JesseLoynes
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As this is "How do you define wooden?" as opposed to "How do you define classic?", I'd say anything where the majority of the structure is timber, be it ply or "solid" timber.
Arguing against ply is ridiculous. We've been laminating timber to increase it's strength around curves and across faces for hundreds of years. Just because we have learnt to do it in larger sheets doesn't stop it being the same material. The new boat is epoxy and glass sheathed on the hull. It adds some strength, but not as much structure as more than a kilometre of linear strip planking, and quite a few bulkheads. I feel she's a wooden boat, and I think she looks it too. I just think I have combined the best use of the materials and technology available to produce a beautiful yacht that is easy to look after.
As for "classics", I'll refer you to a 1947 Hillyard that sails like a pig and takes hundreds of hours of labour to keep her looking good. I still think she looks sweet, but I'll be sailing the other boat this summer.
Arguing against ply is ridiculous. We've been laminating timber to increase it's strength around curves and across faces for hundreds of years. Just because we have learnt to do it in larger sheets doesn't stop it being the same material. The new boat is epoxy and glass sheathed on the hull. It adds some strength, but not as much structure as more than a kilometre of linear strip planking, and quite a few bulkheads. I feel she's a wooden boat, and I think she looks it too. I just think I have combined the best use of the materials and technology available to produce a beautiful yacht that is easy to look after.
As for "classics", I'll refer you to a 1947 Hillyard that sails like a pig and takes hundreds of hours of labour to keep her looking good. I still think she looks sweet, but I'll be sailing the other boat this summer.
nice one.
