biggest reason? $$$$$. Composit material generally cost far more than wood. next reason, Wellcraft(or any other small boat manufacture) never intended for their boats lasting 20 plus years. there have been numerous boat manufactures that have put themselves out of business by building a boat that didn't need replacing. Composits aren't all that people think they are. My personal experiance with no wood boats has shown a lot of stress cracks and pulled thru hardware. Teh local fiberglass shops will rebuild with what ever the customer wants, but most of them prefer wood over composits. Wood is still generally considered the best coring material for boat construction(Check out a Ricky Scarbough or a Paul Mann). As far as the workmanship goes, theres no excuse, but it allways comes back to the dollar, you hire an assembler instead of a craftsman, he's going to assemble the boat the easiest way he can, and could probably care less
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