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Old 01-28-2013, 04:16 PM   #30
MVNoPlans
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City: Olympia
Vessel Name: No Plans
Vessel Model: 1965 TollyCraft Voyager
Join Date: Apr 2012
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I am with Tad 100%. I am rather surprised at how many forum members do not seem to understand that wood hulled boats can and do last for decades without superhuman effort. It is one thing to simply not want one; who could argue with personal choice. It is the gross misunderstanding of what is entailed in owning and enjoying a wood hulled vessel that strikes me. Perhaps it is because a fair few of the trawlers owned by folks on this forum are plastic and have water ingress problems which rot wood substrates and such that it becomes extrapolated that an all wood hull must be a nightmare. And as to Chuck Gould and the "wood" boat matter, my slip mate has a plastic boat and anecdotally, he will never spend a night on the hook because his DIY list is still too long. I "wood" not read too much into it.
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