I called Catalina today and left a message with engineering to see if they can provide an answer to this foam core dilemma specifically to the 82 I'm interested in but did not yet get a return call.
--- In [email protected], "Jack Brennan" <jackbren...@...> wrote: > > Â Â Â Â I did a little searching on the Internet because I was curious; I > had never heard of a Catalina with a cored hull. > Â Â Â Â It turns out some newer Catalina models, mostly Capris but also some > bigger boats, used Coremat to thicken the laminates. According to Jack Hornor > and other sailboat reviewers, they technically are not cored hulls because > the Coremat is not used to provide the necessary strength for the hulls. > Â Â Â Â The reviews were unclear as to why Catalina needed to thicken the > laminates. The answer may be obvious to someone who knows more about > boatbuilding than me. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
