fishindoc

heard about them for years-finally saw one. A boat made of Concrete. You'd never know it was a boat made of cement . Looks just like a steel hull. The boat is a 50x13 Trawler hull a guy was builing to use as a personal boat. He died unexpectedly, the boat unfinished and our reef foundation purchased the boat from his estate. I hear they were used extensively during WWII since metal was scarce. It just goes against common sense. It will be sunk this spring on our artificial reef.
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ubettcha13

My brother captained a 55' sailboat made of concrete He did this all over the carribean down to Venezula and back He said it was the best riding hull he has worked on in serious seas (he sailed through a bunch of Tropical Storms and a cat 2 hurricane) He sailed from DR to Costa Rica on a regular basis for 3 years

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capt.nick

Isn't there one half submerged at the end of Cape May, N.J. that did one transatlantic crossing before being scuttled?

fishindoc

Give that man a cigar!!!--Never saw it

Jay A

Ferro cement hulls, good enough for fishing the North Atlantic. There are a few commercial fishing boats here made of the stuff and If you didn't know,you couldn't tell. There's even a few lobster boats made with ferro cement.

Here's a link on someone who built a ferro cement sailboat:

http://www.zen27220.zen.co.uk/bb.htm

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tiara misu

There use to be quite a few stored around the virginia I remember seeing them 40yr's ago I'm sure they are long since go by now

geminiII

Georgous ketch in hingham all concrete..... Sails great

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PDLBOATER

There is one in Cape May---still visible

Do you think a ferro-cement baloon could work?