What maintenance can specifically be done to stop a hull from becoming soft? I always tought it had less to do with the maintenance than what cyclic loads the laminate see, how the laminate is done, eventual delamination between core and laminate and finally, how you treat the boat when using it. E.g, what loads do you put on it when sailing, do you walk on your knees on the decks etc. With maintenance I think more of polishing the hulls, checking and replacing worn equipment etc.
Chopped strand mat is know to be worse than woven cloth with regards to osmosis, so drying out your boat is an especially good move if it is buildt with CSM (it's a good move anyway), so that can be put under the maintenance label. But what other maintenance can be done to stop a glass/laminate hull from becoming soft, and why?