: I paddled Dean Trexel's Outer Island recently (thanks Dean, beautiful kayak!)
: and am interested in getting some impressions from those of you who have
: paddled the Night Heron and Shearwater's Oyster Catcher, which appear to
: my untrained eye to all be rather similar. Also, for stitch and glue, how
: important is marine grade plywood as opposed to plain old lauan? It seems
: like many of you have used the cheap stuff with good results. Opinions?
: Thanks.

I seem to remember Pete saying something the other day at R2K about the thickness of the layers in each type. Marine has equal thickness layers and lauan has a thick middle with thinner veneers on the outsides. This comes into play when you sand edges such as chines and can end up with black/dark lines where you sand through the outside layers. I know I got some of this on my Artic Terns, but I just tried to keep it consistent all the way down the edge. I might not be remembering this right. Does anyone else remember better (not unlikely :-)? Pete?