Silverballi, who knows more?

[Taracrew]

Hello, we're thinking of using Silverballi wood for the
restauration of our 60 fth trawler Tara.
If anybody has any experiences with this wood,
please let us know.

Taracrew.

[rasorinc]

It seems to be rot resistent. http://amstimber.net/silverballi.htm should be fine if you use the hard grade

another link to all sorts of boat building wood http://www.glen-l.com/ another wood link http://www2

on the GlelnL link click on woods plywoods on the left. .fpl.fs.fed.us/
Hope this info helps you.

[Chris Ostlind]

Taracrew,

If you are not in a huge hurry to make this wood choice and build, there's an excellent book that talks all about the species and boat building. It's called

Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard by Michael Ruhlman

There are probably closer sources within the Euro market, but these guys are blowing it out for $10 right now in paperback:
http://www.themotorbookstore.com/woboinpuofpe.html

It's an excellent read and the author goes into great detail about the use of Silver Balli, the selecting of unique pieces for certain parts of the boat and even follows a timber expert down to South America where the trees for a special project are selected directly from the forest in which they are grown.

Remarkable source of information on the topic of wooden boat building and restoration.

[Taracrew]

Okay, this looks good. Rasorinc, I found quite some technical
data about silverballi on several sites but none of them speaks
about longer term behaviour.
Chris, this book looks like a great help.
I saw it happens on Martha's Vineyard, a term I frequently
met in the forums. Must check that out!
Already saw the book here for 17 dollars, will order right away.
Thanks so much both!

Taracrew.