OzOne wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:44:53 GMT, otnmbrd
scribbled thusly:



And the idea that fiberglass boats are not easily seen with radar is
not one to be discarded

Of course not, but their construction may have nothing to do with the
fact that they weren't seen. Fiberglass construction is not a catch all
for poor radar visibility, just as steel in not a catch all for good
radar visibility.


True, but being in a fiberglass boat will make you less visible


snipped a bunch of items, intended to bolster your position
I look at items such as these as examples of possible problems, not
absolutes ... you remember these things, and work around them, apply
them to your conditions, find them in error at times, find them true at
other times, etc.


OK, I surrender, fiberglass small boats will paint just as well as a
steel hul in the same conditions

Yeah right!!


No, really that's why radomes are often made of it ;-)

Cheers