[JohnB]

I have some suspicion that boats that were set up for twins, both CSY and Tracker (80s), had more glass in them in some areas than the single engine boats. I don't have any firsthand knowledge on the mosely/potter boats regarding this difference. I put a transducer in a CSY that had twins, and man, was it thick. Thicker than mine, which was a single engine. Also, I believe the gas tanks were bigger and farther forward in the twin boats. I also believe that the CSY and early Trackers probably had more glass in them than any of them. I guess this was balanced by the cheap rigging and cheap caps they used [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]. This may of been only in the ones I saw, but I seriously doubt there is 500 pounds difference. I have had the opportunity to drill holes and survey a couple of them down here in Florida. In particular, in the sides of the hulls, these boats had alot more glass in them than any I have seen.

I am not throwing any stones at anyones boat. I am trying to make an point, that I have seen a fair amount of variation in the thickness of glass, and the quality of workmanship in these boats even within eras. Generally, they were very well made boats, but just because its a XXX era boat, look real close at it, and make no assumptions. I have seen some original glass work in the hatches of some of these that was just awful (like mine), and I have seen some 25 year hatches that were and are perfect. A while back, I looked at a 20f early 70's SF, and it was VERY thin in the sides. As a matter of fact, the boat seem very light for some reason????

Back to the point, don't make any assumptions based on era, look closely at them. I have seen some scarey repairs on some of these older boats, look closely. Most of the time, from what I see on this site, when you guys get done with them, they are much better than they were when new. To be honest though, most of the time, alot of repairs I see are pure junk, especially on the transoms.

Sorry, didn't mean to ramble, but I have wondered about this. Anyone ever actually weigh there boat?