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Forum: General Sailing Forum

02-11-2012, 10:23

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Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

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Posted By Stumble

Re: Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

One of the biggest complaints I hear when selling to the marine world is that "just because it says marine on it it's twice the price." I am sure there are some vendors who do this, and god knows...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

01-11-2012, 12:01

Replies: 87

Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

Views: 10,034

Posted By Stumble

Re: Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

Something that just struck me is noone has mentioned what to me is likely the best savings in repair work you could make...

Before heading out, go take a semester long class in Diesel engine...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

01-11-2012, 09:39

Replies: 87

Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

Views: 10,034

Posted By Stumble

Re: Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

Won't work. Aluminium will be lighter. Not that I don't look into it too. Because masts are in compression not tension and the stiffness of the metals is pretty similar. You might be able to reduce...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

01-11-2012, 07:04

Replies: 87

Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

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Posted By Stumble

Re: Keeping down maintenance costs for cruisers

It's not the shaping its the amount of material. A titanium chainplate can be about 1/2 the size of a stainless one if it is designed that way because titanium is so much stronger. On a retrofit...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

31-10-2012, 23:15

Replies: 87

Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

Views: 10,034

Posted By Stumble

Re: Keeping down maintenance costs for cruisers

The cost for a new build to use titanium, assuming they were designed to it, would be around $20 per boat. Yup. I had an engineer redesign the plates on my Beneteau, and in order to make them the...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

31-10-2012, 13:38

Replies: 87

Keeping Down Maintenance Costs for Cruisers

Views: 10,034

Posted By Stumble

Re: Keeping down maintenance costs for cruisers

Art,

Sadly this is a reality in a lot of industries, not just boating. And a lot of people get caught in a trap, where they can't afford all the repairs they need, so something has to give....

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