NOYB wrote:
Pascoe is a boob...and has been run off every serious boating forum that he
used to post to.



That doesn't make him wrong on *everything*, and his treatise on the
causes and significance of cosmetic gelcoat blisters is one of the best
things he ever produced.

My main heartburn with DP is his propensity for posting photos of boats
just beat to hell, and in many cases literally falling apart, without
disclosing that he was surveying the boats for various insurance
companies after hurricanes down in Florida. A boat that gets blown off
a rack storage unit, for example, and falls about 30 feet to land on
its beam on the asphalt below is being subjected to stresses and
impacts that 99% of boaters will never have to endure- unless they
strike log at 40mph- (sideways). There is at least one case where he
represents a botched repair, (heck, the materials don't even match), as
an example of shoddy construction techniques. He makes some errors when
describing mechanical systems (including the infamous "diesel
sparkplug" reference), but he is pretty well grounded in his technical
knowledge of laminates and other structural subjects, IMO.

If you've got some information that refutes DP's analysis of blisters,
(aside from "everybody knows" sort of comments or a disparaging
personal remark), bring it on. :-)