New Construction
Townsend Bay Marine excels at building 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. We have built new boats out of composite, steel, aluminum, and mixed construction.
We work with the world’s leading yacht designers, including John Anderson, Michael Peters, Jack Sarin, and Doug Sharp.
We specialize in the composite construction of custom yachts, building 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 plans and specifications.
3D Surface Modeling
We design critical surfaces and shapes in 3D. Whether for a 150 footer–utilizing a mold machined by Janicki Machine's 5 axis CNC Router–or a custom seat added at the last minute. This makes close tolerance construction of complex shapes possible and affordable. And the committment to 3D modeling benefits the entire 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 as well as 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 using CNC tooling, we build custom molds using a variety of materials. We build from full sized patterns and 2D drawings derived from the original 3D model. Our large tools incorporate both CNC tooling and in-house construction to produce a superior tool appropriate to the specific task. Traditional boatbuilding skills, particularly an understanding of fairness, are required for this process.
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
To improve efficiency and lower costs, we rely on 3D modeling and the accuracy of our tooling to allow us to defer assembly and preserve multiple work areas on a project before “stacking” the components.
Assembly
Traditional skills combined with 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.