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Yacht Lab

Locality: Hackham, South Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 413 304 217

Address: 1/41 Chapman rd 5163 Hackham, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Making stuff and breaking stuff at Yacht Lab this week! We have been testing new glues and ropes, including some new ropes from Marlow Ropes, in our Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes range to test breaking loads. We also upgraded the testing jig with some soft shackles from RopeCo. South Australia and North Haven Marine and nice big winch! We have a bunch of new ropes to test courtesy of DeckHardware next week.... A new set of Pacer foils also completed and looking shiny as well as some more 75mm pad eyes! Marlow Ropes Liros Ropes ATL Composites Harken Pacer Australia International 18ft Skiff Australian 18 Footers

25.01.2022 Yacht Lab and Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes have had a long term partnership with Marine Element - Home of the UnREEL and are pleased to be stocking Marine Elements yachting accessories and are available to install the complete range of Unreel Rope Tidy Systems. The Unreel range are suitable for boats from 80ft to dinghies and small keel boats like Etchells and 18ft Skiffs. Get in touch if you see something that interests you! Read below an article about the smallest Unreel... in the range. https://www.sailingworld.com/story/gear/wind-it-up/ See more

24.01.2022 This week Yacht Lab installed these custom built Stainless Steel access stairs to the Solaris 50s berth at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron. The stairs allow easy access at gunnel height through a gate in the lifelines. A bit of extra effort went into embedding the logo into the nonskid on the hardwood treads, but well worth it! We also installed our latest Fibreglass Dock Box which are made in house, to order and available now. Great for decluttering your boat and ...storing those things you dont need on your boat all the time! Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, Profender Australia

24.01.2022 Yacht Lab have been doing something different this week. We have been getting a few Cray Fishing Boats ready for there upcoming season down in Port Macdonell. Good to be able to take your trailer boat home with you when fishings done!... Kept the locals amused! The Southern Rocklobster

24.01.2022 Currently at Yacht Lab we have a couple of 2Pac resprays going on, a very original Noelex 25 and a completely rebuilt Gannet. The brief from Foxys owner is to have her looking like when she left the factory some 40 years ago (going back to the original colour scheme supplied from Awlgrip and The Boat Paint Guy), new windows and gunwale strip as well as a tidy up on the interior. The Gannet has been tediously restored by her owners and is in for a respray of the hull and deck giving this old boat a new lease on life. Noelex Yacht Association of Australia

24.01.2022 Yacht Lab are proud to announce that we have recently purchased a set of Pacer Dinghy moulds and are chipping away getting our first boat out on the water as soon as possible. It will be great to have Pacers being built here in SA once again and to help introduce a new generation of kids to our sport. Get in touch if you need any more info on full boats or foils! Pacer Australia... Australian Sailing Australian Sailing - SA See more

24.01.2022 Some of our Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes we rushed out for a customer late last week and installed on JV 62 Chinese Whisper (former Jethou). Over the years we have supplied a bunch of pad eyes to the Chinese Whisper team. Well done boaTEC Australia.

24.01.2022 We recently got this 21 year old rowing skull in for a refurbishment. After years of sitting in the rafters at the local rowing club and a lot of hard work it has come up as good as new with a full 2 pac spray job. Enjoy the rest of the season Mal! Rowing South Australia, Adelaide Rowing Club, ... Torrens Rowing Club See more

23.01.2022 Yacht Lab spent a few days this week fixing up a fleet of well used training Pacers. As training boats often do they were covered in battle scars and were in need of multiple repairs, a few new fittings and a good wash and polish. We finished off the week by installing some new Pro Fender fenders onto a berth at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron. With a beautiful yacht due to be berthed there soon this will take the fuss out of parking and help keep her looking great! Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia, Pacer Australia, Profender Australia

21.01.2022 The magnificent Solaris 50 arrived in Adelaide recently and is in her pen at the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron. Shes tucked up nice and safe in her fully fendered berth that Yacht Lab installed a few weeks ago and with her new mooring lines set today. RopeCo. South Australia provided this 24mm product with spliced loops. A set of boarding stairs for her are also under way. With everything built in house out of 316 stainless steel and Australian Hardwoods to the cust...omers specs. RopeCo. South Australia Team Windcraft Profender Australia

19.01.2022 This week at Yacht Lab we have been repairing a Bow Rider that had a tangle with a Willow Tree. The Wake Tower was ripped out of one side of the boat, scratches down the hull and the propeller damaged. Yacht Lab supplied and fitted a new wake tower and a new propeller. After the structural and cosmetic repairs to the Starboard side of the boat were completed she was back to looking her best! Ready for the long weekend up the river!

