i am building the gillemot.

i have my router bits and have decided cedar is the best way to go for the wood.

i want to rip and mill my own strips.
I can only find 16' lengths max. the book says it doesnt really matter if you scarf them but the sheer strips should be full length. the boat is 16.5 foot.

my question is:

1:should i bother with 16 foot boards or just get 8-10 foot boards.

2: and about how may full lengths strips are there in a boat. kits usually just say "enough", one kit said 60 full length strips.

so my math says 3 strips per inch of board (ripped on a table saw) so a 10 inch board will make 30 strips, at 16 feet i only need two - 1x10x16. that doesnt seem right.

HOW MANY BOARDS OF WHAT SIZE ARE REALLY NECESSARY?

thnaks

c