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Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Fiberglass or Steel
JAXAshby@XXX.XXX
Date: Mon May 12 2003 - 01:38:16 EDT
In a message dated 5/12/2003 12:34:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
chamchela@XXX.XXX writes:
> Yes, but if you DO get badly holed in a steel boat, wouldn't you have less
> time to get out/off than with a lighter hull - i.e. wouldn't a steel hull
> sink faster? Or is my logic off?
>
> Best
> Jodie
A three foot by two foot hole in a hull sinks a sailboat in *VERY* short
order, and has nothing to do with the hull material. _Generally speaking_, a
steel sailboat is much less likely to be holed in a nasty encounter with the
hard stuff around the edges of the water than a glass boat, because
_generally speaking_ a steel boat is built stronger than a glass boat. Built
to the same strength levels, the glass boat is weighs less, but is one hell
of a lot more expensive to build. For sailboats under say 65 feet, glass
boats are *seldom* built at strong as steel boats. That means _generally
speaking_ the steel boat weighs more than the glass boat.
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