TradewindSailor
Active member
I have often wondered how well modern construction methods stand up to the normal wear and tear of sailing.
There are a lot of stories about 'Bendy Toys' and such like; but what is fact and what is fiction?
I'm interested to hear from anyone who has had personal experience of structural faults on boats of say less than 4 years old that are caused by normal wear and tear ..... i.e. not by heavy groundings. Rafting damage would be interesting too as this is very common in the Solent.
Some obvious faults come to mind:
Bulkheads moving
Soft decks
Poor rig tension
Damaged keel supporting grillages
Excessive creaking due to the inner hull moulding moving against the hull.
There are a lot of stories about 'Bendy Toys' and such like; but what is fact and what is fiction?
I'm interested to hear from anyone who has had personal experience of structural faults on boats of say less than 4 years old that are caused by normal wear and tear ..... i.e. not by heavy groundings. Rafting damage would be interesting too as this is very common in the Solent.
Some obvious faults come to mind:
Bulkheads moving
Soft decks
Poor rig tension
Damaged keel supporting grillages
Excessive creaking due to the inner hull moulding moving against the hull.