Gordon, going to check out the smartblock. Thanks! When DH & I first started out we lived on various boats/houseboats. DH's freind & buddy from childhood lived on the (tied up to) dock next to us. He had a concrete hull houseboat. They are really neat. Funny story --- he had a cat. He would put the cat in a lower kitchen cabinet then close it. Then shake the box of cat food & you could hear her running through the bilges like a madwoman till she reached a place she could squiggle through on the opposite side. We had many laughs with that.
Speaking of unusual materials to find boat hulls made of..... We bought & lived aboard a 25', 1947 SteelCraft cabin cruiser (cabin was modified of course). Hull made completely of steel. They were Coast Guard boats originally. You might think of steel for big tankers & freighters but not for the smaller boats. One day I came home from doing laundry to find our "home" had dissappeared from the slip. Seems DH & his curiosity had gotten the better of him & he decided to "test" the bottom of the hull to see how badly it was rusted. Took a fork & began banging on it. You guessed it --- he was able to see the bottom of the river!
