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Old 01-16-2008, 09:16 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by oceaneer
As a engineer i just shake my head at the really large fiberglass yachts... the commercial world is full of steel for a reason

And that reason would be one-off custom builds, where the cost to produce a mold would be prohibitive, not to mention the machinery needed to extract the same, or the sheer & torsional strength mandated by shipping classification.

There's much more to this equation than a material comparison. Each has its merits, place and purpose.
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