Paperboats to Plastic Boats
When we say there are floating plastics on bodies of water in Alaska, don’t dare jump into the conclusion that those floating substances are flat-out rubbish as one would think; they are actually plastic boats.
Alaska’s paperboat ideas have now sailed up high to innovate the all new jet boat that is made of plastic.
Having the weight nearly the same as an aluminum boat, this mini jet boat is named DragonFly as rigorously engineered by Lifewater Engineering Co–a Fairbanks-based manufacturer.
The DragonFly has been introduced recently at the Alaska Miners Association spring convention.
It will be basking in its glory at the 2016 Fairbanks Outdoors Show that will be held on 22-24 April at the Carlson Center.
The Life Behind Lifewater Engineering
Lifewater Engineering actually specialises in wastewater treatment and has been fabricating plastic for over 10 years.
Cutting and welding plastic every single day until the–also, avid boater–Lifewater President Bob Tsigonis came up with a brilliant idea–penetrating the boating industry.
With the help of a designer in Canada scoured on the internet by Operations Manager Jerry Fleishman, structural analysis performed by Mechanical engineer Dan Baas, and different people to test and drive the dream boat with different loads and in different places, the DragonFly plastic boat was born.
Lifewater Engineering’s newest baby garners more attention as it is the first ever plastic motor boat to exist in the field of boat retailing in Fairbanks.
Tsigonis and Fleishman have successfully tested the DragonFly prototype on an open water on the Chena River and on the Delta Clearwater River during the unseasonable warm winter.
Testing the DragonFly plastic boats is the most fun Fleishman has had at work, and he compared driving the DragonFly to simply driving a go-cart–priding himself that the DragonFly is pretty easy to maneuver and to get into the water.
He explains further that due to its plastic built, it has a low coefficient of friction that lets the boat slide right off the trailer. Simply put, dents would likely be minimised as the boat bounces off when you hit something in the river.
The 14-foot plastic boat costs a reasonable $14,499 price for the hull. However, its availability is quite limited as the Lifewater Engineering company searches for a supplier of motors.
What better way to match the all new plastic fishing boat than to have Hook-Eze Twin Pack to ease up the tying of fish hooks?
Lifewater aims to innovate and invent things. DragonFly isn’t the first thing they invented.
They are also the first one to make a septic system that could be used on land with permafrost.
Innovation is what drives Lifewater Engineering’s interest.
