Posted by Jon on September 16, 2004 at 20:27:01 from 151.121.50.1 user Jon.
In Reply to: Re: Swallow and Dreadnought posted by Mike Field on September 13, 2004 at 10:08:37:
It's also likely that Swallow was built in large part of denser woods (hardwoods - oak, maple, perhaps even some lignum vitae), especially for ribs and keel, while Dreadnought, which Tom built himself was largely of the lighter, easier to work, softwoods.