Joe wrote:
Oh let me correct that then....mushy toerails....even pearson 41's
suffer from water intrusion via the stancions and we all know the P41
is 3X the boat your daysailor is. It a problem all glass boats sugger
from, you can look the other way all you want bubbles.


??

How does fiberglass get "mushy" Joe? Maybe it's being eaten
by fiberglass worms? Attacked by mutant polyester rust spores?

If you check into it, you'll find that any fiberglass boat
with "mushy toerails" or flexing lifeline stanchion mounts
has probably got core damage (and this area shouldn't have
been cored in the first place). It's primarily a maintenance
issue... why weren't the stanchion feet re-bedded every few
years? ... and secondarily a build quality issue- the core
should have been tapered down to a solid glass laminate
where the any deck hardware is thru-bolted.


LLoyd Bonafide wrote:
Tubular handrails affect the sailing characteristics of the boat. Why would
anyone want them?


As opposed to what, square handrails? I-beam handrails?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King