How It's Made - Luxury sailboats
Luxury sailboats evoke thoughts of freedom And sunsets on the ocean, But in the factory, it's all about hard work, Because luxury sailboats are still mostly made by hand. Just a few hundred units are produced every year, Each boat requiring up to 3,000 hours of work. Sailboats have come a long way Since they were first used on the nile river Some 6,000 years ago. These luxury sailboats are designed Using computer-aided design software, Which allows the engineers to optimize the hull shape For stability and speed Before actually building the boat. They build the hull from fiberglass, Which comes as knitted fabric And as mats of random strands pressed together. These two layers are hybridized To form a light but very strong material. Huge molds are used to build the hull of this 45-foot boat. Workers unroll the fiberglass and spray it with resin. Then they unroll the next layer of fiberglass, Which overlaps the previous one, Making for a very strong construction. The resin hardens as...