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2012年11月19日 · Performance shortcomings in reality are only when compared to a similar boat. The glass or timber boat (vds 34s were made in steel, glass or cold moulded diagonal strip) has less overall weight, same sail area but more weight in the keel itself. The steeler has a heavier hull so can carry less ballast in the keel.
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2008年4月25日 · It sold before I had the down payment saved. The research I did on the boats at the time lead me to believe they were well built. I've only owned frp boats, but have always wanted a good steel sailboat. There are being some great breakthroughs with coating systems. You have to also be careful of electrolysis.
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2008年4月25日 · Steel boats can rust from the inside out. Because you can't behind all of that cabinetry and ceilings. So if you have any rust starting in the inside of the vessel. It will be hard to attend to even if you know about it. It is phosphoric acid mixed with water in a spray bottle will stand you in good stead.
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2004年12月1日 · Steel as well, but the weight issue is real. I guess I am confused by your post though, are you saying that aluminum is a only a viable choice when weight is the primary issue? I would say that lots of duel diesel fishing boats would disagree. In fact I love the idea of the French cruising aluminum sailboats and would love to be able to afford one.
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2006年6月19日 · The cheap steel boats are likely "homebuilt", or poorly maintained examples. Companies like Waterline Yachts in BC, and Amazon built very high end, round-bilged steel boats difficult to distinguish from fiberglass and they command very high end prices - certainly at least on a par with quality glass boats, and higher than many.
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2018年6月26日 · That heavy weight of a steel hull results in a mix of poorer sailing ability, less stability, poorer motion, and less carrying capacity than a similar design executed in almost any other material. While steel has a very high strength per square area, it is also extremely dense. The net result is that compared to pretty much any other boat ...
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2012年3月26日 · Performance shortcomings in reality are only when compared to a similar boat. The glass or timber boat (vds 34s were made in steel, glass or cold moulded diagonal strip) has less overall weight, same sail area but more weight in the keel itself. The steeler has a heavier hull so can carry less ballast in the keel.
Carena 36 or 38 steel sailboats notes? Zinc spray?
2015年4月17日 · Hi folks, can anyone tell me more about the Dutch-built Carena 36- or 38-foot steel sailboats? Im considering a beat-up old ketch for a decent price (high-teens) on the North West coast of the US and it obviously will need some significant work - leaky rudder stock, leaky stuffing box, etc - the most expensive of which will be the rebuild/replace the old Mercedes engine in a very tight ...
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2013年7月14日 · Joshua was built of steel, Suhaili was built of some snobby pretentious material called "TEAK' ( a type of dead vegitation) a far inferior boat building material than steel. Steel cruisers drooling rust are rare, and those which do are obviously doing something wrong. Get it right and you wont have that problem.