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That is a tough spot i know on smaller vessels it's a volume issue but on larger and when more money changes hands the 10% is a chunk. In our area of SE North Carolina i drive past 10 or more boat builders locally. they sell 2.5-million-dollar and up boats like candy at the fair. The starter...

From all my research they were built in Taiwan until 92 then it shifted to Nova Scotia due to several factors one being the company split another was better control of the layup process during molding. There was such a push for these well-designed boats that quality was suffering and the move to...

We have a meter to check moisture and a camera to put into small spaces it's just one of those odd things i have encountered over the years. I am thinking that i am going to forgo the trawlers built in China as the building specifications changed weekly it seems when i inquired about the hull...

Thanks for the reply and i will try and research more. It is a mystery ! But i seems that they may have been using a solid hull and cored stern. When i ask a local builder they said some companies will not glass the stern to flex it and pop it out of the mold. then they would attach the stern...

It was listed by the broker as a reason the last person turned it down. I do not have the original survey and i looked into the area in the stern. Personally, i can't see anything other than the tiny backing boards for the stern through bolts for the platform. i can understand of those are...

I have owned several trawlers and am currently in the process of purchasing a monk 36 1985, and the survey stated the stern was wet ? i found a few spots on the deck where the core has been wet but i thought the monk36 was solid fiber glass hull. Does anyone have any real world information or...