Reasons for buying a canoe instead of a heavy yacht. ;),(reply>), @Ascdren Depends on the wood. And don't tell me steel is light. Compared to wood it is possbly more heavy. Actually, you usually need to put stones or other heavy stuff in the keel to keep a big wooden ship stable if not loaded. Metal ships are usally flooded with water (yeah, flooded with water like submarines) to keep them stable if not loaded. By the way, counterflooding is a tactic to keep a ship from keeling over. (Meaning flooding a ship controlled can have mainly two different purposes.),(reply>), @derLPMaxe - Generischer Name, Generischer Kanal. except wood is extremely heavy,(reply>), @***** Modern yachts are usually made out of "plastic" and bigger ones usually out of "metal" (like for example modern cruisers are made of). Maxi yachts usually have the size of cruisers. ;)<br>Wood is a very good material to work with though. We should build more ships out of wood again.,(reply>), @***** not necesseraly,(reply>), @derLPMaxe - Generischer Name, Generischer Kanal. Yachts are made out of wood...