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• Wood is the future of boatbuilding?
  • If you want a one-off cold molded is a good way to go...
    • Cold molding is for sure labor intensive. I've built a 35 footer
      • Good points, both. RM has done quite a bit of cold molding,
  • Well, for Rich Folks, anyway... (grin)
    • In the new sailboat-50' market, I think custom is gaining appeal.
      • Well, perhaps not... But I'd still have to hit the lottery to have Rockport Marine build me a custom 50-footer (grin)
        • New boats have always been expensive. Will you buy a new Chuck Paine 14?
          • Nah, for that kind of $/foot, I'd settle for nothing short of "A New Genre of Yachting"... (grin)
          • This one in Seattle'ish looks interesting....BB10 meter.
  • "But unlike more design constrained all glass boats.." ??
    • That tooling, in expense and design, is the constraint.
      • But that is true of any one-off construction - including GRP.
        • My design constraint comparison was for production vs custom.
          • Ok, but the GRP v Wood tradeoffs are orthogonal to the custom/production tradeoffs.
    • I've never understood the concept of going to sea in a boat that marine life considers dinner...
      • Ah yes, but then our houses are mostly made of what some people consider fuel!
      • Putting aside the debate above
        • But then...
        • Take it from me, a custom boat is not an investment...
        • Could be. I think design will trump material in a boats resale value and longevity.
  • if money were no object,
    • Loves those. They've taken contemporary performance in classic styling to a different level.
  • 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
        • When we put the keel on mine, we fitted it twice..
          • Clearly a critical joint that gets worked.
            • The problem with these keel designs is they are under engineered...
              • Yes. The concepts are
                • Speed, speed, speed, speed. It comes at a cost.
                  • I think it was three Summers ago...
                    • You sure are. 11'-13' slender bulb keel hitting rocks at 10 knots, there's no engineering or building for that much
                      • Well you can, but there are compromises.
                        • How many ledges do you expect to hit offshore?
                          • There's nothing extreme about this boat, including the keel.