Joe wrote:
Yeah Skipper is a Schipperky dog. I never let him run loose in the
Shipyard. However he still manages to grab gear adrift all the time.
Never let him drink from puddles ect.


I'm always very paranoid about our dog any time we're in a boatyard...
since my wife & I both like to walk around looking at boats, it's not
uncommon.

Yeah Ive seen some pretty bad boats myself. The worst are usually
Hunters and Bent-a-toes and many different 70-'s era boats. Its a
fiberglass rust for sure.

I've read that in the early 1970s they switched formulations in
polyester resin because of increasing prices, and the cheaper stuff was
a lot more prone to blisters. OTOH I've also seen some blisters on some
pretty high-dollar boats that supposedly were immune.


... Good thing about steel it tends not to rust
underwater

Really? I guess that's why sunken ships never rust?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/

My impression has been that the worst rust problems are always in the
bilge inside the hull.... possibly because that's where the poorest
access for rust removal/prevention is...


... Oh and carver powerboats are the worst Ive ever
seen.


Haven't seen enough Carvers to say that, but I haven't seen much about
them that's great either. Lots of crappily built powerboats out there,
worse than sailboats IMHO. If you ever want to check out a truly
magnificently built boat, look at a Fleming... the motor world's answer
to Oyster sailboats...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King