Steel, aluminum and composites plus better designs, in short (let's not
forget fiberglass... he he).


"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:37:05 GMT, "Lawrence James"
wrote:

The point of my link to the article was to support my statement that
polyester resin is not water proof. You won't find that I have suggested
that foam core is a good idea. I recognize that salt water can act as a
preservative. But what I see is that many boats are built with plywood.
In
the floor and transom. Some even use encapsulated plywood for stringer
grids. Many will get wet from rain water, not sea water. Not all, but
plenty of them will evetually suffer rot in these areas. So I see
nothing
good about using plywood to build fiberglass boats.


Ok... I'll bite.... what is the panacea for boat building?

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