One of the pearson's mentioned
I think it was Everett Pearson that mentioned Baltec
and how he was cutting balsa into squares so the endgrain
was cut so that the would not meet. The Pearson's did
a test in the eighties with squares and a skim coat of
epoxy in Bristol RI they chained it to their dock and
left it for two years in the water in Narragansett Bay.
They only had 1 percent penetration of water with the
balsa squares and epoxy. He also mentioned they could
of had this as early as 1963 for racing. He mentioned
something about early Ariels and how they had delamination
of decks in 1962 and how it was a problem.
Just thought it was interesting.
John :eek: