Boat Crash off Marco Island Today
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I know that a couple people have mentioned it but there doesn't seem to be any answers so far that I can see. is there a way to test for soft spots or just hull strenght in general. I know a few have said that everyone should have there boat surveyed but how does a surveyor detirmine these factors. I am very concerned as a owner of a older boat.
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If it is a solid glass built boat with no coreing and long as the stringers and transom are solid I would believe that you would be alright.I have seen quite a few cored snail boats where the balsa coring had became saturated and created soft weak areas and ultimately failure . I have also seen where older foam cored high performance snailboats boats have had their skins shear away from the coring,yet remain totally intact and unnoticable unless some were to do a inspection.If this happens you have a big problem.
Sorry for the snailboat reference but that is mostly where my experience of these failures lies.
I believe that lightly built older foam cored boats that have been subjected to repetetive amounts of very high stress have a limited shelf life and should be inspected with a cautious eye.
Just my 2cents.
Sorry for the snailboat reference but that is mostly where my experience of these failures lies.
I believe that lightly built older foam cored boats that have been subjected to repetetive amounts of very high stress have a limited shelf life and should be inspected with a cautious eye.
Just my 2cents.
Last edited by tommymonza; 02-17-2007 at 01:32 AM.
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Mark if you want to know what happened we can discuss it over dinner, I saw some pictures and got some information that has not been posted on the internet. I have also owned 4 Powerplays personally.
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