On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, leee wrote: > I'm just wondering how much hardwood there is in Sweden. Sweden's > Firs might have been ok for the masts and spars but hardwood was > needed for the hull and superstructure, typically Oak for the keel > and frames and other hardwoods for hull and deck planking. Teak > was especially favoured for deck planking once trade had opened up > the tropics. A relatively little known fact is that Balsa is > actually a hardwood :-)
The oak supply was at least enough to supply the Swedish Navy for hundereds of years (though Swedish Pomerainia was also an important source during 1648 - 1815). AFAIK all oaks by law belonged to the crown and could, if not needed for the Navy, be exported to generate cash for the state (something often in short supply). Cheers, Anders -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anders Gidenstam WWW: http://www.gidenstam.org/FlightGear/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
