: Wow, that's nice. That would be a homebuilt bicycle cart too. Your rib
: mortices are solid enough in the 9/16" gunnels without any
: reinforcement? I had thought of using smallish gunnels on a Greenland SOF;
: I was going to use WRC glassed with 3.2oz fabric. Maybe I should spring
: for the Alaskan Yellow Cedar instead.

: Chip
: www.ChipSandresky.com

Hi Chip - Yep homemade bicycle cart too. The rib mortices are fine.

Would you glass just the rib mortice area or the whole gunnel ? If you can get red cedar in 7/8" thickness then I'd use that . Others have used 3/4" red cedar gunnels without apparent problems - as did I once and it was barely acceptable to my way of thinking.

Yellow cedar is a nice kayak frame wood but fir , pine , spruce are all good too. I use yellow cedar as it is available nearby.