Island Teak wrote:

Why would anyone pay to have a plywood clinker/lapstrake boat built rather
than a traditionally built, solid wood, lapstrake/clinker boat ?


Could it be that a solid wood construction lives more with changes of
humidity, so leaks more the first day in water. This could make life hard
if the boat was going to live out of the water at times...

Just a wild guess, and probably wrong. I look forward to be corrected.

-H