Frers 80’ Performance Cruising Yacht - Barcos Deportivos - Tarragona

Barcos Deportivos was still in the throws of finishing the now hugely successful Frers 43m aluminium sloop ‘SYL’ when the construction of a new 80’ performance cruise yacht materialised. The Carbon prepreg/Nomex structure was to be built in the same yard from where SYL had just left. A collaboration agreement between Barcos Deportivos and Trimarine made possible the creation of a state of the art facility within a few months.

When asked to design the composites facility at BD in Tarragona it was inevitable to draw from past experiences both of the permanent type (re. Tencara, Italy), the less permanent type (re. Adrenalina Pura/Brazil) and the many makeshift facilities built for one-off race boats Trimarine has been involved with in the past years.

There were also local constraints to consider, mainly to do with the site location and geometry of the building shed where the operation was to be built and the unavoidable economic limits imposed. We had the good fortune to count on the collaboration of expert Thermodynamics, Electric and Software engineers along with a top installation crew.

Now, 12 months on from the start (Oct.2002) of the project, the Frers 80’ composite structure is practically finished ready for systems installations to commence and a new facility is available to handle composite work as large as 35 metres LOA.

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