So, are you a structural engineer, numb-nuts? If so, let's have some data
and references. Furthermore, find me one documented case of a modern
cruising sailboat "breaking up" at sea. It's allegedly weak hull just
breaking apart.

Or is it once again the case that you, like every other asshole walking the
dock, have an opinion?

thanks for your ever so kind words.

my remarks come from my personal experience going back 45 years, and from the
people working in the business long term to maintain boats, and from brokers of
potentially ocean going and non-ocean going boats, and naval architects of my
personal aquaintence, and indeed structure engineers, including one -- my
brother -- who used to write technical articles for the Experimental Aircraft
Association.

sorry about your Hunter, dude, but most brokers won't handle one for resale
that has been taken offshore. If you don't believe me, you certainly are free
to ask a few brokers yourself.

btw, glass over plywood (makes for one ugly boat usually, but is rather easily
built in a bach yard) is in fact stronger pound for pound than steel or
aluminum or fiberglass. You have to get to the (damned expensive) exotics to
get a stronger boat pound for pound.

again, sorry about your Hunter.



"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
The cheapest fiberglass boat has
enough hull strength, fiberglass is tremendously strong compared to
its predecessor, wood.


not even close to true. a.) cheap fiberglass boats are not "strong
enough" for
anything other than lite conditions, and b.) pound for pound wood is
stronger.
In fact, glass over plywood is *much* stronger than glass.