I guess it comes down to what people think the 'life expectancy' of a mozzie should be.... 10 years, 20 years, 40 years ???? and how long will the full carbon fibre boats hold up in comparision ?
I have carbon bits here that are less than 5 years old and are here for repair from sun damage, will a full carbon boat last 5 years let alone 40 years ???
With the repairs and mods I'm doing I think these old ply girls will outlive their more modern carbon copies by a long way
Hey Kingy,
Love the enthusiasm for Timber Boats, most of us have had at least one and loved them.
But don't put other build types down to do it
, every one of 7 (I think) Faye built Carbon/Kevlar foam sandwich Mossies some of which are approaching 20 years old are still going strong, even after very major damage to some of them. And the number of over 20 year old Boyer kevlar foam sandwich boats still going I couldn't even hazard a guess at, but there are plenty and many of them still minimum weight.
