"Ed Edelenbos" ) writes:
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:GGB2f.306$Kp4.137@lakeread08...
. We have succeeded in chasing off all the pros End rant:

With pointless little self serving rants I assume.

Moulded fibreglass has made of boatbuilding a very competiive low-margin
business. Boatyards are not even located on high priced waterfront
property anymore, but in municipal industrial parks. The pros who posted
here may very well have gone out of business or got tired of people
questioning the obvious self-interest of some in posting here. Others have
their own websites with forums where they control the content.
Contrary to GA's rant not all of the people who make a living off
boatbuilding have desterted the newsgroup. There is not the voume of mass
produced wooden boats to support a whole wooden boatbuilding industry any
more. It's very low volume. The economics of moulded boats supports mass
production, not custom work. In fact the economics of mass production has
also eliminated a lot of custom building in such areas as automobiles and
houses. You can still save money building your own house or boat, or spend
a lot of money on having one custom built if you can afford it. But it's
not like it used to be or like nostalgic sentimentalists like to believe
it still is.

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