On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:52:17 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

They are heavy for their length though and you'll probably find that
you can carry a lot more sail then the fiberglass boats.

But a LOT less than a cored glass boat of the same shape and equal
displacement with the weight saved in the hull carried as ballast. The
glass boat will also be much stronger if some of the weight savings is used
to add material.

Give the ferro a break and compare it to cheaper solid glass, and it
still comes off second best. How is cored for home building? I like
riveted aluminum myself, and it is easy to work with. They use it for
airplanes. Some are home built. Nice thing about it is, you can drill
out rivets, replace mangled metal, and have it exactly like it was.
How do you repair ferro after say, a collision. Can you say shipping
container. Those weigh almost forty tons when awash.

Casady

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:32:24 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:52:17 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

They are heavy for their length though and you'll probably find that
you can carry a lot more sail then the fiberglass boats.

But a LOT less than a cored glass boat of the same shape and equal
displacement with the weight saved in the hull carried as ballast. The
glass boat will also be much stronger if some of the weight savings is used
to add material.

Give the ferro a break and compare it to cheaper solid glass, and it
still comes off second best. How is cored for home building? I like
riveted aluminum myself, and it is easy to work with. They use it for
airplanes. Some are home built. Nice thing about it is, you can drill
out rivets, replace mangled metal, and have it exactly like it was.
How do you repair ferro after say, a collision. Can you say shipping
container. Those weigh almost forty tons when awash.

Casady


Actually they make some sort of almost instant curing "cement"
originally designed to fix leaks in water tanks. The "Fero" boys all
carry that and according to a mate who sailed into a rock at about 7 K
it works real well in fixing holes in fero boats.

The whole point to fero boats was that they are cheap to build.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:34:34 +0700, wrote:

How do you repair ferro after say, a collision. Can you say shipping
container. Those weigh almost forty tons when awash.

Actually they make some sort of almost instant curing "cement"
originally designed to fix leaks in water tanks. The "Fero" boys all
carry that and according to a mate who sailed into a rock at about 7 K
it works real well in fixing holes in fero boats.

The whole point to fero boats was that they are cheap to build.

Good point.

I will check out that quick curing cement, my curiosity is aroused.

As others have pointed out, the hull is a relatively small part of
the cost of the finished boat. On a slightly related note, as people
like to say about building a warship with room for growth in equipment
fit: " Steel is cheap. and air is free "

Casady

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:00:32 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:34:34 +0700, wrote:

How do you repair ferro after say, a collision. Can you say shipping
container. Those weigh almost forty tons when awash.

Actually they make some sort of almost instant curing "cement"
originally designed to fix leaks in water tanks. The "Fero" boys all
carry that and according to a mate who sailed into a rock at about 7 K
it works real well in fixing holes in fero boats.

The whole point to fero boats was that they are cheap to build.

Good point.

I will check out that quick curing cement, my curiosity is aroused.

Home Pro here sells several brands. But do read the instructions and
where it says, "you have 60 seconds working tim," believe! It is fast.

As others have pointed out, the hull is a relatively small part of
the cost of the finished boat. On a slightly related note, as people
like to say about building a warship with room for growth in equipment
fit: " Steel is cheap. and air is free "

Casady

That is true but not what people who are building a dream want to hear
or believe and most of the ferro boats were built by that kind of
people.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)