On Mar 3, 7:24*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:33:14 -0800 (PST),





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On Mar 3, 6:28*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:23:14 -0800 (PST),

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On Mar 3, 6:12*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:01:44 -0800 (PST), wrote:
What is folks opinion w.r.t RIB inflatables for this use? As I said,
I've got real doubts about the durability of one used on our rocky
beaches, but maybe I am wrong about that?

They take a licking and keep on ticking.

Can I assume that the wooden flat bottom skiff I suggest, is not
something you would consider? Wood it be better if it had a modified
vee or are there other reasons... * *I think the Brockway type skiff
(dry weight 250) with the tiller 25 would suit his needs and might
even be able to fit close to his budget too.

I dunno - rock beach, wood boat.

Hey, I suppose, but you'd have to really build up the bottom and
protect it with something.

Let's take your Brockway and run it up on Gould Island in Narragansett
Bay and see what happens. *:)

Hmmm - on second thought...maybe not. *:)

Good point... Thanks...

Just mulling it over, but I wonder if a skeg with some kind of
replacable shoe would work.

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Sure, add a sheet of 6 oz. fiberglass to the bottom and 4-6 inches up
the side, with the skegs, and you are good to go. The thing I like
about the wooden bottom is even if it gets dinged up, you can fill it
with a little goo, paint over it, and it's as strong as the day it was
made. The Brockways like mine had a 3/4inch plywood bottom, pretty
hard to punch through that but you have to be ready to have some
dings. The skids on mine are bolted on so they can be replaced
easily.. Not as pretty, but yes, skegs and a little glass, and in my
opinion, other than aesthetics, wood is good... I rammed a rock pretty
good the first year and have a big ding up near the stem area, I have
just left it alone, I can see no structural reason to address it, just
looks funny... Wood is tough.