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You can also add:
Woven roving absorbs resin better and has less air bubbles than fglass mat.
It therefore is more resistant to blistering, cracking and impacts. The
gelcoat cracks because it loses flexibility in sunlight and becomes brittle.
There are quite a few sailboats with flexy hulls still around after 40
years...
What they put in it and where it flexes is more important than how it flexes
Best
SF
In a message dated 10/22/99 1:36:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
longyard@ix.netcom.com writes:
<< Further.... what stands up to strong winds better... pines or
willows? What do you do with your sheet in a strong wind... ease
it. What does your trailer ride on...springs. "Springiness" is
often a design goal, not a failure.
I was impressed by the R-22, and the price. A rebuilt, beautiful
boat with IN MAST FURLING, and flushing head, cost little more
than a P-19.
Bill Longyard
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