Fiberglass Boats In Saltwater
Aluminum boats are significantly less expensive to produce because unlike a fiberglass boat that requires an expensive mold, high dollar materials and many more man-hours to build, an aluminum. Re: fiberglass boat in saltwater???? jacob, are you keeping the boat in the water ? or just launching it for the day ? if you do plan on leaving it in the water..then i suggest you use an interlux product called interprotect 2000.. Fiberglass boats are plastic, and given time, salt water can seep into the hull and cause thousands of small blisters all over the boat. it happens all the time, but they don’t talk about it. the repair is expensive and can cost an upwards of $60,000 for a 100-foot boat..
In other words a fiberglass boat that is built by “frank” who is a careful, diligent and experienced worker can be completely different than a boat built by “george” who is hungover, lazy and uncaring. fiberglass boat companies (even the best quality) cannot certify the material their product is built of.. You are safer (not safe) in an aluminum boat than in a fiberglass or wood boat in a thunderstorm. for many people these answers seem either wrong or at least counterintuitive. if you put a piece of high-quality steel in saltwater it will corrode away and aluminum doesn’t seem tougher than steel.. If you’re thinking of a new boat trailer…think coastline! by everett johnson apart from having driven past the shop in seadrift at least a thousand times, and having owned a couple over....