| Perhaps 90% of modern planning trailer boats are | | | | experiment with different hull types and |
| made from just two materials, aluminium and | | | | configurations. |
| fibreglass. Both were developed in the late 1950s, | | | | Aluminium Boats |
| replacing plywood or "bondwood" as the favoured | | | | Alloy boats or "tinnies" as they are known throughout |
| small boat building materials. | | | | Australia, are favourites with small boat buyers and |
| The advantage of the new materials, especially | | | | inland, estuary fishermen. Remarkably, up to 90% of |
| fibreglass, was the manufacturer's ability to produce | | | | boats in the 0 - 4.5 m size class are manufactured |
| identical boats quickly, more efficiently, and with | | | | from aluminium. The majority of these craft are built |
| relatively unskilled labour. As you can imagine, this | | | | using sheets of relatively light weight aluminium (1.2 - |
| revolutionised recreational powerboat manufacturing, | | | | 3.0 mm) which are "pressed" to provide rigidity and |
| opening the door for the establishment of many new | | | | strength. |
| companies, as well giving builders the ability to | | | | |