The remedy for shrunken timbers.

[ecar3483]

If a wooden boat's been stored out of the water, say, over the Winter, there's a fair likelihood that the timbers will have shrunk.

The only way to get the timbers to swell again is to immerse the boat in water.

You could be forgiven for looking at the picture and saying "That boat sank, it's not going anywhere", but given time it'll be as good as new.

Then all you have to do is drag a half submerged, waterlogged boat out of the water.

Did I say this was going to be easy? LOL

[iapetus_rocks]

Whatever floats your boat. 😉

But that boat's not going anywhere real soon. Surely the better option is to keep it in the water and not to let it dry out in the first place.

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

However, there comes a time when no amount of "swelling" is going to solve the problem..........

This is at low tide......at high tide the deck is submerged.

[fustermcluster]

You are joking, yes?

[ecar3483]

In Europe, lakes and rivers freeze in the Winter and the ice, if it's thick enough, "squeezes" boats and their ribs can break.

Break their ribs and boats become little better than soggy firewood.

Of course, it doesn't apply here, in Australia, where the Winters are much milder.

I suppose you say that it's a tradition to dry dock a boat in Winter, but that's on par with roast turkey for lunch on Christmas day - a quaint old custom that really doesn't quite fit in this environment.

[ecar3483]

On the bright side, at low tide,  you could run a "wreck diving" business catering to people who are afraid of the water. LOL