Undine, a Derwent Class sailing yacht, is considered a true gem of maritime history that embodies the spirit of racing excellence. More than just a boat, Undine is a piece of living history and she is now for sale. Restored by the skilled craftspeople at the Wooden Boat Centre, Franklin, the magnificent, 24-foot Undine is the Australian Wooden Boat Festival’s […]
READ MOREWooden Boats and Skills on Show
The 61st Melbourne Boat Show, running 26 to 29 October at Docklands, will for the first time include a Heritage and Wooden Boat precinct, featuring classic timber vessels, restored boats and small craft. Among the businesses and craftspeople on display is The Victorian Wooden Boat Centre, a 1,400-square metre workshop that happens to be located at […]
READ MOREWEST SYSTEM Epoxy – The Key to Aussie Boat Resto
Three iconic Halvorsen timber motor yachts recently returned to water after three years of meticulous restoration works, relying on the range of WEST SYSTEM products to bring them back to their former glory. An important part of Australian boat building history, Halvorsen boats have been a common sight on waterways around the country for close to 100 […]
READ MOREFull Circle for Original WEST SYSTEM Proponent
Gus Green of Launceston recently got in touch to share with us the success of his latest project, a revamp of his deck. “That is using a recycled composite board 190mm wide 23mm thick as a new surface over the top of tiles, using Techniglue to glue Aluminium strips as battens to the cement tiles […]
READ MORESouthern Ocean adventure with WEST SYSTEM Epoxy
Ahead of her journey from Brisbane to Albany, WA preparing for her circumnavigation of the Antarctic in January, Lisa Blair met with Lorraine Duckworth from ATL Composites to stock up on WEST SYSTEM products to keep her yacht ship-shape during her odyssey. Lisa’s 15.25-metre Hick 50, called “Climate Action Now”, has undergone a structural upgrade […]
READ MOREBoat in a Box
The compact offshore racing boat, known as the Globe Mini 5.80, the brainchild of adventurer and sailing legend, Don McIntyre, is taking off all over the world, a DIY kit constructed with plywood and WEST SYSTEM epoxy. The new International One Design Class of plywood, Mini 5.8-metre yachts is aimed at “home builders and adventurous […]
READ MORECelebrating 40 years of Innovation in Composites
ATL Composites is celebrating 40 years of operations, supplying innovative composite products to the marine, automotive, industrial and construction industries in Australia and around the world. Paying tribute to the vision of founder, Arnie Duckworth, who established the business in New Zealand in 1977, and the efforts, expertise and ingenuity contributed by ATL staff over […]
READ MOREBrothers Inc. celebrated 50 years in business, with a party in Bay City, Michigan!
Friends, and business partners from all over the world came together to celebrate the monumental celebration for Gougeon Brothers Inc. at Bay City, Michigan, including our very own directors at ATL Composites; Lorraine Murray and Nicholas Cossich. Over the last 50 years, Gougeon Brothers have grown from a modest boat shop that began experimenting with […]
READ MOREGougeon Brothers Inc, Celebrating 50 Years
2019 is the 50th Anniversary of Gougeon Brothers Inc, USA. 1969 marked a point in the Gougeon brothers’ careers when they applied all they had learned about wooden structures and epoxy technology to manufacturing—for the first time—a wood/epoxy composite boat. Adagio, the first large, all-epoxy bonded and sealed wooden boat built without the use of […]
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