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Boat Buying Angst
I posted this on iBoat and thought I'd give it a try here.
Years ago my wife and I owned a 28' Luhrs with a glass hull and wood topsides. Eventually, replacing rotted wood in the cabin sides got to be too much of a chore and we sold the boat and took up camping. Having our fill of that,we want to get back to boating. Our only requirement is that the boat be fiberglass with no wood. When I starting doing some reading and research, I found that a solid glass boat, like my old Luhrs, is a thing of the past. Worse, I was seeing stories of water-soaked cores, rotten floors, pulpy transoms and hulls coming apart in a seaway. I almost have convinced myself that a wood boat would be a better choice since it is repairable without removing an outer skin! Am I being foolish here? Are the problems with saturated cores, delamination and blisters only occuring in a small percentage of boats, or is the problem more widespread? I'm trying to educate myself so that I can do a pre-survey on a boat of interest before a professional survey is done. Maybe some of you more experienced boat buyers or a professional can put this in perspective for me. Any and all advice & comments are appreciated. Many Thanks Tony Va -- " Hey Tony... Where you at??" (Find my jeep at: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?call=ak1o-12) |
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