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On Thu, 14 May 2009 07:41:17 -0500, Richard Casady
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:49:13 -0400,
wrote:
Here's a tip about fiberglass: Boats made in the 1960's and 70's were
built
extremely heavy. Fiberglass technology was new, and no one really knew
how thick
the glass needed to be to hold up.
Fiberglass was new in 1948.
Two of the neighbors at the lake had Rebel sailboats, and they were
heavy.
Casady
It took you 7 years to come up with that gem?
Fiberglass was still new to production boat manufacturing in the
1960's. (Pearson Triton) Customers were not ready to trust that thin
biit of plastic to be a strong as a nice thick piece of wood. It
sounded like science fiction to them back then.
My 1965 Cal 20 was way, way over-built by today's standards. Perfect for the
SF bay.
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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com
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