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Default Carbon fiber can so break!

On Mar 13, 7:17 am, Ignoramus17007 ignoramus17...@NOSPAM.
17007.invalid wrote:
On 2008-03-13, cavelamb himself wrote:

Americas Cub 1995
Australia One


http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/media/08/0310/


So, there is such a thing as a boat designed to be too light.

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I think the hull of those boats gets changed fairly often (every few
years) trying to get better hydrodynamics. when you look at things
that way durability is a low priority if its only needing to stand up
to one or two seasons and wear and tear wont really be a factor