Par wrote:

Ehuwww. Icky. I'm on a long term campaign to _reduce_ the high tech
plastic components of my wilderness kit, not increase it. But yes, it
would be sturdy and impervious to water.

As long as you remember the reality of wood in the marine environment,
"From compost you come and to compost you shall return".

Use cedar and bronze, NOT brass fasteners, if you ever expect to be in
salt water.

Lew