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Re: Building Spiffy
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 1:43 pm
by Lopez Mike
I live in a small town with only one place to buy anything but Luan. Fortunately they have a couple of planks of Honduran that look very nice. I'm sitting down this morning to do some careful calculations so that I don't way over buy. Running about $12/board foot.
I'm doing a wainscoating style coaming so there will be a fair bit of expensive sawdust generated.
Mike
Re: Building Spiffy
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 3:59 pm
by barts
Hey Mike -
Speaking of local source here in the PNW, Edensaw (Port Townsend & Tacoma) has been pretty good for my brother's projects; every so often they run a truck up this way ( Anacortes ) iirc.
I remember my dad coming back from the Olympic Peninsula w/ his 65 Suburban groaning under the weight of beautiful old growth wood, sawn from helicoptered windfall logs out of the National Forest there.
Most of that wood was used on Wyndfall:
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- Bart
Re: Building Spiffy
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:21 pm
by DetroiTug
Bart,
What a beautiful sloop. The gaff rig looks really good. Reminds me of Sam Devlin's Winter Wren.
Mike, I get all my lumber, oak, mahogany, Ash etc from Kencraft in Toledo, Oh. They ship UPS and do a good job picking their best to ship. Good prices.
Ron
Re: Building Spiffy
Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:37 pm
by barts
DetroiTug wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:21 pm
Bart,
What a beautiful sloop. The gaff rig looks really good. Reminds me of Sam Devlin's Winter Wren.
Ron
Shameless plug: you might enjoy
http://woodenboatdesigns.com; that's my brother's website. He does a lot of classic designs, many with more modern materials. His designs are sailing all over; he does a fair amount of consulting as well. There are pictures of the various boats, both finished and under construction. The Olga 28 trailerable power cruiser, reminiscent of a Lake Union Dreamboat, is probably his single most popular design.
- Bart