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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 1964 fiberglass sub from Germany

To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] 1964 fiberglass sub from Germany
From: SJSVOB@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:34:14 EDT

In a message dated 8/11/2003 6:31:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tlohm@juno.com writes:

I had a 16-foot sailboat with hull made of a half-inch of fiberglass...

How old was the sailboat? From what I hear the early fiberglass boats had much thicker hulls than they do today. I was told this was because fiberglass was relatively new and so was overengineered.

-Stephen

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