: What woods other than ash are good for layering up a cockpit lip? I can get
: cedar to work if I go to ~0.050" thick (3/8" wide)and soak it
: for 20 minutes or so. Even then, the boat I'm working on (Petrel) curves
: upwards from the back of the cockpit, and then down again (slightly) as
: you near the front. It's a real bear trying to get even the thin cedar to
: follow these compound curves. Maybe ash wouldn't be any better. My copy of
: Nick's new book is on it's way and I'm hoping he has some secrets to share
: on this part of the build.

: BTW ... having built 2 Shearwater Hybrids, I thought I was ready for the
: Petrel. I was wrong!
: Jim L

Nick I think uses vertical strips to form the cockpit coaming riser. I just hot glued them to the cutout and yellow glued them to each other to do this. Works well enough. Normally laminated strips are used for SOF's rather than strippers. Others have made composite coamings, but they are trickier as some sort of mold is required.

Bill H.