Composite workboats: Fact, fiction and form

Composites have a lot to offer the commercial maritime world, but haven’t there been issues with strength, size, weight and above all, cost? Stevie Knight has found some straightforward answers alongside some interesting, slightly trickier ones.

shannon-class-lifeboat, photo, RNLI

Composites have a lot to offer the commercial maritime world, but haven’t there been issues with strength, size, weight and above all, cost? Stevie Knight has found some straightforward answers alongside some interesting, slightly trickier ones.