Prisma Preform?

behindpropeller wrote: I think you are over estimating the amount of strength required in the stringers. That motor is sliding the hull through the water, not stopping against a brick wall.

Tim,
We'll get you a pair of swim fins and you can then push a boat from the swim platform to see how much thrust it takes to get it up on plane!! I don't feel they really "slide through the water".

Also, don't forget that the stringers handle the shock loading from the hull going over waves as well.

The current correctcrafts have hollow stingers for all intents and purposes as the foam filling is not going to be an issue. And obviously I have a basically hollow system in the mustang... I simply meant it is not a easy direct conversion. Going down a smooth lake is not the load you have to worry about.

Keeganino wrote: behindpropeller wrote: Keeganino wrote: My take on it all is- "Why try and re-invent the wheel?" Depends who you are....what you are trying to do. If CC didn't "re-invent" the wheel would they still be in business? Don't really see your argument here. This is a rebuild. You see this conversation in virtually every rebuild thread. Do I have to use this? Can I use that? Would this work? Its all beating a dead horse. Sure if you have unlimited time and resources build it out of coosa, carbon fiber, and kevlar. It makes me laugh when I see guys spend $10K trying to get one of these hulls over 60mph. There is only so much one can do to improve the wheel. Opportunity cost- is it worth the extra time and money when you could be doing something else with it? Point of diminishing returns- All the time and money in the world will only make it better to a point. Just saying. It will never be a 100mph offshore boat no matter what you do.

Well I dont see the arguement here either.. true it will never be a 100 mph offshore boat.. it will always have much more class than that as it is the premier inboard available.. anyone with a wallet can take an offshore i/o to a hundred...but it takes taste and dedication to get an inboard to 50.

As for laughing when someone spends 10k to get one of these boats over 60.. that has nothing to do with the topic at hand. If you want to rebuild a boat so that it has no wood and no chance to rot again it will not cost you 10k nor will it get you anywhere near 60.. so start a seperate topic to talk trash as it is not applicable here... as for diminishing returns.. definitely a reasonable arguement when you start to spend 400 percent to get a 10 percent improvement you are no longer in the logical range.. but that is when it gets to be a hobby and not an investment.

Bottom line is that it doesnt take 10gs to make your boat rot proof, and there is no 10gs of fiberglass work that will make your boat go 50 much less 60. It is completely reasonable to use wood and poly in your rebuild but is it better than a no expenses hold coosa and epoxy rebuild... no, smarter can be argued but better no..