Every time I go to a show, I am amazed at some of the things I see. Here's some of the things that stood out to me enough to make me take a picture. I'm going to do another thread on wiring. I'm not going to name names here, I am only showing what I saw:
We ought to all know by now that you need a flange on through hulls. You flange it so that any compression of the core does not cause a leak and to distribute the load on the core. You also bond the through hulls to ground and you never, not ever, hang a pump directly on a through hull.
Here's a grainy shot of a flanged through hull so you know what we're talking about and what it should look like:
Here's an example of how not to do it. Unsupported pump, unsupported hoses, what could go wrong here?
If you are worried about crushing the core, why not just hole saw the core and get rid of it. Slop a little resin on the edges and you're done, right?
While we're talking about cores, why not put screws through the bilge into the coring. I've been told by the builder that every screw is sealed with 5200, but look as I might, I never saw any evidence of sealer. I have a better idea. Let's glass in a strip to attach the hoses too and not penetratre the core.
If you are going to use coring for a bulkhead, why not use it in the anchor locker and not tie it to anything. Why is it even there? Are you supposed to tie the bitter end of the anchor line to the pad eye and hope the bulkhead is stronger than the windlass?
Here's one that really got my attention. The very same boat with the screws into the coring is also a good example of how stong and true coring can be - if you do it properly. Here's the bottom of the same boat sitting on a display stand. You'll notice that the strake is straight and true, with no deflection from the point load of the stand.
But just to show there is another way to do it, here's another brand of boat sitting on a stand with even more support area. Yet, the strake and the adjacent bottom has a long curve to it. When the boat is on plane, do you think the bottom will be straight or have a nice hook in it, which slows it down and wastes fuel?
Just to show that it is not just on one side of the boat, here's the opposite side of the same boat, so at least it has the same hook on both sides. FWIW, I asked the builder about it and was told that it was only in the gelcoat.
But that does not tell me why the same model of the same boat sitting right next to it is much straighter. Here's the same strake on an identical boat. Which one do you want to buy? Ever wonder why one boat is slower and uses more fuel than another one just like it?
My wiring rant will follow soon.
A quality rant from the Miami show 
