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Subject: RE: [world-cruising] Fiberglass or Steel
From: Rick H Kennerly (rick@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 17:30:31 EDT
> Other than sheathing fiberglass over wood, one almost never finds a
> fiberglass boat that's not professionally designed and professionally
> constructed.
.:.
.:.Sure, Grampion, Hunter, Coronado, Island Trader to name just a
.:."professionally constructed" boats few - VERY few -- people
.:.think of decent
.:.quality used boats.
.:.
Well, try naming a few in the latter half of the 20th Century, for cryin'
out loud. Besides, not a lot of cruising steel boats from that era even
exist anymore, so give the old boats some credit for at least being around.
You neglected Block Island, Valiant, Hinckley, Pacific Seacraft, Morris,
Island Packet, the list could go on and on.
I know of a Westsail 32 that pounded on a reef at high tide once a day for
three days that was pulled off and floated on her own. That's pretty
bullet-proof. What about that Corbin 39 that got t-boned and stuck between
the bulb and bow of a Great Lakes freighter a few years ago. Despite being
pushed for over a mile and nearly underwater with her deck rolled forward to
take most of the force, she floated when she was pulled off.
If you've got a steel boat, good on you, mate. If you got one that rust a
rust bucket on the inside, bully for you. They're rare.
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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