Boat building
With boat building is defined as the production of boats by boat builders in general. Materials used in modern boat building are FRP ( fiber-reinforced plastic , mostly FRP ), wood, steel and aluminum. Boats are manufactured in single, small series or series construction. It mainly serves the leisure sector, as well as the commercial sector (transport and passenger shipping, professional fishing) and the state sector (official vehicles). In some companies, non-resident forms and parts are made from the materials used, which also results in specializations. Some shipyards use this as a financial pillar.
The boat building area includes the service on the boat, the maintenance of the boat itself (hull, superstructure, rig) and all installed systems (gas, plumbing, engine, electrics), transport, winter storage and wintering, installation of technical, electrical and sanitary systems, Repair, restoration, interior work and new construction. Shops are often tied to shipyards in which, for example, sailing accessories, fittings, sailing clothing and electronics are sold.
history
The history of boat building probably goes back to the Paleolithic Age (from 120,000 to 60,000 BC), exact details are not yet known. The forerunners of today's boats come from hollowed-out tree trunks, some of which are still made today by the indigenous people in Borneo and Papua New Guinea . The later wooden ships probably developed from the dugout canoes by increasing the edge of the ship (→ pirogue ). The Egyptian and later especially the Chinese culture built large, impressive ships for trade and transport. The Chinese admiral Zheng He made long journeys in the Pacific and Indian Oceans as early as 1405.
Large shipyards did not emerge until the industrial revolution began. For the first time, steel or aluminum were also used for the hulls.
Today, sports boats are mainly manufactured in large companies and made of GRP , while the wood that was predominant until the post-war period was hardly used any more. However, some smaller boatyards have specialized in the manufacture and repair of wooden boats (some with modern construction methods).
- see also history of shipbuilding , history of seafaring
Boat building
Modern yacht construction mainly uses so-called glass fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) as the basic material for the hull and deck. Carbon fiber reinforced plastics or aramid are also used for high-performance racing yachts, but these are much more expensive than GRP and are therefore still relatively rare.
Well-known boatyards
- Bjarne Aas shipyard in Fredrikstad ( Oslofjord , Norway)
- Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder near Bremen
- Anker & Jensen Baatbyggeri in Asker (Oslofjord, Norway)
- Bavaria Yachtbau , modern large-scale shipyard in Bavaria
- BBG Bootsbau Berlin (for rowing boats) in Berlin
- Bénéteau , French large series shipyard
- Colin Archer in Larvik , Norway
- Empacher boatyard (for rowing boats) in Eberbach (Baden)
- Hanse Yachts , large-scale shipyard in Greifswald
- Knierim Yachtbau GmbH in Kiel
- Matthiesen & Paulsen and Matthias Paulsen in Arnis
- Max Oertz shipyard in Hamburg
- Nathanael Herreshoff shipyard in Bristol / Rhode Island, USA
- Jeanneau , French large series shipyard, now part of Bénéteau
- Walsteds Baadeværft (boat yard) near Svendborg , Denmark
literature
- Detlef Jens: The classic yachts. Vol. 2: The plastic revolution. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7822-0945-8 .
