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Durability of Cold-Molded Hulls
I'm considering one of these - a 26-ft not-too-young sailboat - and
I'm curious re its prospects for the long haul, incl what to look for/ at in a survey. Any surveyors around specializing in this? Any insurance issues known? I can't avoid the impression that they might be difficult to repair well after some physical damage. Any experiences, pointers, etc. will be appreciated. Thanks, all. -AS |
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Durability of Cold-Molded Hulls
Many years ago I had a 21 foot French built Cap Horn sloop of molded
ply. I inherited it as salvage after a hurricane had punched some holes in her and the original owner threw up his hands. At the time I was not too good with wood, and so I made my repairs by sanding back the holes at a taper and filling with glass and resin against a wax paper coated piece of cardboard on the outside. The cardboard and wax paper captured the curves OK and I spread the patch load on the inside of the hull. No problems. If I had to do it over I would make life much easier on myself and patch it back with laminate wood, much the same way. The biggest problems these boats had was with the plywood used for bulkheads and such within the hull. Most of those fixtures developed problems within the last 2-3 inches of plywood where it was fitted against the hull. Years later I had a Carl Alberg designed wooden sloop, and all the interior bulkheads were plywood, again, but American, I would guess. In any event, at 20 years older than the French ones, there was no delamination in the bulkheads. I.E. the French boat was 15-25 when I had it, the Alberg 30-40. I think what you see, and feel is pretty much what you get, if it feels solid and the interior bulkheads etc. are solid, and still well connected, it's probably OK. If you see edges against the hull delaminating, think real hard, c use the entire piece, and everything attached to it probably has to come out to fix it. Hope this helps, Jonathan ashore wrote: I'm considering one of these - a 26-ft not-too-young sailboat - and I'm curious re its prospects for the long haul, incl what to look for/ at in a survey. Any surveyors around specializing in this? Any insurance issues known? I can't avoid the impression that they might be difficult to repair well after some physical damage. Any experiences, pointers, etc. will be appreciated. Thanks, all. -AS I am building my daughter an Argie 10 sailing dinghy, check it out: http://home.comcast.net/~jonsailr |
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