Cypress is similar in characteristics to WRC. The color is very uniform on the stock I used. It is also light weight. Probably a little heavier than WRC and a little lighter than Redwood. I've found it easy to strip, route, bend, glue, and epoxy. The boards I used were 16' 1X6.

I plan on using Cypress again on my future boat projects.

Roger

: A number of years ago I built an 18' micmac strip canoe of redwood. Now I'm
: thinking of building a touring kayak. The place where I bought my redwood
: locally has gone out of business, but I think I might be able to find some
: long lengths of cypress. Any reason why this can't be used for the kayak?

: ED