Quote Originally Posted by erubash View Post
They did but it was more for Marketing of the boats than it was a structure strenght idea. My understanding is they put kevlar in 4 different spots on the boat and as long as they had a certain amount of Kevlar, Kevlar would allow them to Stamp the boat. It worked, they sold a lot of boats because of that stamp. Great boats with or without the stamp in my opinion! Thanks for the input though!
This is correct, the Kevlar was only in a couple of areas, none really structural, and used for advertising purposes, just like the new " Carbon Fiber" Ranger where the Carbon Fiber is only in the underside of the deck lids and a couple of other non structure areas and none in the hull. Pure marketing purposes to attract money from customers who only read the advertising brochures.
Carbon fiber is around $ 10.00 - $ 20.00 a pound, roughly 5 - 10 x the cost of glass mat. To build a carbon fiber hull would run around 15 - 25 K up and above a normal glass hull.