Really? AFAIK both change hands at somewhat higher than average prices.
Generally regarded as pretty good boats.


Maxprop wrote:
We had two examples here. Both were larger Uniflite cruisers, both severely
blistered and repaired, and neither has sold. Both have been on the market
for over 5 years at lower-than-market prices.


Interesting. Maybe a re-estimate of "market prices" is in order.




The same layup schedule used for the military boats was used for
reacreational production boats--both Uniflites and Uniflite-built
Valiants--as well. A boatbuilder at a boat show once told me that
"pulverized asbestos" was used in the resins as a fire-retardant, and
probably resulted in the osmotic blistering tendencies of the boats.


If so, that could well be the result. I've never seen any
documentation on the nature of the fire-retardant material used.



Are you just spreading this rumor because you want to buy a Valiant and
want to get teh price down?


Do you think spreading a rumor on Usenet would actually have any more effect
than a drop of water in the ocean?

Actually, I do indeed. It's a small world. And if the rumor
was planted intelligently, and backed up by some actual
references, it would certainly pop up on any Google search
for info on old Valiants done by would-be Valiant buyers.

DSK