On vr, 23 jul 2010 19:01:47 brian whatcott
) wrote:

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.

And a 4 ft larger sailing one:
http://www.mlvsloepen.nl/aluminium-sloepen/mlv-57
(8 year old daughter sailed yesterday in an electric driven "vlet" and
is very enthousiast about it ;-) )

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Richard
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