General ? F-35 Construction

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Posted by Diane & Bob (oxymoron114@…>)

Boat owners here have been terrific. Thanks for all the help.

We have a general and maybe a little bit of an unsophisticated
question about the hull construction that perhaps someone can
answer…Is the hull solid fiberglass from the waterline down or is
it all balsa core. I read some of the articles about this boat that
state “construction is an endgrain balsa sandwiched between multiple
layers of unidirectional & biaxial fiberglass…” for this particular
boat.

All of the boats we have owned have all been solid fiberglass with
balsa-cored decks. Moisture penetration concerns us although perhaps
it shouldn’t. Object are not supposed to strike the hull of course,
but sometimes it’s not something one has control over.

If a yacht with a hull constructed such as ths one has damage done
with a subsequent repair, can one tell after the fact if there was
water penetration or not? Can a good surveyor tell or is it
something that will be discovered until it’s too late?

Could some kind sailor take a few momemts to enlighten us? TIA.

D & B

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Posted by Diane & Bob (oxymoron114@…>)

We have found the answer to our questions by doing a bit of digging.

The archived messages of the old Freedom board was most helpful.

D&B

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Posted by reed (rwedler@…>)
D&B,
What are the answers to your hull core questions? I too would
like to know.
Thanks, ReedDiane & Bob <oxymoron114@…> wrote:
We have found the answer to our questions by doing a bit of digging.The archived messages of the old Freedom board was most helpful.D&B

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Posted by Diane & Bob (oxymoron114@…>)

— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, reed <rwedler@y…> wrote:

D&B,
What are the answers to your hull core questions? I too would
like to know.
Thanks, Reed

From what we read, hull is all balsa core. There’s a lot of info at
http://www.objectarchitects.nl/freedomboard/index.jsp, which is the
location of the old Freedom message boards that someone here took the
time to cleanup.

I also did a “google” search and came up with several articles that
discuss the hull construction.

Diane & Bob

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Posted by Lorman, Alvin J. (ajlorman@…>)

I don’t know specifically about the 35, but on the 30, the hull is cored to the turn of the bilge or thereabouts. The keel is attached to solid glass, and through hulls go through solid glass as well.

Al Lorman
F30 Ab Initio

-----Original Message-----From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Diane & BobSent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:36 AMTo: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: [freedomyachts2003] Re: General ? F-35 Construction— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, reed <rwedler@y…> wrote:> D&B,> What are the answers to your hull core questions? I too would> like to know.> Thanks, Reed> From what we read, hull is all balsa core. There’s a lot of info at http://www.objectarchitects.nl/freedomboard/index.jsp, which is the location of the old Freedom message boards that someone here took the time to cleanup. I also did a “google” search and came up with several articles that discuss the hull construction.Diane & BobIRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisorThis email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.

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Posted by Alan Kusinitz (akusinitz@…>)

My F-33 seems similar but with one or 2 thru hulls through the cored area but in fiberglass tubes to protect the core.
Alan

----- Original Message -----
From: Lorman, Alvin J.
To: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:29 PM
Subject: RE: [freedomyachts2003] Re: General ? F-35 Construction

I don’t know specifically about the 35, but on the 30, the hull is cored to the turn of the bilge or thereabouts. The keel is attached to solid glass, and through hulls go through solid glass as well.

Al Lorman
F30 Ab Initio

-----Original Message-----From: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com [mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Diane & BobSent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 10:36 AMTo: freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.comSubject: [freedomyachts2003] Re: General ? F-35 Construction— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, reed <rwedler@y…> wrote:> D&B,> What are the answers to your hull core questions? I too would> like to know.> Thanks, Reed> From what we read, hull is all balsa core. There’s a lot of info at http://www.objectarchitects.nl/freedomboard/index.jsp, which is the location of the old Freedom message boards that someone here took the time to cleanup. I also did a “google” search and came up with several articles that discuss the hull construction.Diane & Bob

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