Ocean Alexander specifies and uses the finest natural materials in the world. Where science has developed more expedient properties, they’ve used the best materials mankind can create. It’s an expensive, labor-intensive way to approach construction, but it’s the only way they’ll consider engineering your Ocean Alexander vessel.
Aluminum is ten times stiffer than wood or fiberglass, and the Series 6061 aluminum Ocean Alexander uses is a very pure, high-quality, aircraft grade with an extremely high strength-to-weight ratio. These meticulously engineered straight beams add little to the weight of their craft but add volumes in reliability, safety and maneuverability.
Ocean Alexander uses unidirectional carbon fiber material as reinforcement in critical areas where their designs call for extreme strength. The tops of their stringers, for example. Unidirectional carbon fiber has ten times the strength of fiberglass. It’s extremely light, yet astonishingly strong – twice as strong as woven carbon fiber. Other manufacturers use fibers such as Kevlar©’, but significant problems associated with these materials eliminate them from their consideration.
