{"id":15540,"date":"2020-02-18T10:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T10:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/?p=15540"},"modified":"2020-02-18T10:38:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T10:38:34","slug":"mercedes-cigarette-carbon-fibre-speedboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/2020\/02\/mercedes-cigarette-carbon-fibre-speedboat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes AMG teams up with Cigarette Racing to Create Carbon Fibre Speedboat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The high-performance boat is based on the Cigarette Racing Team’s 59-foot Tirranna and has been built in partnership with Mercedes-AMG engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boat’s construction has been focused on using lightweight materials, Its raked hardtop is made completely of carbon fibre<\/a>, reducing the vertical centre of gravity for better handling, while carbon fibre also features throughout its superstructure, with carbon-capped stringers and a carbon-fibre transom. The hull and deck are vacuum infused using a composite laminate schedule with PVC coring. The instrument panel is a nano-coated solid surface that is anti-reflective and heat-resistant, which also features titanium fasteners.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n