Monterey10
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I've been looking high and low at different trawlers.** The older ones have teak over plywood. I nearly put my foot through a 34'ers salon the other day.** I was pleased to find the 85 models and newer have fiberglass decks with teak over them.** They seem quite a bit more water proof.* Despite my optimism, a good deal of brown juice was oozing from cracks in the (all glass) flybridge.* I gather that the screws in the teak allow water into the core material.
One boat be sold locally seemed solid enough.* Two* weeks of people walking on the flybridge and it had collapsed.** A simple walk over would not have revealed the rot below.
So, the $4 question is, how do you go about finding a solid Trawler?** So far, it's been pretty discouraging.* I've seen less rot on Bayliners.
One boat be sold locally seemed solid enough.* Two* weeks of people walking on the flybridge and it had collapsed.** A simple walk over would not have revealed the rot below.
So, the $4 question is, how do you go about finding a solid Trawler?** So far, it's been pretty discouraging.* I've seen less rot on Bayliners.