wooden boats - Ocean Navigator

06 Apr

Ocean NavigatorOcean Voyagingoverhaul, rebuilds, U.S. Navy, USN, USS Constitution, Vice President, wooden boats

Wooden boat owners know that wood is a beautiful material, but unlike fiberglass or carbon fiber, wood can fall prey to rot. And so wooden vessels can require rebuilding at times. A famous example of this is the USN's wooden frigate USS Constitution which is the U. S. Navy's oldest commissioned ship and which, at 224 years old, undergoes regular rebuilds. And it turns out that some of the wood from rebuilds in 2007 and 2017 was still usable and so the navy SeaBees built a desk from it for the use of the sitting Vice President. According to Paul…

01 Mar

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Harry QueeneyGood Readsboat books, wooden boats, wooden sailboat, wooden sailing yachts, wooden yachts

Wooden Boats for Blue Water Sailors Philosophy in Sailing, Design and Construction By Alfie Sanford Great Wave Books 214 pgs. The great legacy of wooden sailing yachts is clear. From Slocum’s Spray to the various well-known Herreshoff designs to Bermuda racers like Dorade, wooden boats led the way. Now, of course, fiberglass, carbon fiber and even more exotic materials are regularly employed in race boats and yachts. Yet, Alfie Sanford, the author of Wooden Boats for Blue Water Sailors, makes the case that wood, when allied with epoxy in the cold molding technique, is still a viable material for use…