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Re: [worldcruising] Building material question...


Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Building material question...
From: Paul Tankesley (ptanks@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Dec 28 2000 - 13:57:21 EST


i believe they are refering to epoxy resin instead
of vinylester or polyester and the core is foam
instead of balsa or plywood.. would love to hear
if my answers to this quiz are correct?
happy holidays
paul and gail
s/v SweetGirl

Chuck Morford wrote:
>
> I was looking around the YachtWorld "Boats for Sale" site and ran across this:
>
> http://yachtworld.com/boats/view_result.cgi.en?boat_id=44488&units=Feet¤cy=USD&listing_id=1930&page=&mls_true=
>
> It's a custom Trimaran, built with epoxy and foam core....
>
> Is this good, bad, or neither?
>
> I would suspect that a foam core would mean less weight, but what about
> structural integrity?
>
> Anybody got any experience with this type of construction?
>
> Chuck
>
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