: Hi everyone,

: I'm cutting strips for a Guillemot. I've got 75bft of beautiful wrc and awc
: that I've planed down to 3/4" and ripped into strips. I ripped the
: strips to slightly over 1/4" thick so that I can run 'em through the
: planer and get 'em all perfect(consistent). So, I started thinking (always
: dangerous) that maybe I should just plane them down to 3/16". Other
: than using a bit more wood than I should have, I'll have thin, flexible,
: light and consistent strips.

Rob Macks routinely uses 1/4" cutters on 3/16" stock for his hulls and is generally happy to discuss. No b and c on the deck at all. While the thin strips don't save much weight, they are apparently much easier to work with--and that's why he uses them. I don't think the I-beam factor amounts to much in a kayak, so the thinnner strips seem like the way to go--plus you get more from each board, or could have!

Two cents.
--SF