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There's a big difference between a 6/7 squirtboat and an ultralight carbon composite playboat. The squirtboat is going to be way tougher, and a lot of those 20 year old boats either weren't used hard, or put back together a few times. The anecdotal evidence about squitboats is good testament to the possibility of durable composites, but there are still a few problems. One is that the shape of most squirtboat hulls allows the stress to be spread out, whereas a hard chined design concentrates the stress at the chines.
I've also hit enough rocks, and seen enough other people hit rocks, in both plastic boats and squirt boats to know that the hits I take in my playboat are much harder, and would put cracks in my squirt. (not just cause I can take a harder hit, there just a lot of force when you hit bottom on a loop).
I like the idea of the composite playboat, but it's really limited in use. I'd say that if I had one, I'd probably use it about 10% of the time I use my plastic boat- there are just a lot of shallow playspots out there.
But what do I know?
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