On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:54:24 +0000, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:39gkc3904k7di1qdd8kqn8ku85bu60dt87@
4ax.com:

Aluminum was the first nail in the wooden boat market and when GRP
came along it pretty much killed the wooden boat makers.

Back in the days of wooden working boats all the lobster boats were
cedar on oak frames. From talking to the old folk the wood lasted but
the galvanized boat nails holding it together only lasted 10 years, or
so.

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It did??

http://www.seaislandboatworks.com/
Can we build one for YOU?....(c;

(When they turn the hulls over, they have a huge party to attract local
boaters who provide the labor to turn the hulls over at the boatyard.
Great fun for all and gives you a feeling of doing something for wooden
boats.)

http://picasaweb.google.com/gshilling/LETSEEII
How beautiful they build them!.....all by hand....


Larry

Yes it really did. Now if you see a newly built "proper" wooden boat
people just stand around and stare.

I recently saw a 70 ft. schooner built to pre WW-I standards. All teak
and polished brass. Apparently the chap that owned it had two of them
and neither of them had a winch installed. All lines were hauled by
hand. The one I saw did have a man powered anchor capstan to raise the
anchor and (again the one I saw) had an auxiliary motor for
maneuvering in anchorages or marinas.

Apparently the business was to get group of people who wanted to learn
to sail "like they did in the good old days". I guess it was a success
as the one I saw was the second built.

But millionaire's yachts don't really tell the story. Where are all
the people that used to build Sharpys, Friendship Sloops,Chesapeake
Skipjack, Dorys, Skiffs and all the other wooden working boats - all
gone.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeATgmailDOTcom)