Using wood from old boats - any knowledge or experience?

The only thing I can say is its kind of a waste of time. I tried using lumber from old brine tanks and the salt will bleed through anything. As far as drying you need to know the relative humidity , In most of the US its 12% outside and 6-7% inside. Also a point, the salt will corrode anything it is in contact with.

-- You don't have to be crazy to work with juniper, but it sure helps.

I have to agree with Whitey. Even old pickling barrels proved to have too much residual salt left in the wood. Wine barrel stave’s here now are being used to smoke barbecue meats with because of the tannins in the wood.

-- Methods are many,Principles are few.Methods change often,Principles never do.

Thanks for sharing information learned the hard way, even if it isn’t what I wanted to hear!

Mark

-- Mark, Beijing