New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

[Furniture]

How many small boat shops are there in Canada that work in aluminum, plastics, carbonfibre and resins?

How many are interested in putting any of their own money or time into something that may never go past the single prototype stage? I'm sure there are a few, but my understanding is that those types of businesses are quite busy just keeping-up with demand.

From what I can see of the USV market those are the dominant materials for making craft that will stay afloat in rough weather for a long time. Electronics don't get seasick.

True, but electronics and mechanical devices are vulnerable to moisture and shock. Small boats in big seas get real wet, and bounce around pretty hard the whole time.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

True, but electronics and mechanical devices are vulnerable to moisture and shock. Small boats in big seas get real wet, and bounce around pretty hard the whole time.

Right on the money. Shake electronics a lot and see how they react.

There is also the fact that most of those USV's are on the smallish side of size, which means their detection horizon is also reduced, especially in rough seas.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

How many small boat shops are there in Canada that work in aluminum, plastics, carbonfibre and resins?

From what I can see of the USV market those are the dominant materials for making craft that will stay afloat in rough weather for a long time. Electronics don't get seasick.

Out here a lot of those small builders got their start on aluminum boat building by working on the fast cats.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Electronics don't get seasick.

The sea attacks electronics on a mechanical, electrical, chemical and biological level.