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John A. Birdsall · 02-16-2008, 02:03 PM

I can recall a starcraft alum. boat in Alton that while it did not sink to the bottom, the rivits leaked like a sive and I seen it being towed to the Lockwoods full of water.

But while they have shows with the Whaler cut in half and being unsinkable, I think they should have filmed the Boston Whalers we used in Vietnam. 16' with 85 HP Johnsons and they would throw grenades and drive over them. We had a person who did nothing but fiberglass repairs on these boats, and it was daily. The boats never sank, but big hunks of the bottom seemed to disappear, and the styraphom would go too. Them packing curlies that we use today to ship stuff would be stuffed into the bottom, not for floating, but for silencing, oh did they make noise when no styrophom was in there.

02-16-2008, 02:03 PM	#22
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	Unsinkable I can recall a starcraft alum. boat in Alton that while it did not sink to the bottom, the rivits leaked like a sive and I seen it being towed to the Lockwoods full of water. But while they have shows with the Whaler cut in half and being unsinkable, I think they should have filmed the Boston Whalers we used in Vietnam. 16' with 85 HP Johnsons and they would throw grenades and drive over them. We had a person who did nothing but fiberglass repairs on these boats, and it was daily. The boats never sank, but big hunks of the bottom seemed to disappear, and the styraphom would go too. Them packing curlies that we use today to ship stuff would be stuffed into the bottom, not for floating, but for silencing, oh did they make noise when no styrophom was in there.