If you take two equivalent boats, one fiberglass and one of traditional wood construction, both the same age, both with an equal amount of brightwork, and both kept in true yacht fashion, their maintenance costs will be virtually identical.. Wood/epoxy, on the contrary, embraces the best of modern and traditional boat building. it is not strictly speaking a wooden boat. it uses space-age technology to create a cored laminate protected by perfectly waterproof envelope.. Cost a custom designed and built boat using the cutts method is less expensive than the same custom designed boat built in fiberglass. when building a custom wooden boat, the cutts method is easier, quicker, less wasteful and messy and therefore, more cost efficient..
Wood vs. aluminum vs. fiberglass or steel. tweet. november 13, 2012. the arne a in prince rupert, british columbia manage to find a few of the advantages and disadvantages to the different types of materials used for fish harvester boats: wood, aluminum and fiberglass.. I personally like working with wood the best, having used fiberglass and wood on boats, and having used aluminum and steel for other projects (and concrete and steel in others). wood i think lends itself well to one-off construction, but is not well suited to production. i once did a comparison of materials for a homebuilt aircraft.. Richard stanley explains how a fiberglass top and a wooden hull come together to take advantage of the best properties of both materials..
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