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Dreadnought 32 Brochure Excerpt below from an e-mail rec'd from Bud Taplin that gives a little bit of detail about Dreadnought Boatworks (DBW) "It was my understanding that John Schaefer, the owner of DBW, laminated the hulls with solid glass below the waterline, and balsa core above the waterline. I cannot understand any plywood in the hull core as it would not bend and conform to the hull shape. (this in regards to my finding plywood in an above the waterline hull core sample) There may have been some plywood squares in the balsa core wherever any holes would be drilled for thruhull fittings, but they would be difficult to spot in the exact location since John did not have a standard interior layout, such as was done on all factory built boats. What could have happened is that during the construction of the interior, wherever there would be a thruhull the inside layer of fiberglass and the balsa would be cut out, a piece of plywood inserted, and the interior lamination built back up." "John did not build any completed boats, only hulls and decks, and many were finished off in his yard by the owners, or by some of his workers who were hired by the owners to build their boats. The first of the complete Dreadnaught 32's was built by me in my yard. I made an agreement with John that if he supplied the hull, deck, ballast, rudder, etc, then I would supply the balance of the materials and construction. We did, and put this first boat in the Long Beach Sailboat Show, with both of us there. I took an order for another complete boat, and he got some orders for kits. I eventually sold this first boat for $40,000, and we split the money. The buyer gave me cash for the boat, mostly in $20 bills, but that is another story. I remember meeting John in a restaurant in Carpentaria and handing over $20,000 to him, all in 20's." "I believe that John ballasted his boats with steel. Railroad track, with steel punchings filled in around the rails, and saturated with polyester resin. He also ballasted some with concrete, but not on any of the boats I built. Some were ballasted with lead, if the buyer paid the extra money for it."
Dreadnought 32 Brochure

Excerpt below from an e-mail rec'd from Bud Taplin that gives a little bit of detail about Dreadnought Boatworks (DBW)

"It was my understanding that John Schaefer, the owner of DBW, laminated the hulls with solid glass below the waterline, and balsa core above the waterline. I cannot understand any plywood in the hull core as it would not bend and conform to the hull shape. (this in regards to my finding plywood in an above the waterline hull core sample) There may have been some plywood squares in the balsa core wherever any holes would be drilled for thruhull fittings, but they would be difficult to spot in the exact location since John did not have a standard interior layout, such as was done on all factory built boats. What could have happened is that during the construction of the interior, wherever there would be a thruhull the inside layer of fiberglass and the balsa would be cut out, a piece of plywood inserted, and the interior lamination built back up."

"John did not build any completed boats, only hulls and decks, and many were finished off in his yard by the owners, or by some of his workers who were hired by the owners to build their boats. The first of the complete Dreadnaught 32's was built by me in my yard. I made an agreement with John that if he supplied the hull, deck, ballast, rudder, etc, then I would supply the balance of the materials and construction. We did, and put this first boat in the Long Beach Sailboat Show, with both of us there. I took an order for another complete boat, and he got some orders for kits. I eventually sold this first boat for $40,000, and we split the money. The buyer gave me cash for the boat, mostly in $20 bills, but that is another story. I remember meeting John in a restaurant in Carpentaria and handing over $20,000 to him, all in 20's."
"I believe that John ballasted his boats with steel. Railroad track, with steel punchings filled in around the rails, and saturated with polyester resin. He also ballasted some with concrete, but not on any of the boats I built. Some were ballasted with lead, if the buyer paid the extra money for it."
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