19.01.2022 After a tangle with a dredge pipe Yacht Lab had the Thompson 920, "Poco Locos" keel in for a bit of pre Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race love. Repairs to the fin and bulb as well as a full 2 pac respray shes ready to roll. At over 3m long and 800kg in weight no wonder shes a bit of a rocket ship! Thompson 920 Poco Loco... Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race & Regatta

18.01.2022 A few weeks ago the Star project we worked on last year left our shed for her long awaited fit out. A bunch of jobs have been completed since we posted on this project last. We positioned the custom barney post and glassed it in, mounted hidden cleats behind the coaming for control lines, built custom foot chocks to run lines down the centre line of the boat, built custom trailer splashes offering a bigger surface area to support the hull and too many other jobs to mention. ...At least the owner will have plenty to do amidst these challenging times! Star Sailors League, Harken, Binks Marine

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18.01.2022 Busy times at Yacht Lab this week with Soft pad Eyes heading out across the country. Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes are all made in house and shipped world wide to some of the worlds best yachts, from off shore racers to dinghies and even superyachts the uses are endless.

18.01.2022 Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes orders getting under way at Yacht Lab this week. These orders are heading out to both Sydney for boaTEC Australia and to Austria for a lake boat. We are constantly trying to improve the things we build, so as we test new ideas we throw them on the test bed for some load testing. Next weeks jobs filling up with an Etchell in for some winter mods.... Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

17.01.2022 Yacht Lab has been working away this week both in the shed and on the marina. We have been working away on the Grainger 42 Trimaran Venom trying to improve the steering geometry and remove friction from the steering systems. By changing the angles at which the quadrants work, replacing some carbon tubes and new upgraded stainless fittings she is ready for the weekend. Venom is a pretty cool machine that nearly smashed the2020 Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race & Regatta b...efore some bad luck cut her race short. A few orders for Yacht Labs range of Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes heading out to TK Marine in the UK, Western Australia for Mira Marine and Austria. Venom sailing, CST Composites Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia,

17.01.2022 A pick up and delivery this week by Yacht Lab for a Flying Fifteen that had a run in with a rock wall down at Christies Sailing Club last weekend. Even though she had a couple of fractures and had taken on water, she was in and out in no time and ready for this weekends racing. Yacht Lab dropped the mast, removed the rudder, towed the boat back to our workshop and returned it ready to roll!... Also some custom carbon brackets and mounting pads for a set of sheet retrieval drums for a local TP52 went out the door this week. The mounting pads and removable brackets allow the system to be removed for offshore sailing so they don't interfere with the pipe cots. Yacht Lab are always here to help with tricky tasks and will always get you out racing or boating ASAP! Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia Christies Sailing Club Diverse Performance Systems TP52 Class

16.01.2022 A bunch of custom gear out to some suppliers in the last few weeks. 1 set of Boom Ears for a Selden Boom for Binks Marine and 3 sets for some CST Composites Booms for RopeCo. South Australia aswell as some custom stick on carbon straps. Both sets are female moulded and full carbon construction. A custom carbon rudder box is also under construction and should hit the water in the next few weeks. Get in touch with either Binks Marine or RopeCo. South Australia if your after a n...ew boom to finish off the season! SA Sharpies, Australian Sharpie Nationals, Seldn Mast

16.01.2022 Yacht Lab installed another set of Super Fenders from ProFender Australia on a berth in North Haven this week. The owner has the luxury of choosing which side of the dock he wants to tie up to now and can dock with confidence! We also supplied a set of winch covers from Harken Australia for the Solaris 50. They matched in well with the existing covers and will keep them out of the weather! This is just one of the services offered at Yacht Lab with no job being to big or small!

14.01.2022 Yacht Lab have been working on the Ichi Ban TP52 this week getting her ready for the 2020 Adelaide to Port Lincoln Yacht Race & Regatta. Even the multiple Rolex Sydney Hobart winners are always looking for that extra edge. Weight was taken out of the keel, the bulb was then re faired and painted. Good luck Ichi Ban and crew! 7 sleeps until show time!! TP52 Class, @theboatpaintguy , David Brown

14.01.2022 Yacht Lab has installed some more items on the Grainger 42 "VENOM" that we made last week. Custom water deflectors made to help shed water off the deck and keep it out of the cockpit. These were made in foam and carbon before being painted and non skidded. We also fitted the stainless chafe guards for the edges of the coach house we made last week.... There isn't much we cant handle in house at Yacht Lab!! Cruising Yacht Club Of Australia Venom sailing

