One of these days I will strip up a deck for a composite hull I have kicking around. It is not worth making a mold if all you are going to do is build a couple boats. It requires too much effort and the payoff is not that large.

My original thought is I would be more willing to beat up a composite hull than a stripped one. A composite hull would provide a little more tolerance to abuse and with a stripped deck the boat would look just about as good as a fully stripped boat.

Since then, I have not persued the idea much, but it is still on the project list.

> Nick, Any comments on the Coastals you built from Kevlar and fiberglass?

> Was it worth the effort of building the mold, or are wooden versions just
> as good.

> Would it be feasible to build a boat with a composite hull and a stripped
> deck? (I realize woodstrip is itself a composite, but I am referring to
> composites like graphite/glass/kevlar/epoxy)

> Shawn