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Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Fiberglass or Steel
From: Daniel (danetche@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun May 11 2003 - 18:09:09 EDT
Boys:
you are rigth al all...
And also can remember that:
In a steel boat, the lightning donīt damage the boat; only some electronic.(Faraday effect)
If a fire on board occur, you will have a very black and fumed boat, but can sail to port.
If you hit a rock or coral barrier (securely, some day will occur) or a simple hard stucked in sand, a wooden and glass boat can suffer severe damage and can sink easily. The steel boat very few times can be seriously damaged. You need to repair it, but ... float!
(excuse me my poor english),
Rgds,
Daniel / Buenos Aires
(Preparing a steel boat/ no name yet)
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On 11/05/2003 at 04:32 p.m. JAXAshby@XXX.XXX wrote:
> >The question I pose to any body that is willing to give advice is:
> >What is the more cost effective option. A Fiberglass boat or a steel
> >boat?
Generally speaking, quality for quality a used steel boat is about 25% to 40%
of a production glass boat...........
Become knowledgeable regarding steel boats so you can personally
thoroughly checkout a steel boat without surveryor help and you can find some
bargains in solid cruising boats. Some homebuilt steel boats look it.
However, there is one steel boat wherein the factory versions are considered
*much* worse quality than the homebuilt ones.
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