14.01.2022 Things are ramping up at Yacht Lab as we edge closer to summer. Boom Ears for a couple of Lightweight Sharpies for Binks Marine and their Selden Booms. Dock Box destined for the marinas at Glenelg.... An OK dinghy mast in for a track replacement on a worn section of the plastic track. This repair was done in conjunction with C-Tech and will extend the life of the mast well into the future! The Etchells heads home after some mods to keep her up to date, this time new jib track set up Australian Sharpie Nationals SA Sharpies Adelaide Sailing Club OK Dinghy Australia Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

14.01.2022 Sailing season must be around the corner! Yacht Lab has been making some custom control line mouldings for this older Etchells to help bring it up to current new boat configurations. This will allow quicker changes to settings with the control lines at an easy access point for the crew. Now ready for the owner to fit her out with a selection of new Ronstan, Harken and Allen fittings. Get in touch if you want to update any of the systems on your Etchells or any other boat. We ...will come up with a custom solution for you. Also, sneak peek at Yacht Labs new whip. See you on the water soon! Etchells Australia Etchells Brisbane Etchells Sydney Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia DeckHardware Harken Ronstan Sailing Sailing.Dog

13.01.2022 More custom Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes out this week. A couple of Moths getting ready for their worlds with some gear for some new systems. Ronstan Sailing, Binks Marine, Marine Element - Home of the UnREEL, Mothsquad Australia

12.01.2022 The Gannet from a few weeks ago got a lick of paint on her deck this week. Painted in brilliant "Periwinkle Blue" this would have to be one of the best Gannets getting around! Hull to be painted in the coming weeks. A credit to the owners for all their hard work. Also a sneak peak to another of this weeks projects coming together nicely finished in AwlCraft2000. Awlgrip, The Boat Paint Guy, Wattyl, Crowies Paints

12.01.2022 Amongst the boat work and Soft Pad Eyes going on over the last few weeks, Yacht Lab have been doing some repair work on some racing machines of a different kind! These full carbon race cars needed a quick turn around. We have been rebuilding front and rear spoilers, different panels, front and rear diffusers, doors and wheel arches on a couple of GT3 Porsches and a Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo that came to grief at The Bend Motorsport Park. Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eye...s Lamborghini Adelaide Zagame Adelaide Porsche Centre Adelaide @buikmotorworks Buik Motorworks - Porsche Specialists See more

12.01.2022 The New and the Old! Kaos sitting next to her new neighbour, another Ross 780. What a difference! A couple of other angles of Kaos before her launch a couple of weeks ago aswell.... Coorong Quays Hindmarsh Island

11.01.2022 Yacht Lab spent the week preparing a few boats for the coming summer a head. Summer Jewel received a gunwale up machine wax including cockpit and boom. The teak was given a good clean, then the entire boat was given a complete detail from head to toe. She came up as good as new and was back looking sharp! Yacht Lab added some run off deflectors to keep the Solaris 50 looking her best. The idea is stop the water that runs down the rod rigging running over th...e hull. Now the water will drip off of the deflector instead of leaving stains on the deep blue paintwork aiding in keeping Summer Jewel looking her best year round. We finished the week with 2 hull polishes and waxes on two Rivieras out for their annual servicing. Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron Solaris Yachts Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

09.01.2022 Yacht Labs prototype Rudder Stock for Lightweight Sharpies was fitted up this week and looks the business! Weighing in at 1.7kg before fittings its both light and strong! New pivot bolt and rudder pin made in house along with fittings from Binks Marine. We also fitted one of our carbon compass brackets to her new home. Brackets are available to suit both Yacht Lab hulls (The old Windrush), and most Yachtcraft Hulls to suit Tacktick, Velocitek and Raymarine smaller models.... Got another solution your wanting for any other boat? Get in touch and we will be happy to accomodate you! SA Sharpies, Australian Sharpie Nationals

08.01.2022 From custom Carbon Fibre work to Stainless Steel fabrication Yacht Lab has been keeping busy in this strange time. Custom rudder box and compass mount for a Lightweight Sharpie heading into clear coat. Seat pedastools from a Northbank 650 being replaced with these bent Stainless numbers! This will allow the owner to slide an esky under each seat and make better use of his deck space. With Sailing and boating in general off the cards for a bit, why not get in touch and do som...e of those jobs youve been putting off! With everything made in house we are your one stop shop! (Newest team member starting soon to help ease the work load!) Australian Sharpie Nationals, SA Sharpies, VIC Sharpies, Northbank Fibreglass Boats

