I have noticed recently that on the forums and Facebook,
there is an unsavoury element of “boat snobbery” creeping in at times!
We all know that wood is good, traditional and warm but
carries constant maintenance costs with it and some owners of wooden boats have
been stung by boatyards when having repairs carried out. Not everyone has the
financial means to be involved in the sometimes large charges involved in
maintaining a wooden boat.
A number of wooden boat owners carry out maintenance /
repair work themselves and those who have the facilities and capabilities to
replace planks and rub down and re-varnish are indeed lucky.
However, for a large number of people who want to get on the
water, the only option is a “plastic” boat.
There is no reason why a grp boat cannot be kept clean and well
maintained but I don’t agree that they should be sneered at because they are
not wooden.
.JPG)