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From: Harry James (no email)
Date: Thu Mar 03 2005 - 18:53:45 EST
I personally think ferrocement is a good building material. It got a bad
name in the 70's when it was hyped as the greatest, easiest, cheapest
stuff ever. Lots of amateurs leaped in with the predictable results,
lots of poorly finished hunks of concrete sitting in harbors and back
yards around the world. It is very labor intensive and lends itself to
larger hulls. Good website at
You can often find ferro hulls around that have been afloat for years,
no leaks absolutely no maintenance for the last 10 years small trees
growing out of the nooks and crannies of the deck. Once a boat has been
around 20-30 years it usually means they layup was done properly and it
will probably be around another 100. Those trees should be pretty large
by then.
This subject gets people to shouting, not in the same league as right to
bear arms, but stand by for some hotly held opinions.
HJ
wrote:
>Phil wrote:<<I wouldn't rule out steel or
>aluminum (or right off the top even ferro-cement) >>>
>
>The above is a very small part of an excellent email with loads of great suggestions - especially the part about buying a boat, almost any boat, to gain hands-on experience - there's no better advice.
>
>About the comment above about ferro-cement - I see them for sale ocassionally and in the past I steered clear of them - but some sound *very* promising. I guess the fact that FC is unconvential most people are leary, me included.
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>But is my caution appropriate? Is FC, if properly constructed (and I have NO idea what "properly constructed" means) a good alternative to FRP, wood, steel, alum, etc?
>
>What are the pros and cons? And I assume there are more "pros" than low cost?
>
>Sincerely,
>Larry T (27 Catalina)
>
>
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