New Construction
Townsend Bay Marine builds power and sailing yachts from 45-150 feet.
Taken together the staff at TBM has hundreds of years of experience in the construction, refit and maintenance of motor and sailing yachts. Projects have included composite, aluminum, wood, and mixed construction.
Townsend Bay Marine works with the leading yacht designers in the world, including John Anderson, Michael Peters, Jack Sarin, and Doug Sharp.
Townsend Bay Marine specializes in composite construction of custom yachts. We build strong and light sail and power vessels utilizing the latest in vacuum infusion technology. We work closely with our clients and their representatives to create a construction or refit program precisely matched to their plans and specifications.
3D Surface Modeling
Whether it is for a 150 footer utilising a mold machined by Janicki Machine's 5 axis CNC Router, or a custom seat added at the last minute, we design everything in 3D. This makes close tolerance construction of complex shapes possible and affordable. And the investment in 3D modeling is utilized throughout the construction process, from tool building to the construction of the interior joinery.
Tooling Construction
Composite construction is all about tooling. Townsend Bay builds tooling (molds) for in-house applications and other boat manufacturers. We utilize 3D Modeling for design and 5-axis CNC cutting, from Janicki Machine Tools, to produce flawless custom parts and production tooling. For jobs that are not cost-effective to produce using CNC tooling we build custom molds using a variety of materials. We build from full sized patterns and 2D drawings that we derive from the original 3D model. Our large tools incorporate both CNC tooling and in-house construction to produce a tool appropriate to the specific task. Traditional boatbuilding skills, particularly an understanding of fairness, are required for this process. Appropriate use of technology is simply a new tool available to the boatbuilder.
Tooling Layup
Most tools are a combination of hand-built and CNC components. Tool construction considerations include construction speed, the assembly sequence of the final parts, and the size of the CNC router head.
Mechanical Install
Our reliance on 3D modeling and the accuracy of our tooling allows us to defer assembly and preserve multiple work areas on a project before "stacking" the components. This improves efficiency and lowers cost.
Assembly
Traditional skills combined with the appropriate application of technologies like 3D design and CNC Tooling enable us to proceed with confidence when it's time to "stack" the large and complex components that make up a modern composite yacht.
Custom Tooling
Custom tooling requires the ability to think "inside-out." Here the layup team is
laminating the outer skin on one of three molds we've constructed for the upper deck
seats of a fast motoryacht. The mold at the top of the picture has the core fitted and
is ready for vacuum assisted core installation. The mold on the left is ready for gelcoat.