In article , steve
wrote:

Rufus wrote in message
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There are two intrinsic problems as I understand it. 1) The glass will
delaminate from the wood, one way or another. 2) Moisture will get into
the wood from the inside and the wood will stay wet and rot (because the
bottom is sealed).

I have never had any delamination or wet rot problems as you
described.

This "won't stick" idea comes from the days before epoxy was available
at reasonable prices. Polyester doesn't stick to bare wood very well.
It does relativly well when the wood is new but pretty bad if the wood
is used. Once read in a book that if one wants polyester soaked glass
to stay attached to used wood, it needs to be mechanically fastened
(nailed).

Modern epoxy does very much better and an entire new style of
boatbuilding erupted when it became financially feasable.

Jeff