Wooden Boats in The Caribbean ?

[lostviking]

I like the classic boats, like the grand banks style.
A lot of them is wooden hulls.

I hear a lot of Toledo "worm" and the boat rotting slowly in warmer climate.

Some of the old classics from the 60`s and upwards are so beautiful, but would I slowly kill one by having it in the Caribbean as a live aboard?

I mean, what did the conquistadors and pirates do a few hundred years back?

If it is so, what measures could I do if i wanted one?
I currently live in Norway and we got hefty winters and cold summers here. I have spent some time om my dads wooden boat and there is no problem with that here. This is a new problem for me.

I have heard that a good coating would prevent the "worms", but again, some say it don`t over time and that wooden boats are a constant struggle to keep afloat.

What do you think?

[boatman61]

In the Caribbean you've the Toredo...
and in the North you have the Gribble...
There are steps one can take...
copper plate the hull..
epoxy the hull..
anti foul regularly...
The main enemy is the sun.. chuck buckets of sea water over her every evening.. and again before the suns to far up...
The 'Old Ships' usually had loadsa crew to maintain them..
the locals just made dugouts...