Are wooden boat the answer to environmentally responsible yachting?

With intensifying focus on the environmental impact of GRP boats, Theo Stocker looks at the latest wooden boats to see if there is a better way

Boatbuilding as we know it is not a sustainable process. The dawn of mass production GRP boats from the 1960s onwards fuelled an explosion in sailing participation and boat ownership. Rather than building each boat from scratch, as wooden boats have been since time immemorial, GRP boats can be laminated and popped out of a mould at speed, their...