"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:24:15 GMT, "Lawrence James"
wrote:

Cheap is the operative word. As to water not getting to it? It will
spend
some portion of it's life sitting in water and probably most of it's life
outside. Properly laid up fiberglass would outlive a lot of us, the
plywood
in the floor and transom will be long gone.



Not necessarily. Some manufacturers have tried encapsulating other
products.... with mixed success. Boats are made of *something*
laminated on both sides because it gives strength and rigidity... not
unlike case hardened steel. A solid fiberglass boat would just be too
heavy. There is a company near Raleigh, NC making rotomolded boats if
you want to boat in a milk bottle. I guess that wouldn't rot, but
somehow, that doesn't appeal to me as much as wood, which if properly
encapsulated, will outlast both of us....

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Do not knock rotomolded. My Ocean Kayak as well as most other yaks are
rotomolded. Makes a nice boat. Other than my canoe, do not own any glass
boats. Couple of aluminum.
Bill