DuFLEX strip plank

[mojounwin]

looking to build a 26ft yacht strip planked, and stumbled across a product called Duflex which is essentially a foam core that is coated each side with 600gm biax E-glass. http://www.atlcomposites.com/pdf/DuFLEX_brochure.pdf

Has anyone used this product before?
How does it compare with using cedar as a core?
Because the core is already coated with fibreglass could you use a lighter cloth to cover then would be used to cover cedar?

Thanks
Mike

[FAST FRED]

The biggest advantage would come at resale time,

boats with burried wood are hard to sell ,

even though they claim to be "Composite" ,

the public knows better.

FAST FRED

[captainjsw]

I am building with DuFlex - I see this is an old thread - if you are still interested in knowing more - let me know

Regards John

[Willallison]

Originally Posted by FAST FRED

The biggest advantage would come at resale time,

boats with burried wood are hard to sell ,

even though they claim to be "Composite" ,

the public knows better.

FAST FRED

I think that's an attitude that's changing - especially as more and more large custom vessels are employing strip planking (wood, I mean). It's also a bit of a regional thing - the Kiwi's, for instance, don't share any fear of timber cored boats.
It's also somewhat ill-informed - a poorly built foam or balsa cored boat is every bit as prone to wet core damage as a poorly built strip plank boat is - if not more so.