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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Sat Aug 14 2004 - 20:17:53 EDT
In a message dated 8/14/2004 7:58:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
BTW, I've been following Lew's progress for the past seven years, and have
visited his boat once. Credibility is not *his* problem.
maybe not to you, but it certainly is to anyone who knows fiberglass.
I have been trying gently to suggest the bs be left on the beer stained bar,
but it seems to no avail. So let me be more forceful. KNOCK OFF THE BULLS**@!
In keeping with that, let me compare the strength vs weight of various hull
materials
From strongest per pound to weakest per pound:
- exotic fabrics, such as kevlar
- cold-molded wood (genuine, not glass over old planks)
- glass over plywood
- fiberglass
- wood
- aluminum
- steel
- ferro cement
All that said, I like steel boats. yeah, they are heavy and they are top
heavy and they sail like slugs, but they are the NFL linebackers of the sailboat
world. Nothing graceful about those muthas but they sure can take a hit.
But it is dmned difficult to imagine ANYone making a steel boat thick enough
to stop a "copper-jacketed .357 Magnum round". What would be the purpose
besides having the slowest slug on the high seas? Imagine the sail area that
turkey would need to even sail downwind in 20 knots.
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