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Originally Posted by sailingdog
The big problem with the Ovnis is that Aluminum is pretty low on the anodic scale and a small electrical problem can cause major damage. There was an aluminum boat down in Rhode Island that went from being in good shape to having to be total lossed over the course of one season due to bad stray current problems in the marina it was at.
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Sailingdog, how much more evidence do you have? One anecdote about one unidentified aluminium boat (how many amateurs have not tried their hands at a self-build in metal?) hardly justifies a bombastic "The big problem with Ovni" as you put it. I have tried to find people with Ovnis who can confirm a "big problem" but so far without success - and I have spent a couple of years in their clubs and forums.
If I may be so bold: one advantage of the (hypothetical) "Ovni problem" is that it would occur in harbour and hopefully be spotted there. Rather more scary to me is the equally real - and statistically far more common - problem of a keel boat losing its keel or springing a leak on the high seas.