[Public-List] One for the builders

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

I built an 18 foot sharpie from exterior fir ply. As long as it's encapsulated in epoxy, it's fairly good-to-go, particularly in a budget scenario

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> On Mar 29, 2015, at 7:29 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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> Greg,
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>> 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.
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> - George
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