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    Posted: 27 May 05 at 11:44am

 

Theres much more to plastic than the looks. The benefits far outweigh the visual stuff, speshly if its little heavier than a 2k
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Hairymonster, do you own a Vision?

Plastic has advantages and disadvantages over glassfibre. The former is
more durable, but when it does get scuffed it's less easy to polish out.
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Visions coming soon - on order!
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Lucky you! I'd be very interested to hear how you get on with it - I'm
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Originally posted by Philsy

I've now sailed both boats.

The downside, if it is a downside, is that the Vision is not such a good-
looking boat, with its one-piece plastic hull and deck, and an ugly black
panel on the foredeck. Not a boat you'd take as much pride in owning.
That said, it's a lot cheaper than the 2000. 

People said the same thing about the first GRP boats once upon a time.

The point about weights being more consistent is an interesting one. As an engineer I am always trying to remove processes which have big variations in them or require some skill to acheive because although you might not make anything outstandingly good you will also not make anything truly awful.

If you buy a bad/heavy boat you tell everyone but if you have a good one you tend to keep it to yourself



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Hi,

Donīt be afraid of plastics (or better: polyethylene) It has been used for fish farm cages for over 30 years in Norway, and it stands storms, high and low temperature, and not at least heavy impact. Also, it is environment friendly. An excellent material!

 I have just started to introduce RS Feva to Norway, and I was surprised how nice it looks! OK, it will eventually loose its finish, but my 10 year old glassfibre boat does not look completely new either....
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yer plastic is good and cheap but it isnt fast!
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True. For a given strength, You must consider about 10% more wheigth. Glassfibre will probably still be used for performane boats the next few years, but for beginners/all round boats, polyethylene will probably take over.
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yer plastic is definatly better for beginnes and people wanting a creap easy to sail boat!
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But the Vision is faster than the 2000...
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