yes, but only for making plugs to mould grp moulds and hulls........
problem is that the usual timbers traditionally used for B & B hulls (yellow pine was the standard timber of use years ago.........and you now need a mortgage on your house to buy this.) is...it is now vastly more expensive than it was years ago......they are heavy unless you are a very good carver to hollow out the interiors, and they usually lack the space inside for motorised models because the planks usually specified on b & B plans are grosly too thick for r/c models, as they normally draw them at at least 25mm thick. There is much waste of timber when cutting the sections from a plank as well thus wasting money . Also you have to be a decent modeller to get the hulls spot on on both sides to effect a mirror image, or they can stand out a mile .....you also need very good sectional templates to work to when carving the outsides to get them straight, especially when using harder timbers than balsa.
On the good side they are usually totally watertight, don't twist like plank on fvram sometimes can and take some very hard knocks from other wayward boats on the lake.
you take your chance and make your choice.