Nah, I probably will not be getting the wood from Duluth.

If I were to use the 1" wide strips, what percentage of 1" strips will I realistically be able to use on a kayak. I probably will use the cheater strip method as suggested by Nick Shade's book. I intend to build the standard Guillemot kayak (with potentially a raised deck for my comfort).

I don't know if you have constructed the Guillemot kayak, but if you have how well does it fit you? I am 6' 2" tall, but I'm thin. Do you have an opinion on how well it will fit me.

I hope I'm not bothering you with all these questions.

Thanks so much for the help,

Rich

: So now you want to pay MORE for your wood? and you want to drive a goodly
: distance to get it? And you haven't even seen it and it was probably used
: for some wine cask so it has been damp for 20 years. Um, I think you are
: heading (rapidly) in an expensive direction. (And that is probably the
: first time in my life I ever thought of Duluth as an expensive direction.)
:

: If the heartwood stood up to use in a winery then it has proven that it is
: water resistant, or at least grape juice resistant, and probably rot
: resistant, too. It may even be old growth with mice tight grain. Or, it
: could crack and split in your garage as the moisture that was in if for
: decades evaporates away. Personally I wouldn't risk the money on it for a
: first boat. If you want to get some for a future project, though, it might
: be beautiful stuff.

: I was at Menards and Home Depot yeaterday and thinking about you as I looked
: at the various cedar boards available. At menards the supply was pretty
: small, but at Home Depot, as I passed the 10 foot long 1x12 select boards
: they had I noticed immediately that all the knots were on the left side,
: and probably 6 to 7 inches on the right side of the board was totally
: clear and very even in color. If you bought boards like that and ripped
: off the left 4 to 5 inches you would be getting a great value: Clear wood
: at 2/3 the pice you are looking at. Of course even the left side of that
: board would have yielded an area over 5 feet long that was also clear.
: There are a few strip builder who like using pieces this long, and use
: them extensively. It is just easier to handle the shorter strips.

: Quite usable. I get 1 inch strips from the nominal 5/4 x6 boards I buy. These
: are sold for home decks.
: For boats that have complicated curves, or which need the strip to bend in
: the wider direction the aded width can be a handicap. Not to worry,
: though. you can easily rip them in half to get strips that are 1/4 inch
: thick and just a bit under 1/2 inch wide (About 7/16, depending on how
: much kerf your saw has) These narrower strips are just great for those
: complicated areas. The wider strips (1 inch) will let you put 33% more
: wood on with each strip, when compared to 3/4 inch strips, so if you plan
: to hang just two strips a night and clamp them down (for stapleless
: construction) you'll have fewer days of work.

: PGJ