Whatever the process, it doesn't seem likely that titanium will ever be
cheaper than aluminum and never mind how difficult it is to work with.
Aluminum sailboats are so expensive that only the wealthy can afford them
now.

Still, it could be just the thing for high dollar ocean racers.
There might be some advantage over the carbon fibre composites now used in
the open 60's, even if they didn't build an entire hull out of it.



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I'm sure you're right, but would you pay the difference (assuming it's
close) for a titanium hull?
Scout

Horvath wrote:
Commercially affordable titanium will be good for the tool industry,
but I doubt if it will be cheaper than fiberglass.

Horass, your tits are showing.

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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:22:54 -0400, "katysails"
wrote this crap:

Scoutthat's one reason why I'm keeping the titanium parts they pulled out
of my leg last year...I figore that the value is going to go way up and I
will be able to make some money...(I paid for all those screws and bolts,
etc....why not turn them into an investment?)


You idiot. Titanium will go DOWN in price, dumbass.




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Yeah, don't do that. Don't invest in things might turn into a commodity.

You are dumber than words can express.

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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:25:45 -0400, Scout
wrote this crap:

Check out Scientific American (Oct 2003) article "Alchemy of a
Supermetal" A new process for wresting pure titanium from ore may
soon make the affordable titanium hull and other sailboat components a
reality. The pure form of the ninth most common element on earth is
expensive now only because of the chemical reduction process currently
used to extract it. A few bright metallurgists at Cambridge have
found a significantly easier way to produce it. The challenge now is
to produce it in commercial volume. Might be worth investing.
Scout

Investing in something that will go down in price?

Commercially affordable titanium will be good for the tool industry,
but I doubt if it will be cheaper than fiberglass.




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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:40:52 -0400, Scout
wrote this crap:

I'm sure you're right, but would you pay the difference (assuming it's
close) for a titanium hull?
Scout

Are you nuts?


Horvath wrote:
Commercially affordable titanium will be good for the tool industry,
but I doubt if it will be cheaper than fiberglass.





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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:44:30 -0700, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote this crap:

Yeah, don't do that. Don't invest in things might turn into a commodity.

You are dumber than words can express.

Beause I own a boat, Jon-boy?




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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:23:13 -0400, Scout
wrote this crap:

Holy crap Horvath!!! I mean invest in the technology!!!!

Duh! Invest in technology! Where have I heard that before, dumbass?


These guys will be rich if they pull it off, but they need money now.
Read the article if you care to know more.
Scout


Horvath wrote:
You idiot. Titanium will go DOWN in price, dumbass.



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If the materials are cheap enough, why not?


Horvath wrote:

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:40:52 -0400, Scout
wrote this crap:

I'm sure you're right, but would you pay the difference (assuming it's
close) for a titanium hull?
Scout

Are you nuts?


Horvath wrote:
Commercially affordable titanium will be good for the tool industry,
but I doubt if it will be cheaper than fiberglass.





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Horvath wrote:
Duh! Invest in technology! Where have I heard that before, dumbass?

Yeah you're right, a journal like Scientific American is probably
published by a Larry Flint type and bound to be written by Mad
Magazine dropouts. And if the price of Titanium is suddenly dropped to
1/5 the current price, I'm sure we'll all just keep on choosing steel
and aluminum for making our machines and our toys.

And you call me a dumbass? Weren't you the who recently embarrassed
himself by claiming that the ozone scare was a hoax, and the proof of
that was the ample supply of O3 at ground level? Jesus Horvath,
sailors are supposed to be on the ball - get with it man!

Scout

Duh... well, you got that part right.

"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 10:23:13 -0400, Scout
wrote this crap:

Holy crap Horvath!!! I mean invest in the technology!!!!

Duh! Invest in technology! Where have I heard that before, dumbass?


These guys will be rich if they pull it off, but they need money now.
Read the article if you care to know more.
Scout


Horvath wrote:
You idiot. Titanium will go DOWN in price, dumbass.



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He owns a crap Hunter. What can you say....

"Scout" wrote in message
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Horvath wrote:
Duh! Invest in technology! Where have I heard that before, dumbass?

Yeah you're right, a journal like Scientific American is probably
published by a Larry Flint type and bound to be written by Mad
Magazine dropouts. And if the price of Titanium is suddenly dropped to
1/5 the current price, I'm sure we'll all just keep on choosing steel
and aluminum for making our machines and our toys.

And you call me a dumbass? Weren't you the who recently embarrassed
himself by claiming that the ozone scare was a hoax, and the proof of
that was the ample supply of O3 at ground level? Jesus Horvath,
sailors are supposed to be on the ball - get with it man!

Scout