What boat wood should I choose? This is a question that you need to get answered hopefully before building your boat...
How to choose the wood
There are a few goals we want to optimize for:
On the final product we want:
- Durability
- resistance to rotting
- resistance to pressure
- resistance to impacts
- Beauty
- look and feel of the wood
The constraints are:
While building we want:
- Easy to work with
- Availability
- Price
Here are a few woods and their translation in french
| Wood name | French | Spanish | German |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash | Frêne | Fresno | Asche |
| Red Cedar | Cèdre rouge | Cedro Rojo | rote Zeder |
| Yellow Cedar | Cèdre jaune | Cedro Amarillo | gelbe Zeder |
| Sweet Chestnut | Châtaigner | Castaño | Edelkastanie |
| Cypress | Cyprès | Ciprés | Zypresse |
| Elm | Orme | Olmo | Ulme |
| Fir | Sapin (Épciea) | Abeto | Tanne |
| Iroko | Iroko | Iroko | Iroko Holz |
| Mahogany | Acajou | Caoba | Mahagoni |
| Larch | Mélèze | Alerce | Lärche |
| Oak | Chêne | Roble | Eiche |
| Pine | Pin | Pino | Kiefer |
| Sitka Spruce | Épinette de Sitka | Abeto Sitka | Sitka-Fichte |
| Spruce | Épciea | Abeto | Fichte |
| Teak | Teck | Teca | das Teak |