Need to correct you on a point. There are some woods that are equal or
greater in strength in proposition to its weight when compared to steel.
You're distorting the facts again. Compression and bending strength are
important to ship building. Some woods have high compression strength while
others have high bending strength. Either way, wook such as Oak, is very
strong and strinks when dried and actually gains strength and water-proofing
properties as it ages. Check it out. Wooden boats and the Spruce Goose did
just fine and the engineers have said, " The construction of the Spruce
Goose was as if it were of steel. When one of our C-5's bellied in, in 1983,
wooden ribs were used to hold the plane together until a permanent repair
was done. Wood was strong enough to get the job done for Noah. After all,
test done since the 1600's to the present, confirmed this. What more can I say?!
Aubrey
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