On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:26:30 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

I've seen large RIB pilot boats with aluminum hulls.

Not sure what the CG uses.

The newer CG boats are not actually inflatables although they look
like it. The flotation "collar", as I call it, appears to be some
sort of rigid plastic foam or some such. The pilot houses are
aluminum but it's not clear what the hull is made of. The ones down
here are now sporting three big outboards instead of two.