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Interesting article on a wood cargo boat

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by hat4349, Dec 25, 2020.

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  1. hat4349

    hat4349 Senior Member

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  2. AMG

    AMG YF Moderator

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    We have built one in Sweden as well, launched in 2003. A replica of a cargo ship from 1738. She has been to China once and they are now planning a new trip there...

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    Somebody tried that with a boat built up in Maine back in the 70's. It sunk on it's first trip.
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    Here is another Swedish cargo ship in build, with emissions cut by 90 % they say...

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    Wow, how do they get financing for un-proven technology, no guarantee for return of the money..? :confused:
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    With my experience in yachts. I would NEVER want to cross the gulf stream in a wood boat again, as in ever. They stopped building boats out of wood decades ago because they found better materials..... As for being stronger, perhaps it is the day it is built, but the strength of a wood boat degrades from there and heavily based on how well it's maintained. Perhaps they should try building one out of Ferro Cement next! Even in the wood boat pictured from the 1700's, they would nail copper sheets on the bottom to keep worms from eating them.
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    They are still in the model testing stage, but as one of the worlds largest car transport companies, they will probably gain in PR and when loaded with 7.000 cars i guess it will pay off one day...
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    Aha, They already have the contracts, that helps for sure.
    I guess draft is not a factor going to deep water ports, we have about 45’ here in Port Everglades.
    (Guessing they must have an adult size keel for stability and less lee way even on a modern sailing ship)
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    What happened to save the trees ? at 4kns average speed it is a failure waiting to happen..