Old ships used Live Oak, which is a very different wood than White Oak.
Bill Bina
On 1/19/2018 1:23 PM, Michael Brown via CnC-List wrote:
Good white oak is considered to be relatively resistant to water
penetration, used for canoes and old sailing ships.
https://www.wagnermeters.com/aboutamericanwhiteoakandredoak/
Working it, bending it and staining it ( or getting epoxy into it )
has usually been the top complaints.
Michael Brown
Windburn
C&C 30-1
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