Tom - Oak is a nice hard tough wood, but according to Sally Van Leuven in her book "Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building", there is something in oak that disrupts the structure of epoxy. She relates how she epoxied oak gunwales to a canoe without screws, and about a year later the epoxy glue joints came apart. Oak contains a goodly amount of tannic acid, which would tend to neutralize the alkaline epoxy. If you did decide to try it, consider 3/16" strips rather than the normal 1/4" to conserve weight. You might also try neutralizing the tannic acid before applying fiberglass, but that would tend to change the color of the oak. Sorry.... - John