Building the most sustainable wooden boat possible

Building the most sustainable wooden boat possible nickisan Wed, 15.01.2025 - 18:17

In early 2024, I enrolled us in a wooden boat-building course. But not just any course—this was a chance to build a boat using Vendia wood. Vendia wood is a Finnish innovation, a marine-grade plywood made from pine. Specifically, it’s crafted from old, straight-grown pines with almost no branches. Branches are undesirable because they create weak points where water can seep in.