Joe, thanks, that makes perfect sense to me!
Richard
s/v Bushmark4: 1985 C&C 37, Ohio River, Mile 584;
Richard N. Bush Law Offices
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Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462
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From: Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
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Sent: Fri, Sep 17, 2021 10:18 am
Subject: Stus-List Re: Balsa core history
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{margin-bottom:0in;}-->Time: I doubt anyone really thought through what balsa
core would be like when it was 50-60-70 or more years old. A lot of things can
go wrong with a lot of materials when past the half-century mark and headed
towards 100.* Bad Builders: Some builders, mostly NOT C&C, were or are
infamous for doing things wrong and having issues with relatively new boats.
Bad Owners: One unsealed thru-hull can eventually do a lot of damage. * Our
club uses Boston Whalers and we go through them. They eventually get saturated
and weak, we send them to the dumpster, and get another one. Boston Whaler is a
top builder and builds good boats, but decades of having the crap beat out of
them eventually does them in, especially if any hull penetrations are not fixed
ASAP. My Whaler is 51 years old and is still dry, it has never been a club boat
and thus not beat like a rented mule by teenaged instructors. Note that the
foam core in Whalers is MUCH WORSE than balsa once it gets wet. Water migrated
through end-grain balsa, but it really tear up foam. I once went to put a
thru-hull in a foam-core Krogen 42 and I got more than 50 gallons out of the
core draining from the hole! That boat was essentially beyond repair, so it
essentially got restricted to sheltered waters from then on. Joe Coquina
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Stus-List Re: Balsa core history Great info and
research; so, how did balsa go from "wonder" material to; "bad stuff don't
touch..."? Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to
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use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks -
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