The article shows pictures of a Sea Ray that was smashed to pieces after a
hurricane. Maxum and Sea Rays are practically the same boat.

Here's what Pascoe said about the Sea Ray:

"What we see here are hulls made with increasingly less and less fiberglass,
and more and more of something else. Some of these boats were stunning in
the limited amout of structural fibers used.
One good example is a Sea Ray where the hull side had ONE layer of woven
roving, two thin layers of chopped strand mat, and all the rest of the
laminate was some kind of brittle putty."


FWIW: I have a Grady White, and Pascoe doesn't like those much either...but
for other reasons.






"JR North" wrote in message
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Interesting article. Don't see what it has to do with my boat. Also,
didn't say anything about chop or mat...
JR

NOYB wrote:
Maxum is Brunswick...similar to Sea Ray. They use chopped glass...not
fiberglass mat.

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/Fiberglass_Boats.htm






"JR North" wrote in message
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Same with my MaXum. When I installed the windlass, the foredeck turned
out to be 1" thick. Solid glass.
JR

HK wrote:



Indeed. I admire the glossiness of my gelcoated inner hull all the time,
knowing that if there were problems or a leak between the hull/deck
joint, I'd know about it.

Last week I watched a rigger drill a hole through the bottom of a Parker
so he could install a second bronze pick-up and valve. The circle he cut
out was 7/8" of an inch thick. No foam, no balsa. Just layer after layer
of fiberglass and resin.


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