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On 11 Dec 2008 11:20:01 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:47:11 +0100, "Steve Lusardi"

said:

but if the blister is actually in the
lamination, the damage can be very costly, even terminal.

What is the basis for that conclusion? Personal observation? Sea stories?

Too much coffee?

I've seen some very bad cases of "boat pox," but even in the worst of them,
they weren't "terminal." Perhaps not impossible, but it's hard for me to
imagine a case of blisters that far gone.