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Wayne.B

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:43:19 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I suspect the Tolman is stronger than most Fiberglas boats and I have
never heard of this happening so his answer is useless. *Any other
answers on how much pounding is too much?

Most good boats will take as much or more than you can, at least for a
while. It really all comes down to your sense of what is appropriate.
Usually boats that fail from pounding do so gradually over time, and
the softness becomes evident as things deteriorate. Things flex and
rattle that shouldn't be, cracks become evident, floors go soft,
stringers flex, that sort of thing.

There was a notable exception close to Marco Island last year where a
go fast boat was jumping wakes at high speed just for the thrill of
it. They jumped one too many and the boat disintegrated on contact,
killing several people.