It's VERY tough to find these materials in the Bay Area. Ditto quarter sawn stock. I've found WRC and Yellow Cedar here. I've not found Spruce at all ... I didn't look too hard though ... but I hear rumors a place on the peninsula has it. I can find loads of Redwood but nothing clear. I hear clear Redwood is available in Fresno ... Rhed can prolly give you a lead.

For WRC and Yellow Cedar try Beronio Lumber in San Francisco. I've bought air dried WRC 3 times in the last year there. The quarter sawn stuff was about 1 plank out of 15 ... plank length was 8', 10' and 12' ... nothing longer available ... it's affordable. The stuff I found was primarily of the light colored variety although I was barely able to score a few planks of the dark stuff for trim. They stock flat sawn 3/4" KD WRC in the light color variety ... expensive ... it's in the building they do their mill work in. I've found flat swan 5/4 KD WRC of the dark variety in the main warehouse ... I think the lenghts were less than 10' and the stuff was expensive. They've always had KD Yellow Cedar in the main warehouse. As I remember there was a good variety of lengths to choose from, most of it was 2" nominal stock ... seemed a little knotty though ... you'll have to scrounge to find the clear stuff.

A friend of mine scored some of the dark colored variety of WRC at Truitt and White in Berkeley. I dunno any more if the specifics.

You'll prolly have to hit the yellow pages for more leads. These woods seem to be in spotty supply here. Don't forget to hit some of the boat specialty wood places and restorers. Ditto aircraft places for spruce.

Hope this helps!

Ken

: I'm planning to build a skin-on-frame kayak. I need help on finding a good
: source for wood. I plan to use Sitka Spruce for the gunwales, hull
: stringers, keel, and masik; Western Red Cedar for the deck beams and
: stringers; and Alaskan Yellow Cedar for the ribs. I live in Northern
: California (Antioch). Can anyone help point me in the right directions? I
: would really appreciate it.

: Scott Claar