Rich Hampel wrote in
:

no no no no
Those older hand laid boats are of INFERIOR strength in comparison to
'modern' composites.


Those old boats were just awful. One old 38 Hatteras got loose during one
of Charleston's near miss hurricanes, floated out of its marina and nearly
beat the bridge in half next to the marina before the storm was over. Its
flybridge and bimini was pretty trashed but not one drop of water was in
her bilge from any hull failure. The creosote poles she was beating
against in fairly heavy waves were sheared off!

Let's test your theory with a brand new 40' Brunswick Boat made of these
wonderful materials like is in the webpage I quoted. How about let's play
fair and use a new Sea Ray, not just a Bayliner. I'll call when the next
storm comes in. SCDOT replaced the poles with new ones for the test,
already.

I'd ride safely on that old Hat anyplace.....
--
Larry