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Building the ChilKat 30

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  Spraying Gel Coat
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  Drawing down the vacuum bag
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  Resin begins to flow.
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  Watch that resin go!
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  Bow completely infused.
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  Stern infused.
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  Gel Coat in the hull mold
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  Hull mold on its side
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  Laminating the skin coat
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  Finishing skin coat
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  Installing fiberglass
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  Installing core
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  Core in the transom
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  Core complete
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  Next layers of glass
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  Reinforcing tape
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  Finsihing up the glass
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  Full vacuum
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  Ready for resin
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  The hull is infused
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  Bag pulled from hull
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  Making the decks
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  Another deck
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  Installing the decks
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  Infusing the house
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  House with windows cut
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  Installing the cap
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  Trimming the hull
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  The boat goes together
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  Yahoo!
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  Out of the shop!
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  Port view
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  Starboard view
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  Decals on
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  Into the water!!!

 

The ChilKat 30 is built using the Vacuum Infusion Process. Instead of hand laminating each part, all of our parts our made by first laying all of our fiberglass and core materials into the mold dry. When we are satisfied that the materials are laid out properly, we place a vacuum bag over the entire mold and then pull almost a full atmosphere of vacuum inside the bag. After this has been done and the bag has been checked for leaks we introduce the resin all at once into the part, flooding it in a matter of minutes. When the fiberglass has filled with resin we stop the flow and, retaining the vacuum, allow the part to fully cure inside the bag.

This innovative process not only insures uniformity from boat to boat but also means each boat we build has higher fiberglass to resin content, meaning you get a stronger, lighter boat. We build our boats using only the highest quality vinyl ester resins translating into the best end products. These methods not only produce a better boat, they also give us a better shop environment in which to work.