Edgar wrote:
You have an elaborately built round bilge steel yacht and think accordingly.
I have seen Dutch working boats which had steel dinghies made of plate with
chines of course. Looked easy to make but pretty heavy

The Dutch are very good at shaping steel plate hulls, been
doing it for a long time. I'm surprised they don't do it for
their dinghies too.

All that aside, we can assume that a steel dinghy can be
made the same shape as a laminated composite one. We can
assume they can be made the same strength.

However, if we make them the same weight, which one will be
stronger?

DSK