Hi John,
Met you at R2K1 this summer, I enjoyed a stroll thru your website, thanks for posting it, the boat is looking good!
You must be the only strip builder in Phoenix!! We drove thru a couple of weeks ago, still too darn hot to kayak, better to build in an air conditioned garage and wait for winter.
Happy building
Ben Staley

: Rich -- My local source for cedar (such as it is) insisted that the wood I
: was buying is "Inland Red Cedar." Could be, but it looks,
: smells, handles, and seems to weigh the same as Western Red Cedar. The
: stuff I was able to get in Phoenix is cut from smaller trees &
: avoiding all knots was impossible, but I expect the boat to float!