Curt,

I am building a Redfish Kayak presently and used cedar as my inner stem woods (i.e., same as stripping wood) and honduras mahagony for the outer stems.
The laminations were easy and the mahogany should help the boat stand up to the rigors of use I plan on.... You should be able to find stock wood at a cabinet builder I suspect and then rip it... I found waht I needed in rural Idaho.........

As for progress on my kayak, the deck is coming along..... having a ball.. unfortunately work keeps getting in the way... (as well as skiing)

Cheers.
Jim

: I am building a Nomad 17 and need wood for the inner and outer stems. I live
: in an area where it is impossible to find any type of boatbuilding lumber
: that is worth a crap. Can anyone send me some stock to make the inner and
: outer stems for my canoe? I plan on making the stems from 1/4" thick
: laminations. Any wood that you guys with experience think would be good is
: fine with me. I was thinking ash or something for the outside and I'm not
: sure what should be used for the inside. I will pay whatever you think is
: fair, plus shipping. Any help you folks can give me would be greatly
: appreciated.