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Actually you are wrong. Lots of the large very expensive sport fishing boats used offshore are still built using wood in conjunction with epoxy in layers, due to its strength and weight as compared to a solid fiberglass hull.Originally Posted by silverside
If I remember correctly... people stopped fishing from wooden boats when beavers invaded the U.S. from Canada. I could be wrong though
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Especially in the coastal area of NC where many of the best and well known custom builders are located.
Certainly though for the smaller boats most of us use, wood has pretty much become a thing of the past.
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To me there is nothing prettier then a nicely finished mahogany wood boat, they are a lot of work to upkeep I have owned a few in the past
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I grew up in a costal area the have several makers of mahogany plywood boats. They had some Beautiful lines.
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I own a Stauter Built 15ft wooden skiff. It is a great boat and a classic but I don’t use it much anymore
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That was the maker of the boats I am talking about. Those Cedar Point Specials were handsome boats
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Back in the 60's the old timers told me " If you like to work buy a wooden boat. If you like to fish buy an aluminum or fiberglass boat. " I took their advice way back when and have never regretted it.
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Sounds like good sense
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They are a labor of love and pride. That was a winter project to scrape and repaint, friends when I was growing up had some. Small fishing boats for most, even lots of the rental boats were wood. Never worried about a little water in them, they told me it kept the wood swollen so it didn’t leak worse. I’d like to build one but don’t have a place to tie up for that long. Good project though.
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Prior to about 1960, all of the larger boats used for offshore fishing were still built with wood.
Many of the smaller boats were also, using what was called a moulded plywood process.
Starting in the mid 50s a few builders were making fiberglass boats. Names like MFG, and Lyman were a few of the early ones.
Wood is still used today by many of the custom boat builders in places like the Carolinas, who create the most beautiful, fast, and seaworthy boats on the planet.
My first boat was bought new in 1954, and was a 14’ moulded plywood all natural mahogany.
It had a 4 cylinder 40 hp Mercury on it which at the time was the largest outboard motor built.
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