Deck & Hull
Raja Laut has a good practical layout with emphasis on quality timber and professional joinery throughout. The entire hull is of exceptionally hard and resistant ironwood timber (sp. Belian/Ulin).
- The keel is 30cm x 35cm x 22meters in one seamless piece
- The keelsom is 20cm x 20 cm
- The planking varies in thickness from 7cm for the bottom hull to 6cm at the turn of the bilge and 5cm for the topsides
- The internal stringers extend from keelsom to deck, are 20cm x 7cm and spaced at 17 cm interval
- The wood for the frames was specifically selected to fit the curvature of the hull. Each frame is construed of 2 pieces, each 15cm thick by 10 cm wide, bolted together with a minimum of 50 cm overlap where joined.
- The stem is formed by a 30cm x 30 cm solid piece of Belian/Ulin, supported by a timber knee off the stem that has a rake of 62 degrees
- The sprit is boxed with a stainless steel band at the stem and covered with painted non skid planks
- Decks are double timber, starting with a layer of hardwood boards upon the deck beams, followed by a layer of fiberglass, marine plywood, and Burmese teak caulked with Sikaflex
- All fastenings and bolts are 304 stainless steel
- 20 tons of ballast is cast in the bilges (ballast material is formed by layers of solid steel bars cast in pitch)
- The cabin sole hatches are removable and allow ready access to the bilges and tanks below
