VENDIA has
drawn attention also on the international markets. Recently a British Water Craft magazine published an article about VENDIA marine plank. Chairman of the
Wooden Boatbuilders Trade Association, Nick Newland contacted us to make this
article about the new interesting product for wooden boatbuilding. In this
article Nick compares the differences between VENDIA marine plank and
traditional rotary cut plywood and also tells his own opinions about this new
marine plank.
Among the
others, Nick also highlights first the difference in appearance between VENDIA
marine plank and traditional rotary cut plywood; VENDIA looks like the best
“clear and better” softwood with an attractive knot-free grain. There is also
difference in the number of crosswise veneers. Every other veneer is crosswise
in the traditional plywood whereas 9 mm VENDIA consists of only two crosswise
veneers. This structure gives the plank more bendability across the grain, Nick
writes. He also sees VENDIA’s thick face veneers as an important feature of the
marine plank. Thickness of the face veneer is 1.5 mm whereas the thickness of
the face veneer in traditional rotary cut plywood is often 1 mm or sometimes
even less.
Nick sees
VENDIA marine plank as an interesting new product for wooden boatbuilding and
he believes that it could produce a fine light boat which would look wonderful finished
bright.
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