The reality is that a properly maintained wooden boat can last 100 years, and still look beautiful for your great grandchildren. Many fiberglass yachts have needed restoration at half that age. For this and other reason we sometimes recommend cold molded construction for boats that will reside in Mid Atlantic or Southern areas.ДЄs for longevity, we have done several first restorations of traditionally built wooden boats that were 60 to 80 years old. In New England it is not hard to find a yard that can properly care for a wooden boat. Chris Craft, 1946 17 ft Deluxe w/ new custom fit trailer 17,500.00 SOLD. 1957 Chris Craft 21 Continental Twin Fin Boat (Rare) 15,000.00. That does not necessarily mean a more expensive yard, but it does mean that wooden boat ownerвЂ™s must be more selective about where their boats are stored and maintained. 1961 Chris Craft 21 Continental Hard Top 14,500.00. Call us Today Cooper Auto Sales, Clinton WA. It would be a wonderful resto task or merely make use of as is. To be fair we should mention that for this equation to be true, a wooden boat must be stored and maintained at a yard that has knowledge and experience in the care of wooden boats. 14 Lumber boat, 2001 Master seawater trailer and 18 hp Tohatsu 4 movement motor. In the long run, these three options will come to very nearly the same cost, especially if your topsides sustain the occasional scratch or ding. A traditionally built boat will require a fresh coat of paint every year or two, while a fiberglass one will need waxing every year or вЂњAwlgripвЂќ every 4 to 6 years. If you take two equivalent boats, one fiberglass and one of traditional wood construction, both the same age, both with an equal amount of brightwork, and both kept in true yacht fashion, their maintenance costs will be virtually identical.ДЄbout the only difference in the maintenance program between these two boats will be in finishing the topsides, a small part of a yachtвЂ™s total maintenance bill. But if you want to keep your fiberglass boat looking itвЂ™s best, it will cost you. There is no denying that fiberglass can withstand a shocking amount of neglect.

But the pervasive misconception is that fiberglass boats cost less.ДЄre fiberglass boats really so cheap to maintain? The answer is yes, if what you want to do is to neglect your boat. In all honesty there are significant costs involved in having a boat professionally stored and maintained. How many times have we heard it: вЂњWooden boats are so beautiful, IвЂ™d love to have one if only the maintenance didnвЂ™t cost so muchвЂќ. A fiberglass dining room table simply would not do!

Why would you want a wooden boat? Well, why would you want a hand made mahogany dining room table? Because you chose it or had it made to match your taste, because of the warmth and elegance it brings to your life, because of the pride you feel at the craftsmanship it embodies.

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