Construction and Grade

Our moulds are “2 part” moulds, with 1 mould for the hull and 1 mould for the entire internal structure, from bow to stern.
This system requires a higher level of investment and skill than building “single skin” boats, where multiple layers of fibreglass are simply laminated one on top of the other, in a single hit.

The 2 part system allows us to build in all of the features that paddlers should expect, such as non-slip floor surfaces, a flat and safe platform for the steer, fully enclosed buoyancy tanks, posts to support seats and provide extra buoyancy, hand holds etc.
Having the internal and external mouldings, which are then bonded together over almost their entire surface also provides the maximum possible stiffness, as well as an internal surface of gel coat for the ultimate protection from the weather and ease of cleaning.

We offer 2 “grades” of construction:

Club uses multiple layers of fibreglass cloth and mat, but in a 2 part system as explained above.
Premium uses Lantor Coremat to replace some of the fibreglass layers, adding to overall stiffness.

Excluding heads and tails, our boats weights are:

Club10 man boat185±5kg
Premium 10 man boat190±5
Club 20 man boat290±10kg
Premium 20 man boat295kg±10
Club 6 man boat120±5
premium 6 man boat125±5
Club 10 man land boat125±5
Club 10 man ice boat120±5

Our DB parts weights are:

Dragon boat head - largeapprox 13kg
Dragon boat head - small approx 8kg
Dragon boat tail - large approx 8kg
Dragon boat tail - small approx 4.5kg
Drummer seat approx 4.kg
Drum for 6 man,10 man and 20m DB approx 13.5kg
Drum for ice and land DB approx 8.5kg
Steering oar approx 2.5kg
Wooden paddle approx 0.65kg
Carbon paddle approx 0.36kg
“U” pin approx 0.65kg
Stick paddle for ice dragon boat approx 1.2kg
Stick paddle for land dragon boatapprox 0.7kg