Sri Lanka. Shipyard

Fish industry occupies not the last place in the economy exotic island of Sri Lanka. Proof of this are considerable (for some local standards), the number of 600 thousand. People are daily involved in catching, selling and processing fish. You can also mark no fish at all, but quite close to her niche tourism that is related to the organization of fishing for tourists. In general, while in the ocean and lakes fish, then Sri Lanka will people what to do and what to eat. Today we want to tell about the tools Lankan fishermen — the boat — more precisely, about their production. In Sri Lanka, we noted three types of boats: small catamarans used in coastal fishing for throwing nets and wooden boats more displacement and big plastic boats. The most interesting to us seemed boat made of plastic, so we decided to visit the factory for their production.

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Shipbuilding — serious business, it requires some investment, you can not just take and organize it in the yard. Because of this, we had to walk a bit to find an industrial facility that interested us. The process of production of plastic boats has much in common with the production of surfboards, so it is not surprising that some masters at leisure little fake in a related field.

Working teams usually consist of 3-5 people.

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Availability uniforms distinguishes chief engineer.

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Each team performs his stage work:

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The main structural material is fiberglass. Calling it with plastic, we are a little heated — boats of this material would be appropriate to consider glass. In the state of fiber glass has many unusual properties — it beats, breaks, but at the same time easy to bend. Many of our fellow citizens, it seems more known as the material used to produce parts for car tuning:

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So set list:

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Then fit the shape of the glass fiber and filled with a special liquid — it may be epoxy resin or polyester.

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Zatverdivshy obtained product can already be used as a building material:

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Interestingly, the resulting fiberglass — a material with a low specific weight, has a very low thermal conductivity (much like a tree) and strength like steel and has no biological resistance, moisture resistance and weather resistance. He was not inherent flaws thermoplastics. In short, from all points of view ofihensko cool stuff — let everything to do with it.

But back to the boat itself. For its production uses pre-formed metal form.

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Gradually, step by step, and superimposing layers of epoxy resin lubricating, we have disembodied skeleton of the future boat:

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Wooden support subsequently removed, and housing — polished and painted.

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After completing work on the hull of the boat, the master switch to its filling:

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In your eyes created exterior cabin:

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The interior of the cabin, not to stand out from the general concept, also made of fiberglass:

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On the sides are berths for the team:

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After you install the cabin in advance these places are cut holes for windows — then they closed glass or transparent plastic.

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Metal objects on the ship almost there, except that the screw:

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And engine:

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The rest — fiberglass:

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By long-standing maritime tradition, the new boat give his name. Usually — the names of sponsors who invested construction (usually German and Japanese). In addition to names, Boats immediately assigned registration numbers.

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Particular attention is paid to the external design of the boat, because two identical you probably will not find:

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The factory is located far from the ocean, so the space launching vehicles transported on special trailers:

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