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Originally Posted by workinpr0gress
Jay does that mean you don't have a soft spot in your heart for SOME cold-moldeds........j/k
I hear what your saying about using wood, I could go either way depending the situation. I do believe if their were SeaCraft's being built this minute and they were trying to stay in the boating heirchy like they were in their heyday the boats wouldn't have any wood in them.
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maybe 25 or more years ago when jim Smith built a 50 ft+ hull that weighed in at 5,000 lbs and a glass boat hull would weigh almost twice as much. But they were custom boats and anyone that has the money today to have any custom boat built can have it made of pasta noodles if they want. Me, No wood or balsa wood except for teak floors and helm pods. Any hull today can be built with ATC corecel foam core with carbon fiber and many high tech resins and be lighter and stronger. I will take it all back bruce. In reflecting in my old age. I guess I could accept a juniper built boat. I have never seen any sign of rot in a juniper planked boat. And it is light. So I stand corrected by myself. Thanks for making me correct and prove my self wrong bruce.