"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:59:18 GMT, "Maxprop"
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"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:55:47 GMT, "Maxprop"
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"DSK" wrote in message
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Lady Pilot wrote:

has a Hunter 33.5. Is that a "bad boat"?


No such thing as a bad boat.

Not so sure about that. A few of the horrid ferro-cement abortions I've
seen during my life probably qualified.

Max



Hey now, I logged about 500 miles on a 44' custom built ferro-cement,
pilot house ketch, on a delivery crew. Wasn't so bad.


I wasn't impugning ferro-cement, rather just some of the "creations" that
have been fashioned from it. I saw one beautiful f-c boat a few years
back,
but most have been so ugly that they had to sneak up on the ocean to get
wet.

Max

Don't think I would ever trust one if I wasn't present during the
molding process. A continuously wet monolithic and homogeneous mold
operation is an absolute necessity and probably rarely occurs.
However, if done right, I'm led to believe that they get stronger
every year they are in the water.

You have more faith in f-c than I. I'd never go offshore in one, despite
knowing it was built properly and by a pro. I just don't think it's a
reasonable building material, despite what some aficionados claim.

One of the positively ugliest f-c boats was built by a retired physician
near here. He put it in the water in an inland lake (it was 44'long !!) and
finally rigged it several years later, only to have it disassemble itself
the first time he sailed it. Apparently he knew more about medicine that
f-c construction. :-)

Max