Originally Posted by
ranmar850
A LOT of work goes ito fabricating these boats, fully labour intensive. And it all has to be kept square and true while being welded. And then, if you want a really high standard of finish, a lot of work goes into bogging it up to cover welds and irregularities along the visible areas--the "high end "ali plate boats have an amount of bog along the sides of the hull you wouldn't accept in a car repair job. (if you knew about it) all to try to get a finish comparable with GRP.