Aluminum Boat Builder in Cambodia

[coastalboats]

Geoff here from Coastal Boats Cambodia. Professional aluminum boat building previously in Thailand and now 5 years in Cambodia. Interested in forming for marine grade aluminum plate.

[Kerry Pinkerton]

Welcome Geoff. What is marine grade aluminum? What alloy and thickness.

Some alloys are easy, some are hateful.

[Jaroslav]

Look on You Tube. Many ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJmduAP3cdw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrvFXALXUQs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dFIXrmjVEA

[coastalboats]

Originally Posted by Kerry Pinkerton

Welcome Geoff. What is marine grade aluminum? What alloy and thickness.

Some alloys are easy, some are hateful.

Hi Kerry, the aluminum is 5083 H116 and thickness 3, 4, 5 and 6mm. We are in the process of building a heavy duty English wheel so will see how it goes. We have already built many hard chine boats in alloy and steel. This one is a bit different and have just put up a website at https://www.mumby48build.com.

[coastalboats]

Originally Posted by Jaroslav

Look on You Tube. Many ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJmduAP3cdw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrvFXALXUQs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dFIXrmjVEA

Thanks, we have already built boats per the video links and this one is just one more challenge. The only learning curve is forming the bottom plate so will see how it goes. We are building an English wheel for the job.