*It's a 1987 CHB 48' CMY. Let me repeat here, for your benefit, what I wrote in the "looking for" thread:
"Some people like anchovies, some people throw up at the thought of them. Some people think my CHB represents the bottom of the trawler barrel, that opinion effects me less than the price of anchovies."
But, since you asked, my hull is solid all the way from the keel to the gunwale. It has the traditional soft spots on the deck that I will get around to fixing one day ... or not depending on how much I feel like working on it.*
I know what you are trying to do but it isn't going to discredit me or my observations. I chose my boats (the other is a Zodiac RIB center console) by whim, price, availability, and opportunity ... pretty much like other people. If I wanted the highest quality ever built I wouldn't own one because I would never be able to afford to buy or or maintain it. My personal boat has nothing whatsoever to do with the build standard shown in the photo you posted of a failed Bayliner hull.
Ordinarily I might say "nice try" but it isn't. It is a cheap shot attempt to make the topic personal rather than just talk about what those photos show anyone who knows what they are looking at.
You posted that picture because you believed it showed high quality construction. That photo came from a Bayliner fan site and was posted by another person who didn't know what he was looking at either and believed it showed high quality rather than dry layup, poor bonds, and inadequate resin fill of the grid.
I posted a photograph that shows how a quality layup fares in a similar casualty. I showed how even though the outer layer was ripped off, the core was intact and the bond did not fail. It shows the grid cuts filled properly so that they contribute to strength, not just volume.
Like I wrote before, those pictures do not show personal bias, they show the difference between high quality and economical construction.
*Rick
I apologize if that sounded personal. I'm just trying to qualify your expertise in bayliners construction methods. It appears that you are in the maritime industry and I respect that.
I have no idea of the photo I posted other than it came from a web site and reportedly shows the hull thickness of the Bayliner 4788 MY.
I'm assuming that your comments are all based on that one photo and do not indicate any direct knowledge of Bayliners quality or construction methods or techniques.
If you have direct knowledge of Bayliners either as a marine surveyor, having attended surveys on many Bayliners over the years, or as a small yacht engineer with direct knowledge of Bayliner boats, please post it.
The reason*for the request*is to:*
*1. Determine if there are problems (other than the photo I supplied) with Bayliner yachts that I should be aware of as an owner.
2. Determine your knowledge and varacity regarding Bayliner boats.
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-- Edited by ksanders on Tuesday 10th of January 2012 08:23:02 AM