It’s foolish to build ships of wood. Even sailing ships.
The same ship could be built of steel for 1/2 the money and 1/4 the time. They would be safer and require less maintenance.
And could be much larger.
I’m a sailor. Own a 40 ft fiberglass sailboat. Would never buy a wooden boat. Too much maintenance and we have termites in our marina. I don’t even have wooden steps leading up to the boat because of them.