by alaskastreamin » Mar 05, 2013 10:42 pm
Does anyone know how many HydroStreams left the factory with foam core? What years? Models? ..........
Most of you know,.... I hadthe fortunate opportunity to acquire the "last Virage" that was found 20+ years later still in the mold dated 1991.
Once home, I pulled a sample of the core and found foam.
A few months later while attending the "frost your nuts off" rally with our Viper, I spoke with Jeff Baker about my "find" . He said since it was the last Virage built in 1991, I might want to pull more core samples. At that time they were using up what ever they had laying around before the doors closed. He said, "you may find balsa and plywood as a core also in that hull". Luckily, my boat is all foam cored. Apparently there was enough foam on the shelf when mine was laid up.
I haven't heard of foam cores discovered and thought I would ask.
Does anyone know how many HydroStreams left the factory with foam core? What years? Models? ..........
Most of you know,.... I hadthe fortunate opportunity to acquire the "last Virage" that was found 20+ years later still in the mold dated 1991.
Once home, I pulled a sample of the core and found foam.
A few months later while attending the "frost your nuts off" rally with our Viper, I spoke with Jeff Baker about my "find" . He said since it was the last Virage built in 1991, I might want to pull more core samples. At that time they were using up what ever they had laying around before the doors closed. He said, "you may find balsa and plywood as a core also in that hull". Luckily, my boat is all foam cored. Apparently there was enough foam on the shelf when mine was laid up. :up:
I haven't heard of foam cores discovered and thought I would ask.
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