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Originally Posted by Ram  Much of the wood they are built out of is white or yellow pine- may be part of the answer |
I know of a lot of boats built of white pine here in NZ it's called Kahikatea and it's H3 that means it's treated, A boat building called "Carey's boat yard " here in Picton specializes in timber boats 90% of the timber used would be Kahikatea because it's a soft wood it bends easy and prior to painting it's usely given 2 coats of everdure thats a epoxy resin.
People must like it as he has 5 boats in the yard being built 2 over 55 '
The turks have been building timber boats for years and in 2007 I was in the Med and was on board a Gullet in Santorini in the Greek Islands as I have a interest in boat building and found there fit out and workman ship amazing the one I was on was a motor sailer, You get a lot of boat for your buck