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Putting aside the debate above
In Response To: I've never understood the concept of going to sea in a boat that marine life considers dinner... ()
A cold molded hull will probably not sell for as much as a FRP hull in the used market, all else equal. I'd say that makes cold molded more expensive when you consider TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
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- Wood is the future of boatbuilding?
- If you want a one-off cold molded is a good way to go...
- Well, for Rich Folks, anyway... (grin)
- "But unlike more design constrained all glass boats.." ??
- if money were no object,
- Then they bolt the keel on.
- Putting a keel on the first time can be "interesting"
- A lot more critical than tightening lug bolts on a auto tire ;^)))
- I helped a friend put a recast keel back on a Sabre 36 while he was helping me fiberglass my new rudder.
- Last Summer I helped put a fin keel on a new build
- A lot more critical than tightening lug bolts on a auto tire ;^)))
- Putting a keel on the first time can be "interesting"