Re: just thinkin about new old boats...
Wood-free or close to it:
Angler: ??? - present
Bayliner:
Bayliss: ??? - present
Blackfin:
Blue Water: ??? - present
Cape Horn: ??? - present
Carolina Skiff: (small models may have a wood core transom)
Contender: still have wood transoms, some have balsa gunwails
Edgewater: ALL???
Everglades: ???
Grady White: still have balsa-core floors
Hells Bay: ??? - present
Hobie Power Skiff : ??? - present
Hydrasports: at least 2003 - present
*Intrepid Boat Works: late 80's - present
Invincible: ALL???
Island Runner:
Jarret Bay: ??? - present
Judge Yachts: ~2003 - present
Key West - early 90's - present
Legend Custom Yachts - ALL
Marlin (35) - 1996 - present
Maralago:
McKee Craft: ~July 2002 - present
Midnight Express:
Palmetto:
*Proline: 1995 - present (*some* 1994's, look for wrapped wood stringers)
Ranger: at least 2003 - present
Regulator: at least 1999 - present
Renegade: ??? - present
Sailfish: at least 2006 - present
Seaswirl: ??? - present
Scout: ??? - present
Sea-Fox: at least 2007 - present
Sea Hunt: at least 2001 - present
Spencer: ??? - present
*Target: ALL
*Triton: ALL
Trophy: at least 2004 - present
Venture:
Wellcraft: at least 2006 - present
Yellowfin:
*verified by manufacturer
Things to keep in mind:
Some wood-free boat have more foam in them, regardless of boat size, because it is needed as a structural support**.
Wood-free components have been know to delaminate and absorb water.
While they won't rot, per se, as does wood, wood-free boats have issues too, except many of them cannot be repaired easily. Y
You could wind up with an early 100% wood-free boat that rides like a Yugo and is saturated with water, whereas its wood counterpart built a year or two earlier is foam free and rides damn fine and strong.
Some wood-free boats don't have the overall strength or natural dampening that comes from wood.
The earlier the boat was made as 100% wood-free, the more likely it is to have issues. Many issues have been overcome very recently, especially when talking bigger offshore boats.
Also note: if you search for wood-free because you believe it is best, always use the term 'wood-free', and not "all composite". End-grain balsa(wood)tech is the number one composite.
**Build a 26' boat and use traditional fiberglass build schedules and you probably don't add foam. Build a 100% wood-free boat and you'll probably be pumping foam into every square inch.
