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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Fiberglass or Steel
From: Rick H Kennerly (rick@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu May 15 2003 - 11:02:54 EDT
.:.
.:.> Every other sailing adventure would welcome a well
.:.> constructed/maintained steel hull.
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I'm with Bryan, buying a used steel boat is a dicey business. Well
constructed ones that are also well-maintained are exceedingly rare finds.
On top of that, it's almost impossible to determine if a steel boat is well
constructed without ripping the boat apart to get to all the lumber holes,
if they were included in the plan at all. Many I've seen have also had the
interior hulls sprayed not only with zinc chromate, which is good, but also
a layer of blown on insulation of some sort, which makes them hard to
inspect and easy to rust without noticing.
Other than sheathing fiberglass over wood, one almost never finds a
fiberglass boat that's not professionally designed and professionally
constructed. Fiberglassing is just not a backyard project.
While not as easy to repair as steel, fiberglass can't be all that fragile,
either, or you wouldn't find so many in distant cruising crossroads.
If I were building new (now there's a dream), I'd build with aluminum. But
as long as I'm in the used boat market, I'll always buy a good fiberglass
hull. They're strong enough, easier and less trouble to maintain than
steel, and it's a whole lot easier to find a good used hull.
Rick NH2F
Westsail 32 Xapic
Cabo San Juan, Puerto Rico
www.mouseherder.com/xapic/sleep.html
www.westsail.org
Sail like a Kiwi
Anchor like a Canadian
Live like a Texan
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