[Public-List] One for the builders

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

Greg,

On 3/29/15 7:17 PM, GregR via Public-List wrote:
> This question isn't specific to our boat but I think the answers will
> be of general interest so I'm asking it here.
> One of my neighbors has a Uniflight power boat that needs a new
> cockpit sole including support beams. He wants to do a decent job but
> I haven't convinced him it's worth the money to use BS1088 ply.
> What are some decent materials for the support beams? What is the
> second choice for plywood?

When I helped Mike Lehman put in new stringers and deck on Glory, his 
power boat, we used CoosaBoard (http://www.coosacomposites.com/). It's 
incredibly stiff, now, and will never rot.

  - George

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