You think you have a big restoration project, hard to find parts, no good
manuals?  Try this one:
http://www.studegarage.com/images/other/mayflower0106_0509sm.jpg

It's the Mayflower II, replica of the Pilgrims ship of 1620.  It's currently
in one of the local boatyards in New Bedford, Mass. getting a little
attention to planking and paint.  The ship is usually in Plymouth, MA.  It's
106 ft long, 236 tons.  Even as a replica, it's now 50 years old, like our
Studebakers.  The boat yard is 142 years old, a little younger than the
Studebaker company would be, but not too far off.  While the Mayflower II
was built in England 1955-57, there are still a few boatyards in the U.S.
that can handle repairs on this scale for wooden boats.  D.N. Kelley's is
one of them.
More here: http://www.plimoth.org/visit/what/mayflower2.asp
The shipyard: http://www.dnkelley.com/ (take the Tour and see the Projects)

We drove over to the boatyard on Sunday morning and saw the Mayflower II
behind the chain link fence.  Just then a guy drove up in a truck.  As he
was punching his pass code into the automated gate, we said we'd like to go
inside to look.  He sort of winked and smiled, said the gate would be open
more than long enough for him to drive through.  We got to walk in and see
the ship close up.  Restoration and winter maintenance on big ships (and
there were many much bigger steel-hulled ones in the yard, too) must be a
huge project.  Climbing the ratlines to the crow's nest to paint the masts
and fix the rigging is not something I want to do - winter or summer!  At
least my Studebakers are all at ground level.