Carbon Fibre

[clive]

I remember some short years back reading about some one experimenting with making hulls out of Carbon Fibre would any one know if anything happened with this or even if any thing is still on going.

[MBA Marine]

There are many, many carbon fibre boats out there, mostly for racing, we did one for Oyster when I was was there. due to the fact that its chuffin expensive its not used much for general boat building. 

[teadaemon]

As Mark says the main reason why leisure boats tend not to be made from carbon fibre/epoxy composites is cost, however durability is also an issue - carbon fibre is very strong, but it suffers much more due to fatigue than glass fibre. Using it in racing boats makes sense because the effects of saving so much weight are significant, and the lifespan of the boat is less critical (since rule changes or improvements in design mean that few modern racing yachts are still at the front of the fleet 10 years or more after they're launched).