SidecarFlip wrote:
BradW wrote:
JoeChiOhki wrote:
The Amerigo may not have the best fiberglass, but its actual fiberglass and can be taken off and repaired in a pinch.
"Real" fiberglass (like they make Ranger bass boats out of) seems to me to be the near perfect material for a TC shell. I would think it would also be the easiest to repair. There must be some drawbacks to fiberglass; maybe cost? I don't know of any fiberglass TCs with slide outs. That filon scares the ***** out of me, but that's probably will be on my next TC.
Reddog's Bigfoot and Ranger boats share the same technology. A chopper gun/resin and a mold. It's strong, durable and can be repaired or painted. Filon looks better initially but when it delaminates it's a royal PITA. Glass won't delam at all.
The old Amerigoes were built that way, I can still see the marks where they used the hand rollers to help press the air out of the layers of chop and where they rolled in whoke pieces to reinforce the corners. Its far thinner that Reddogs Bigfoot or the boats as its not structural, but a shell over a classic wooden frame, but its held up for 42 years.
