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Old 12-21-2007, 09:26 AM   #1
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European trends

A comment made by Capnwil has got me thinking.* He has noticed that there are many more steel and iron boats made and sold in Europe than in the US.* I have thought about this as well and possibly there are reasons for this.*
The Europeans have a long history of boat building and have kept the experts who could build boats and kept the yards busy.* In north america plastic boats are popular because they are cheaper to build and there are not too many yards left that have kept the steel boat building experts because steel is more expensive to build in. Am I right and are there other reasons?
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