Why didn’t the wood rot or eventually absorb water and allow water to enter the boat?
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Pine tar, aka pitch was used a caulk. They used that on everything, filled the cracks between boards, coated inside/out…also coated the ropes. not sure about the sails. basically you boiled pine wood and collected the sap and continued cooking it down to a sticky ball.
fun fact: the caulk trades were everywhere in the colonies, ship building, ship maintenance, ship supplies were the biggest industries. And the caulk workers were everywhere since their work was mostly done on site. So when politics and revolution was discussed it was mostly the caulk workers spreading the news, collecting opinions and where we get the term caucus for parties to discuss issues.
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