To keep an open feeling inside the boat, the number of big bulkheads going all the way to the deck has been minimized. Transverse foam-cored floors (shown in blue) and the spruce floor (in gold just aft of the keel trunk) provide the necessary support. Each foam floor has a medium density core covered with 4 layers of glass cloth interspersed with 8 layers of carbon unidirectional reinforcement. This essentially creates a box beam. Each floor assembly is vacuum bagged which clamps the layers together and helps provide a good resin/reinforcement ratio.
The foam-cored floors are installed in two stages. The illustration above shows the first stage with the floors installed over hull strakes #1 and #2. Other structure goes over the floors at this point. After hull strakes #3 and #4 are installed the 2 forward foam-cored floors are extended over these strakes.
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| Forward 2 foam floors extended over hull strakes #3 and #4 |
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