models on a computer which enables the designers to make any adjustments that are necessary. These images are then downloaded into a program that feeds into a machine that robotically cuts all the necessary boat pieces. All this cutting is done on CNC machines to ensure that the pieces fit together perfectly. The company also installs notches in as many pieces of the kit as possible to make assembly faster and easier. If you would like to contact Trident Welded Ltd., you can contact them via their Web site at http://www.metalboatkits.com/.
Plate Alloy is another company that has aluminum boat plans and do-it-yourself building kits as well as being the manufacturer of Plate Alloy Boats. This company which is located in Victoria, Australia also incorporates 3 Dimensional imaging with CAD computer software and CNC precision cutting when producing their pre-cut boat assembly kits. They also notch some of the pre-cut pieces and mark lines and arrows on others to make the assembly process run as smoothly as possible. They offer a variety of aluminum boat sizes, ranging form 4 meter to 7 meter. If you would like to contact Plate Alloy, you can call (+613) 9555 6399.
Another place that you can find aluminum boat plans and order boat assembly kits is Boatdesigns.com which is run by Glen L Marine designs which is located in Bellflower, California. This company has been in the business of producing do-it-yourself boat kits since 1953 and several of its staff members have written several do-it-yourself books to help the amateur boat builder. They have a large inventory of aluminum boat kits available. To view Glen L’s full line of boat kits you can visit its Web page at http://www.boatdesigns.com or telephone the company at 562-630-6280.
These are just a few of the design companies that offer do-it-yourself boat kits as well as aluminium boat plans. To find more businesses that offer these products, you can search the World Wide Web via the Internet. Happy building! |
