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• A craft in which all hull and internal systems can be designed and specified by one person. A classification of small craft devised by Southampton Institute contains some 90 different types small craft covering a wide range of functional roles.” (Roy 1991, Aksu and Tuzcu 1995) This small craft classification consists of three subdivision as naval, commercial and pleasure crafts. (see table 2.1. and table 2.2.) Recreational crafts are defined in Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and the Council as "any craft intended for sport or leisure purposes, regardless of the type or the means of propulsion, with a hull length of 2.5 to 24 meters, measured according to the appropriate harmonized standards'. WEB_8 (2004) Recreational boats have been growing in popularity throughout the world. This growth has created the market for new boats built with improved hull materials and new hull forms, propulsion motors and fabrication techniques. A visitor in a boat show can see sailboats, motor boats, outboard engines and accessories being sold through a well developed factory and dealership network. This approach differs significantly from the traditional custom ship design and shipyard production of single and multiple vessels. This situation makes the development of boat design a complex problem. The technical requirements of boat size, weight, power and speed are intermixed with the consumer’s needs for quality of the boat finish and accessories as well as its price. As a consequence there are a number of important parameters, which must be properly selected. The boat designer needs access to current and projected boat trends and consumer needs. The other consumer requirement is that the recreational boats should be low maintenance and long life. This has resulted in the majority of recreational boats being built in fiberglass/composite materials. “Over 30 years of FRP boat-building experience stands behind today's pleasure boats. Complex configurations and the advantages of seamless hulls were the driving factors in the development of FRP boats. FRP materials have gained unilateral acceptance in pleasure craft industry because of light weight, vibration damping, corrosion resistance, impact resistance, low construction costs and ease of fabrication, maintenance and repair. Fiberglass construction has been the mainstay of the recreational boat building industry since the mid 1960s. After about 20 years of development work, manufacturers 6PDF Image | FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC BOAT IN SERIAL PRODUCTION
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