Lanchas Amarinta - Plasmar SRL
Plasmar SRL is an Argentine boatyard founded in 1971 in Martínez, San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, that designs and builds the Amarinta line of GRP recreational boats. The range spans roughly 3.35 to 6.20 metres and includes cuddy, open, bowrider-style and fishing models with outboard or sterndrive power. The yard also has a long history of building lifeboats and rescue craft for large merchant vessels, including fire-protected lifeboats for 12 to 57 people intended for navigation in burning waters. Its moulding chamber with controlled temperature and humidity was approved by Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
Lanchas Amarinta - Plasmar SRL
Plasmar SRL is a boatbuilding yard in Martínez, in the San Isidro district of Buenos Aires Province, legally constituted in 1971. Its origins lie in experimental work on racing sailboats (International 505 and Penguin classes) and on rescue and lifeboat construction, and that experience is now applied to its own Amarinta line of fibreglass pleasure boats. Designs, models and moulds are registered as the intellectual property of Ing. Diego Branz and Alberto Branz, giving the range a shared family styling.
Services
- Design and series construction of GRP recreational boats under the Amarinta brand
- Construction and development of lifeboats and rescue boats for large merchant ships, including rigid-shelter craft for navigation in burning waters for 12, 35, 45, 50 and 57 persons
- In-house pattern and mould making (matricería)
- Group cruises on the Argentine Delta and to Uruguay organised for Amarinta owners
Facilities
- Moulding chamber for fibreglass-reinforced plastic with controlled temperature and humidity, hot-air generator, cold store for materials and mechanised resin mixing; described on the site as approved by Lloyd's Register of Shipping (certificate No. 181/80) and the first of its kind in South America
- Testing history includes a fire-resistance trial witnessed with INTI temperature measurement, and an air-supply endurance test of 18 min 35 s certified by the classification register
Vessel Types
- Amarinta 330 – 3.35 m trimaran-hulled fishing boat, 3 persons, up to 25 hp
- Amarinta 505 – 5.05 m, 5 persons, 60–90 hp outboard
- Amarinta 505 Fisher – centre-console fishing version of the 505 hull
- Amarinta 535 – 5.38 m, 7 persons, 90–150 hp outboard
- Amarinta 575 Open and 575 Cuddy – 5.75 m, 5–6 persons, 135–190 hp sterndrive
- Amarinta 620 Cuddy – 6.20 m with double berth and marine head
- Ship's lifeboats and open boats for merchant vessels
Location
- Factory at Lima 1320, Martínez, CP 1640, Buenos Aires, Argentina, about fifteen blocks from the Panamericana highway
- Boats are used mainly on the Argentine Delta, Río de la Plata and rivers of the region