How A Boat Is Built
Having worked in software nearly my entire life I’m used to things being built that don’t exist in the physical sense. We engineer things, and we talk about building, but mostly, we can’t touch the thing we built. After a while, physical things become magic and captivating. This is why I’m incredibly grateful that Ranger Tugs allowed us to visit the factory several times to see how our boats get built. Thank you to Statton and Andrew for giving us this opportunity. Fiberglass boats are built from the outside in. They start by creating several big molds and the first thing that gets laid into those molds is the clearcoat. This is the mold for the top of the R-43. This is the hull of the R-43. This particular boat will be red, and that color coat is the first thing being sprayed in here. You can see the through holes for the IPS Pods, and at the top you can see the cut-out for the windows in the guest cabin and the starboard dockside door. Once the color is added a large numbe...