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Used boats under 5 years old
On Thu, 14 May 2009 07:41:17 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote: On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:49:13 -0400, wrote: Here's a tip about fiberglass: Boats made in the 1960's and 70's were built extremely heavy. Fiberglass technology was new, and no one really knew how thick the glass needed to be to hold up. Fiberglass was new in 1948. Two of the neighbors at the lake had Rebel sailboats, and they were heavy. Casady It took you 7 years to come up with that gem? Fiberglass was still new to production boat manufacturing in the 1960's. (Pearson Triton) Customers were not ready to trust that thin biit of plastic to be a strong as a nice thick piece of wood. It sounded like science fiction to them back then. |
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