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Absolute must read!
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:56:22 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote: Larry had this link buried down in a reply to a long thread. It's one of the most disturbing things I've read about boats in a long time. It deserves much wider exposure. http://yachtsurvey.com/Fiberglass_Boats.htm Boy, do I love my 1980 Endeavor 32 with 3/4 inches of solid glass between me and the ocean. I cut some holes for new through hulls and there is enough glass in there to build about ten boats today. This has been around for a few years, Roger, and I am quite skeptical about certain building techniques today also. I realize on an intellectual level that cored hulls can be stronger and that many things remain to be learned from Open 60s and America's Cup designs for production boats, but when I ran aground last fall, I was damn glad my family and I were in a 30 year old solid glass hull, 7/8" thick at the bilges, and with freshly retabbed bulkheads and reseated thru-hulls. We rectified the situation soon enough, but if I'd been in, say, a Hunter 33, I would have added fear of major destruction to what was merely a passing inconvenience. R. |
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