Of course it would depend on how the boat was cared for, but I'm
worried about the Brunswick Boats. This one was built before the
Brunswick Beancounters took over

No, it was built three years *after* Brunswick acquired Sea Ray, but why let
the facts screw up a line of anecdotal, dock talk BS that's already worked up a
head of steam?


and the blown-in chop replaced hand
laid real fiberglass the craftsmen used to build.

If you get a chance, pull off a hull fitting and look at what the hull
of it looks like in the hole. Fiberglass has layer after layer of
fabric coated with resin you can see. If it looks like putty....RUN!

The "blown-in chop" you advise against
doesn't look like putty. And it isn't "blown in", it's pumped. And the area
surrounding a through hull is commonly a fairing block molded into the hull and
is quite likely atypical of the rest of the structure area.
The presence of a solid rove and resin fairing block is even more likely on a
hull that *is* cored, with any material. So much for "pull off a through hull
and look for putty."

Anybody interested in watching a movie that shows how new Sea Ray boats are
*actually* built can find the movie at this site:

http://www.searay.com/index.asp?disp...ab=0&cid=1729&

I guess they cleverly edited out the part showing the guys trowelin in the
"mystery goo" from 55-gallon drums. :-)