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Evolution of Construction
Early Construction
Tiffany and his father began building Chesapeake
Deadrise wooden work boats in 1934. Many were used
for oystering, but some Tiffany dressed up, making
them more of a pleasure boat. This same idea inspired
a Chesapeake Bay round stern deadrise boat that
Tiffany Yachts built in 1998.
Batten Seam Construction
After the Korean War, Tiffany was sent to the Philadelphia
Navy Shipyard to teach boat repair. Tiffany learned
a construction technique called “Batten Seam
Construction”. Running battens are fastened
along a white oak frame, and six-inch mahogany planks
are attached at the battens. It was a simple and
strong technique that Tiffany applied to his designs.
He also used lofting, or laying out full-size, half
width drawings of the hull design on the floor beside
the construction area.
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Battens |
Plank
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Tiffany
44 1973 |
Cold-molded Construction
In 1975 Tiffany Yachts began using a cold-molded
process of wood and fiberglass bonded with epoxy
resin. Cold-molded hulls simplified the construction
process and reduced the weight of the boats allowing
for more speed, while still allowing for one-off
hull designs.
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37 1975 |
Cold-molded
hull |
Tiffany
38 1999 |
Tiffany
36 1984 |
Fiberglass Construction
Randy Cockrell developed a method of using a CAD
designed one off stationary female mold in 1993
for a 72 footer. This mold produced a hand laid
FRP hull consisting of a solid fiberglass bottom
and foam cored sides. The addition of a 5-axis
CNC router increased efficiency for the construction
of the Tiffany 68 built in 2003.
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72 Glassing Mold |
Tiffany
72 Hull |
Tiffany
68 Stations |
Tiffany
68 Glassing Mold |
Installing
Bridge of 68 |
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