: Spam, yes. But I have considered bamboo for boat building. The architectural
: bamboo board (flooring and plywood) is very attractive. Some expensive fly
: fishing rods are made from split bamboo, and it appears to have some
: interesting flexural properties. Maybe the thin layup guys could do a
: super-flexible ultra-impact resistant bamboo/epoxy boat...

While working for the US Navy many years ago, I experimented with using bamboo to replace steel reinforcing in concrete bridge stuctures for use in areas where steel is in short supply but bamboo is plentiful, ie Southeast Asia. Bamboo provided very good tensile reinforcement. How about using it as a framework for a fabric skin kayak.