On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 18:49:13 -0400,
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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

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.

wrote:
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.


This was also before GPS, or even affordable LORAN. It was a big day
when I installed my Heath depth sounder. That, and my portable Ray Jeff
RDF was all I had to keep me off the rocks in the fog. Even the charts
were expensive - usually the only on deck chart was from Texaco. Given
this, it was nice to know that the hull could take a few knocks. (Not
that I ever hif anything hard ...)

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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.



My 1965 Cal 20 was way, way over-built by today's standards. Perfect for the
SF bay.


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My 1965 Cal 20 was way, way over-built by today's standards. Perfect for
the SF bay.


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Ditto my Rawson 30. But as they say, "Nothing too strong ever broke."

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...

My 1965 Cal 20 was way, way over-built by today's standards. Perfect for
the SF bay.


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www.sailnow.com

Ditto my Rawson 30. But as they say, "Nothing too strong ever broke."

--
KLC Lewis
www.KLCLewisStudios.com
www.cafepress.com/tmen
www.zazzle.com/klclewis
www.skreened.com/tmen




What year is the Rawson?


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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
news

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
easolutions...

My 1965 Cal 20 was way, way over-built by today's standards. Perfect for
the SF bay.


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Ditto my Rawson 30. But as they say, "Nothing too strong ever broke."

--
KLC Lewis
www.KLCLewisStudios.com
www.cafepress.com/tmen
www.zazzle.com/klclewis
www.skreened.com/tmen




What year is the Rawson?


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1963, even built in 'merica.

jeff wrote:
wrote:
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.


This was also before GPS, or even affordable LORAN. It was a big day
when I installed my Heath depth sounder. That, and my portable Ray Jeff
RDF was all I had to keep me off the rocks in the fog. Even the charts
were expensive - usually the only on deck chart was from Texaco. Given
this, it was nice to know that the hull could take a few knocks. (Not
that I ever hif anything hard ...)


A chart? You had a chart! Dang all we had was the guy at the end of the
dock telling us to watch out for the rocks around the next point! And
it was uphill both ways, ,,, in the snow...

Cheers
Martin

Well My chrysler C-22 is much more the 5 yers old but in great shape.
It seems to be a good size for starting out. I'm sure at this time it
would be hard for me to get away from the shop for more then a few
weeks at any time, so even if getting there is half the fun I don't
see me getting to far if I drop it in at the coast. And GPS just
seems to make getting there easy.

I hope to have it in the water in a few weeks and sail/staying on it
every other weekend rain or shine.


Hey DS King is Jordon lake good for sailing? Is the places to keep a
boat? I'm less then an hour from there but also something called "
bugs island lake"



Mario
Want to be sailing

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What can you hit in Maine that isn't granite? LOL

Somebody's recently built yacht?