Re: Bavarias - reply to all.

PyroJames wrote:

> I guess it helps in perpetuating the myth that a wooden boat cost the
> earth to run.

Myth?

I used to get so fed up with winter re painting of wooden dinghies I
went over to plastic and will never go back.

If wood really was a good low maintainance material for boat building
why do people buy plastic boats at all and always have the fear of
ozzie at the back of their mind and suffer a less attractive boat.

I seem to recal you saying DW needed re-decking a while back?

Frankly to suggest DW only requires three weekends work a year seem
crazy since all the GRP owners I know spend as much time as that on GPR
boats. Christ - *I've* spent that working on friends GRP boats!
Antifouling alone is a solid day.

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