On vr, 23 jul 2010 19:01:47 brian whatcott
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On 7/22/2010 7:50 PM, Bruce in Bangkok wrote:


"Thinking outside the box" seems to be all the rage these days but to
be useful it really needs to include some consideration of "Why didn't
anyone else think of this bright idea"?

And, finally, what would be the advantage of a welded aluminum, 15 ft.
boat over a wooden or fiberglass boat of the same size?

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Welded aluminum boats have several notable advantages - durability,
reasonable weight etc., but people use as big panels as possible, which
leads to cylinder hulls or hard chines.

But there are exeptions: http://tinyurl.com/277wo9y only a drawing
though and no price, but the site has photo's of other aluminum models.

--
Richard
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