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A Brief History...
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Colin Chapman bought "Moonraker Marine" from owners Bell Buxton Boat builders, and formed "Moonraker Marine International" on the 12th of July 1971. He then redesigned the existing yacht, making it much more attractive with modern styling, cheaper to build, and a best seller!
Colin Chapman wanted to radically improve marine production methods that he felt were outdated, and introduced a revolutionary technique producing one-piece vacuum-injection-moulded GRP hulls for the Marauder 46. The Vacuum-Assisted-Resin-Injection (VARI) moulded hulls were developed by 'Technocraft', another member of the Lotus/JCL group, in the same ex-war aircraft hangar where the Marauder was developed on the edge of Hethel airfield, next to the Lotus Cars factory in Potash Lane, Hethel in Norfolk (UK).
The method was eventually used for the production of the Lotus cars and was a patented technique with patents held in many countries around the world.
a more detailed history of the making can be found here... JCL MARINE
or check these sites... Danish Moonraker & www.moonrakerboats.com
For more details about Colin Chapman and his companies, please see the Book List or visit the some of the websites in the Links page.
This site is intended to cover the the JCL designed yachts.. the Marauder , the Mystere, the Mirage, the Mistral, the Mamba, and the Prototypes
To find out all about the Moonrakers, I suggest that you visit both of these sites... Danish Moonraker & Moonraker Owners Club
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