Joe wrote:
Sorry Scotty, I have no rust on Redcloud.

Glad to hear it.

.... If your boat hit a raft of
pumace rocks it would sand thru in no time.

??
Strongly doubt it.

If they were red hot they
would just melt thru.


If they were red hot, then the water would cool them quickly
(forming large clouds of steam, possibly).

And apparently you did not realize that fiberglass is widely
used in industry as heat insulation. "Red-hot" and
"fiberglass" play otgether quite nicely.

DSK