My buddy, the wood-boat refurbisher actually has a lot of customers whose wooden boats have been in the family for several generations. In fact, he has told me tales of where a boat was so badly damaged in an accident, (usually week-end boaters colliding with a dock or seawall), where the boat was damaged beyond it's market value, but the owners still wanted to pay for the rebuild just because of the sentimental value.

BTW, this guy is also a skier. So what is his ski boat? A fiberglass one, because it is less maintenance, and the lighter weight translates into a faster boat with a smaller engine, therefore less fuel to operate when skiing.