Just a follow up from Catalina. They said "The 27 has always had a solid fiberglass hand laminated hull without coring. On boats built before 1988 there was some wood reinforcement in the keel stub area, but that can be removed if needed and would not be effected by external blisters."
Makes me feel a little better. Still waiting on the survey, should be this week. --- In [email protected], "Doug" <dj2...@...> wrote: > > 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" <jackbrennan@> 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] > > >
