: my boat is made of "juniper" I am pretty sure it is atlantic cedar.

Yup, you probably have chamaecyparis thyoide. It's formally called Atlantic White Cypress or Atlantic Whitecedar but can sometimes be called juniper. It is lovely to work with. I was a bit harsh calling it nearly extinct. According to the World Conservation Union it's listed as Least Concern, a lower risk. It can be found and is still harvested, but it isn't found like it used to. It used to grow in huge stands up and down the eastern coast of the US. Heavy timber cutting in the early 1900's decimated it. What was cut ended up in a lot of shingles, posts, woodenware, barrels, interior finishes and boats. It only grows in a pretty specific type of wetland. Many cranberry bogs in New England were once stands of AWC. They are sensitive to development and changes in water amount and chemistry. Deer and rabbits find them delicious as well. They also seem to require brush fires to germinate their seeds. Now add the fact that they are extremely slow growing. Some AWC that were 8" diameter were found to be almost 200 years old!! You can now understand what the few groves left are up against and why we don't see AWC too often at the lumber yard...

Dan

I've included a link for the status of AWC in NH.