If you are thinking the wooden boat is the best for handling difficult sea conditions, I'll respectfully disagree. Give me a well made steel boat for that sailing requirement.
dj
no, not that at all. i was implying that in rough weather one would learn the big differences of a wood on frame, screwed together, 100yards of seams hull going through the water.
i grew up on wood boats. drove them hard on lake erie. known for it's steep choppy waves. those boat worked and flexed hard.
i have replaced planks, frames, sister frames, butt blocks. used oakem. i was trained by my father. canvas deck replacement. varnishing. woods. paints,
dad built his first boat when he was 18. he would then buy old woodies and rebuild them to top shape. because of my help and interest he would let me take his 38' woody out with my friends when i was 14. i was 21 when he bought aeolus out in conn. he then had me bring it home to ohio for him.
my great great grandfather built wooden ships up in sturge, on the same property we still own. his son, my great grandfather, got his commercial captain's papers at the age of 17. sailing his father's cargo ships around the great lakes.
later on, i would dump stone from the ships, from the river up in saginaw, or was it bay city, next to the gougeon marine yard. i would visit them allot back then. learned a thing or two. nice guys. happy to share what they were up to.
