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You know more than me but I just wouldnt want a 30 year old boat with a wood cored hull. Pantera never cored any of their smaller boats I dont think, could be wrong but it would surprise me.

Actually they did . My 79 has coring in the hull . It was in the form of 2" by 16" plywood strips in a V pattern but it was still a form of coring . This is how a lot of early manufactures started and then at some point scored balsa was developed for marine use . The scoring allowed the resin to impregnate threw and threw allowing a proper bond between wood and glass . This allowed larger surfaces to be cored .
And yes you are correct it is always posable for water to penatrate and cause rot . Water can penetrate raw glass and if you look at a lot of early boats you see that the insides were never finished . Now days all glass is either gel coated or covered with something to prevent water penatration .
I've been working at building a couple different size boats here at our shop and they are 100% wood free but it can be expensive . There are some very well known builders that still use balsa and have no plans of changing material at this point and Pantera is one of them .
Modern day coring would shave 500 ponds off of a 28' but would add $3000 to the build cost .

Have they built any new boats lately ? If so I would like to see them , I will give them credit on building a strong boat

mnike

From what I've heard the Nunez family is dealing with some personal health issues . Hopefully they will pull through soon and get back in production .