08.01.2022 With the start of the sailing season upon us, Yacht Lab are already into the modifications and repairs for 2020. A Sabre that had a tangle with its trailer was in and out in quick time and ready to race this weekend and good as new. Custom carbon parts for a TP52 coming together nicely and getting a few coats of Durapox clear coat to bring out the bling!... A few shots of "Foxy's" first race last Friday. Thanks to Canvas Sails for the shots. @logixgroup Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club, @anotherhooligan Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Inc, Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia

07.01.2022 "Foxy" re appears with a fresh new look! Yacht Lab have been toiling away on this Noelex 25 this winter and its just about time for Foxy to hit the water. With a fully resprayed hull, deck, boot line and and gunwale stripe as per her original colour scheme in Awlgrip paint system. She looks as good as she did the day she left the factory some 40 years ago.... New windows, Gunwale strip, a few stickers and an interior tidy up to come and shell be out and racing! Noelex Yacht Association of Australia Noelex 25 Trailer Yacht Association The Boat Paint Guy

07.01.2022 This week at Yacht Lab we had a Diam 24 in for some post regatta repairs and up grades. Gelcoat repairs made to the floats and rudders, new Stainless Steel rudder lockdown bars and a Ronstan Constrictor added to handle another Halyard. Last weeks Carbon compass bracket is now ready for postage. Finished weight 80g.... Ronstan Sailing, King of the Gulf Yachting Regatta, Multihull Yacht Association of South Australia, Photo credit King of the Gulf Yachting Regatta

06.01.2022 Quality aint cheap and cheap aint quality! Our Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes are all made in house with the highest of quality materials, they are completely customisable and will look the part above and below deck! More orders heading out world wide this week.... Harken Gurit DeckHardware Brian Gatt

06.01.2022 Job done, tick! Sailing over the weekend! The Ross 780 refurbishment has come to an end, Kaos headed home to Goolwa/Hindmarsh Island today. The mast will be stood up tomorrow and then shes ready for a summer of racing and cruising! This has been Yacht Labs most extensive refurbishment to date with a full refit from top to bottom. Hull and deck respray, new staunchions, pulpits and pushpits, new fittings, ropes, electronics, windows, storm boards, mast and boom painted, ne...w gunnel strip and stickers. Good luck boys! Thanks to all involved in the project, @northhavenmarine, Binks Marine, RopeCo. South Australia, Harken, Ronstan Sailing, DeckHardware, @SouthernCrossMarineAustralia, E-print Design More photos once on the water! See more

06.01.2022 Cray Boats one week, Rivieras the next! Yacht Lab finished off the cold week by giving this Sports Yacht a wash and detail before she heads off to Pt Lincoln over the weekend. Brrrrr

06.01.2022 Yacht Lab spent a couple of sunny winters days at the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia fixing up some damage on a Beneteau 47. The damage was sustained during this years Sydney to Hobart and needed repairing. The finished result looks the part and with some new traveller parts she is ready for this weekends Plympton Cup. Good luck to our customers and to all other competitors in the first race weekend back!... Venom sailing Thompson 920 Poco Loco Lewmar

04.01.2022 Welcome home Kaos! See you on the water!

02.01.2022 Late last year Yacht Lab was approached to build an Australian Lightweight Sharpie for a client who had acquired a set of moulds that hadnt had a boat built from it in years. The boat was an experiment guided by some great people, for a great client and for a great class! Throw in the added challenge of getting the boat ready for the Perth Nationals which was 33 days away and we had a bit on! The end result was great, she was on minimum weight and performed well, regularly... sitting in the top 10. A great result considering the boat only went for its maiden sail the morning of Race 1! Thanks to Rod allen, Marc Ablett, Luke Stephens and his dad, Jon Emonson, RopeCo. South Australia, Alex Blacker, Harry Fisher and Down Under Sail, Steve Eitzen, James Lucas and Heinz Lefrank for all your help over the build. Also thanks to the SA Sharpie class measurers past and present who measured the boat last minute and helped with measurement advice and to the Australian Sharpie Class in general for their support and positivity to the project. We are hoping to have the boat out at the next edition of the SA Sharpie State Champs next week. Australian Sharpie Nationals, VIC Sharpies, Harken, Ronstan Sailing, North Haven Marine, SeaDek Marine Nonskid, ATL Composites, Stic-It Composite Soft Pad Eyes Photo credit to Ironbark Photos.