Cruising sailboat FISHER 34

with bowsprit

The hull is a heavy duty hand laid-up GRP moulding. The cast iron ballast is encapsulated in the GRP keel and glassed over with further laminates to form an integral part of the hull structure. The major transverse structural bulkheads of marine specification plywood are bonded to the hull. The deck is a heavy duty hand laid GRP moulding. Balsa stiffening is incorporated in all horizontal areas with plywood infills in way of the deck fittings. Heavily stressed areas are additionally reinforced with unidirectional glass reinforcement. The deck is bonded to the hull in accessible areas and bolted throughout the whole hull to deck joint. The bulkheads are laminated to the deck resulting in a strong and integrated unit. Heavy double skin GRP bulwarks, incorporating the hull to deck joint, are moulded as an integral part A teak rubbing strake and teak bulwark cladding is fitted. 1.6 The working deck areas are clad in Ceylon teak A hydraulic steering system consisting of pump and cylinder drives the rudder from a teak steering wheel in the wheelhouse. Emergency steering by tiller in cockpit (a varnished teak tiller is available as an option). The rudder is a GRP moulding fitted to a stainless steel subframe or stainless steel. he rudder stock is stainless steel and is connected to the rudder.