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"The first ROCAT is a 'fine boat', which uses advanced composite technology to be as strong and light as poss - the hulls for example, before adding the crossbeam sockets and skeg, weigh just 7.1kg each! The yet-to-be-developed 'polyROCAT' would be a family-beach-muckabout craft. It would have more buoyancy, weigh more and be less fast. But made of roto-moulded polyethylene with ally crossbeams, it would be much tougher than the fine boat, and about a third the price. The market would be families, holiday resorts, schools, disabled, surf-life-saving etc. etc. best wishes ... Christopher"
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A separate rowing unit on aluminium cross-beams that could be attached to any hulls would be attractive to home boat builders, though. It could stimulate a lot of development. What about a stitch'n'glue camp-cruiser with lots of storage space in the hulls and a wide deck that you could pitch a tent on?
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