What am I missing???

[quonie]

PeterB,
I'm in total agreement with you. I'm not bashing the classics at all. I am currently looking at several classics. I would like to know who has replaced the wood with a synthetic material and what are the results.What works better? No performance changes.
I don't want to redo it 20 years from now.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Ha Quonie;

I’m with you on this one myself. Although when I did my 23 CC backing in 2001-2002 I did not have much confidence with composite materials since they really had been only out for a few years “at that time” and I did not have the confidence that they would really hold up plus I didn’t want to be the bata testers on composite materials either. After all it takes 10 to 15 years to really know if they will work or not for a transom. Well they work and they work great. If I had to do it all over again the answer would be Yes to composite’s. Although, I also agree that if wood is done correctly it will be very good as well. There is another point “for me” now that I never considered before. How long are you going to keep your boat??? Most boat owners will not own their boat longer than a wooden transom job will last. For me, I am now 59 years old I hope I will be using my boat till I am 70 But how many guys 70 do you see in a CC boat?? SOOOOOOOO looks like it will become someone else’s problem some day.


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[quonie]

Thanks Fellow-Ship- What composites are you talking about?
If I land a rehab and go thru it I want it to last forever.I'd like to keep the boat in the family. Help

[John R]

Quonie - you wouldn't be from Quonny, would ya?

THese days if you redid a boat you could replace the wood with composites if you choose - your call really...

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Here is a good read about how some composites hold up in lamination of boat hulls.

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/HiTech.htm

FellowShip

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