Your story at least speaks wonders for fresh water, doesn't it? ----- Original Message ----- From: Harvey G Wilson To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:52 PM Subject: Blisters Hi all... I've been gong thru some of the old sailing info that I'v egathered over the years and came across several articles on Blisters that I've saved...mostly from the Cape Dory forum. As I glanced thru them, I recall the horror that I felt as I walked thru a local boat storage yard, looking at bottoms that looked like they were a patterning board at a shotgun skeet range!! With great trepidation, I went to Ft Myers, Fla. to look at an M-17. Hauling it out of the water, we washed off the crud on the bottom, and saw no blisters. I hooked the trailer up to my old Aerostar, and Stargazer was mine!! That was 9 years and about 3 weeks ago. When I took her out this last time, after being in Lake Lanier for over 3 years, I again saw no blisters!! Stargazer is a 1979 model. Have anyone on the list had blisters on their boats?? Did Jerry use a material different from other builders?? Harvey/ Ga