"Joe Butcher" wrote in message om...

I have news for you Captn.
If you paint steel it will not rust.

Now, that's funny! Tell that to all those body shops
who fix rusted out steel on cars. Tell that all the
shipyards that sandblast old rusted paint off and
apply new paint only to have to do it over again in
a year or two. Tell that to the bridge crews on
the Golden Gate bridge whose never ending job
is taking care of rust on painted steel. Boy, are
you a dreamer, Joe!

To plug a thru hull on a steel boat cost about 35 dollars if you have
to hire a welder. Takes about 1/2 an hour if you have the right tools.
If you have your own welder it will cost you 2.00 in rods and
materials. Then your back in the water in 1/2 a day verses a week on
an inferior plastic or fiberglass boat sitting in a shipyard.

To plug a hole in a GPR boat all it takes is a little grinding and
mixing of resin then wetting out some cloth then applying it. It
all takes 0nly a few hours. All materials can be carried aboard
and they aren't very heavy.No expensive and heavy welder or
access to 220 volt electricity is ever needed. It can all be done
on a remote sandbar somewhere. Try that with steel boat and
see how long it takes to weld up a hole in the hull.

Plus I can get steel anywhere in the world.

Why not carry a couple sheets of steel along like I do with
glass and resin? Then some rods and a welder along with
a big generator to run it?

Like I said, steel is an inferior material with which to build
a sailing yacht.

S.Simon - Captains sailing yacht, "Cut the Mustard", a
GRP vessel that's easy to fix with materials on
hand. Also, a GRP vessel that's safer than a
rust-prone "Red Cloud"!