Brian,

The two woods have very similar characteristics, but the African ribbon stripe mahogany has a more interesting grain than the Honduras mahogany. Edensaw Lumber recomended the African ribbon stripe mahogany (not plywood) for use as accents on a strip kayak.

The 1/8" should work well. I used 1/8" mahogany plywood and multiple layers of 3.25 oz. satin glass on the plywood Walrus with excellent results. It would have been nice to have 4 x 10 sheets.

Mike

: Looking at Boulter's web site, I see they sell the following marine grade
: plywood: 3 mm Okoume

: 1/8" Honduras mahogany

: 1/8" African ribbon stripe mahogany

: Is there any significant difference between these woods for boat building?
: I'm leaning toward the latter two since they're available in 4'x10'
: sheets. This would eliminate one scarf on a 17' or longer boat (for better
: aesthetics) and leave enough extra for coaming rings, etc.

: I understand that this is thin wood, but I intend to glass it completely,
: probably with two layers of 3.2 glass per side.

: Comments?