Let's have a look at a way of building boats that is sweeping all before it, at least at this scale. Pioner contracted out production to this specialist means of manufacture in order to become Norway's best-selling brand, for instance. In many ways it's not unlike cooking, as we'll see by examining the method step by step.
Firstly add plastic pellets... of the sort that we use to fill the oceans so that they end up inside our brains every time we eat fish. With these popped into the mould, affix another mould in the shape of a lid. Now warm it up, and roll it over and over such that it stick to the sides.
Remove the casting, or 'boat' as we experts call it, and trim the edges before adding material to which the floor can be fixed along with parts like the transom that are to be glued and screwed into place.
It's called Rotary Moulding and like much else in the modern world was invented here in Britain as far back as 1855 when it was used to cast artillery shells with a nice even thickness... before the same method was used to make chocolate Easter eggs.
So once where we pioneered the manufacture of shipping vessels, we now specialise in Cadbury's cream eggs instead. Which is us in a nutshell really: lazy bastards who can't even produce confectionery without support from the USA.
Ed. He's being a bit harsh ~ watch the vid and you'll see the machinery involved is actually made by Alan Yorke Engineering in Northamptonshire. Well done Alan!
