Around 6/1/2004 4:02 PM, Gould 0738 wrote:

Furthermore, if you want to see hundreds of older Bayliners "miraculously
surviving" a sal****er experience, come to the Pacific NW. They're everywhere.
In fact, if you see a 25 year old FRP boat up here it's almost always a
Bayliner, a Uniflite, a Tollycraft, a Sea Ray, or a Glas-Ply. Yes, there are
many other brands represented among the older boats, but if you gave me a buck
for every mass-pro boat of that age from the group I listed and I gave you a
buck for every boat *not*, I'd be dollars ahead by the end of the day. :-)

Hey, it took a good 35 years for my Glastron's floor and transom to go,
and that's only because the rain got to it when it was briefly kept
outdoors about 15 years ago. Since I've replaced both with marine ply,
keep it covered, and mostly boat in salt, I expect never to have to
replace them again.


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~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows