Re: Steel Centreboard

["Tim Prince" <tprince (at) computer.org>]

Isn't it against the rule to add fibreglas cloth or the like to the standard
foam boards with those internal steel stiffeners?  Has there been another
secret change to make existing equipment obsolete?  Wasn't it always against
the rule to add metal or cloth stiffening, even back in the wood board days?

Tim 167477
----- Original Message -----
From: "R Hicks" <rhicks@realwired.com>
To: <THEBOATHSE@AOL.COM>; <dkopp@adam.com.au>; <laser@laser.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Steel Centreboard


> My modern glass board has rust stains coming from internal corrosion.
>
>
> At 10:25 PM 12/27/00 -0500, THEBOATHSE@AOL.COM wrote:
> >In a message dated 12/27/2000 8:22:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >dkopp@adam.com.au writes:
> >
> ><<   Is this the normal method of construction?  I assume they are there
to
> >stiffen the board. >>
> >
> >Is it a wooden board? I knew they used steel stringers in the olde wood
> >boards but assumed that the foam core was stiff enough in the epoxy/glass
> >ones. SF The Boathouse


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