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Thanks Carl i do love a good debate..
on your last post on the cost.. If the vessel does bend and flex in a seaway the tabbing and bulkheads start to work and eventually fails. Also the fairing and attachment points of decks, windows, really anything that has a different bending moment or a stress concentration.
At this size the vessel will have to have some give or it will be brittle and break.
I have worked as engineer on some of the original christensens they were great boats but they did flex.. I am sure that they have come along way but i just cant see any advantage to a glass construction on a full or semi displacement motor yacht of this size.
Your comment of the fire risks is fine if you are at the dock but not if you are in the middle of the ocean. I know this much i sleep much better with a steel hull under me 1/2 way across the pond than a glass one! (in fact i just would not take the job). And boats do have fires.. just the metal ones have a far greater survival rate... so what would you feel safer on?
Thanks for the great forum
Oceaneer
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