How Triton Fiberglass Boats are built
At Triton, we're proud of the way our boats look,
but we believe it's what's inside that really
counts. Triton boats feature the most advanced
design, materials, construction methods and safety
engineering in the entire fishing boat industry. As
you'll see, we use aircraft technology in our hull
construction - there's no wood in a Triton boat. Our
innovative engineering approach enables every Triton
hull to carry a lifetime warranty, plus a three-year
warranty on most Triton-installed components. And,
most important of all, every Triton boat is designed
and built with your complete safety in mind.
Wood-Free Composite Construction
Most
fiberglass fishing boats are built with wood in such
strategic areas as the stringer system, transom,
deck and floor. Over time, wood can rot, leading to
structural failures. Even wood thoroughly
encapsulated with fiberglass still contains water
and can expand and contract over time, which may
lead to delamination. It's impossible to bond wood
and fiberglass chemically. Also, wood softens when
wet, causing fasteners to pull loose. For these and
other reasons, there is no wood in a Triton boat.
Instead, Triton insists on space age Tri-Core
composite construction. Tri-Core, a high-tech,
super-strong polyurethane core material used in high
performance aircraft, can never rot, bonds
chemically with fiberglass, and is unaffected by
climate changes. In addition, structural tests show
Tri-Core to be lighter than wood, yet stronger than
most wood/fiberglass laminates.
Hand-Laid Quality
Like other fiberglass boats, a Triton is built from
the inside out. But that's where the similarity
ends. We use state-of-the-art gelcoats and baby our
molds so your Triton boat has a brilliant mirror
finish that'll last a lifetime.Every Triton features
hand-laid construction and AME 1000 resin for
greater strength and uniformity without excess
weight. Many competing manufacturers use extensive
chopper gun construction in their boats. The chopper
gun is a laborsaving tool that sprays material into
the hull. It enables our competition to turn out
more boats at a faster pace, but at Triton, we know
faster isn't necessarily better where your boat's
construction - and your safety - are concerned.
Compare our lifetime hull warranty to the flimsy
warranties on competing boats and you'll understand
why we take extra time to hand-lay every Triton
hull.
There are 3 primary components in the construction
of a boat - the hull, stringer and deck. At Triton,
all three are built by hand-laying fiberglass. They
are then brought together and banded in place, thus
forming a solid, singular unit. We call this uni-body
construction. It's the reason a Triton offers
unsurpassed structural integrity and performs as if
it were all one piece.
Unibody Construction
Triton boats, like fine automobiles, are built with
unibody construction. When under power, the entire
boat moves as a single unit, greatly reducing
vibration that can result in transom failure.
Unibody construction provides superior strength,
while reducing performance-robbing weight.
The Backbone of Our Boats
The backbone of every Triton boat is our amazing
stringer system. Many competing boat brands use wood
stringers encapsulated in fiberglass, but Triton
uses a one-piece composite and fiberglass stringer
system for unparalleled strength and rigidity.
Triton's
stringer features two braces running from bow to
stern, and seven cross-members connecting port to
starboard. This radical design makes a Triton boat
extremely rigid and helps eliminate deck and hull
twisting.
In addition, the Triton stringer system is
hyper-engineered to fit perfectly into the hull with
100% contact - once in place, there are no gaps
between stringer and hull! Most competing
boatbuilders don't bother to engineer their
stringers to even approach such close tolerances -
they're content to patch those "wide open spaces"
between stringer and hull with fiberglass. But
that's not good enough for Triton!
Rock-Solid Transom & Deck
A glance at the stern of a Triton boat reveals a
major difference between our boats and many of our
competitors' models. Every Triton features a
full-width transom, running all the way from port to
starboard. Many competitive boats have much narrower
transoms - some only 24 inches wide! Our full-width
transom means the weight of your outboard is
distributed over a much wider area, to absorb stress
more effectively. The Triton transom is crafted from
Tri-Core and fiberglass, which are bonded
chemically, unlike the simple mechanical bond our
competitors hope to achieve with wood. It connects
directly to the stringer system to form the
industry's strongest and most rigid "skeleton" -
your assurance that every Triton boat is built to
last a lifetime. Our deck is also designed for
maximum strength. It features four transverse
bulkheads which tie into the stringer system in true
unibody fashion, thereby enhancing the deck's
structural integrity. Deck and hull are chemically
bonded with automotive-strength structural adhesive.
The result: rock-solid construction, guaranteed to
last a lifetime!
Superior Flotation = Greater Safety
At Triton, your safety is our #1 concern. That's why
every Triton boat exceeds upright and level
flotation standards of the U.S. Coast Guard,
National Marine Manufacturers Association and
American Boat & Yacht Council. You can enjoy your
Triton with the complete confidence of knowing there
has never been a single flotation failure on a
Triton boat…not one! Other boat manufacturers would
probably consider our foaming process excessive, but
we'd rather "over-foam" our boats than compromise
your safety. Through rigorous testing procedures
both in our 20,000-gallon test tank and "on
location" under adverse lake conditions, Triton's
engineers go the extra mile to determine the best
possible location and maximum amount of foam
flotation for each specific model. Our foam
flotation process is truly extraordinary in the
boating industry. We actually inject polyurethane
foam into our string system, then fill open cavities
between the stringers with more foam to support the
weight of the hull, passengers and gear. Our tests
have proven this much foam alone will float our
boats, but that's not good enough for Triton. So we
add large foam dams in the rear corners to support
the weight of your outboard and batteries. Then we
inject foam flotation down the sides of the boat so
it can't roll over, but remain upright and level
instead. Finally, still more foam is injected under
the floor and inside the deck, where it provides
superior upright and level flotation, as well as
added insulation for livewells, fish boxes and ice
chests. The bottom line: Like the finest automobiles
whose names have become synonymous with quality and
safety, Triton too has built its reputation on
quality materials, design and construction
techniques that in turn means the ultimate in safety
for you.
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Triton's all fiberglass Zero-Flex
Stringer System is
completely cored with polyurethane composite
material.
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The full width All-Composite
Transom is
bonded to the stringer system with Hi-Density
composite braces.
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Composite-cored Fiberglass
Cross Members bridge
the 2 full-length stringer, tying the port and
starboard sides of the boat together to
eliminate deck and hull twisting.
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Our Uni-Body
Construction technique
utilizes transverse bulkheads built into the
deck that interlock with the hull's stringer
system, virtually welding the two parts into
one.
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The Zero-Flex Stringer System is
molded to precisely mate with the hull laminate
and has over 290 linear feet of surface bonded
to the hull as part of our Uni-Body
Construction. That's nearly a football field's
worth of total stringer length in the Tr-21's
hull.
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Triton's unique Wide-Track-Flared
Hull and Deck Design offers
you larger rear storage boxes and openings,
larger livewells, and greater stability. Styling
is also enhanced with the W.T.F. design,
yielding a dominant appearance, characteristic
of a Triton Boat's image and performance.
The Triton Difference
As you've seen, Triton's state-of-the-art materials
and construction methods give our boats tremendous
strength without excess weight. You benefit from
faster acceleration, greater top-end speed, a soft,
dry ride in rough water and increased fuel
efficiency for both your outboard and your tow
vehicle. Greater strength means a longer-lasting
boat with the best warranty in the business. Extra
flotation means greater safety for you, your family
and your fishing partners.
Quality. Innovation. Safety. That's the Triton
difference!