: I've a 20 year old single kayak (Seaward - note this model name was applied
: long before some US company used it) with 4 mm (25+ kg), the just replaced
: tortured hull used 3 mm Fijian kauri (18 kg) and the new one (Mac50L) uses
: 3 mm Fijian maple (what ever that is???)(18 kg). My partner's 10 year old
: Mac50 is 4 mm meranti (25 kg) and the new one she is building has 4 mm
: gaboon (okoume) on the bottom and Fijian maple for the rest of it. The 4
: & 3 mm sheets weighed about the same so she hopes the finished weight
: should be about 18-19 kg.

: 1/8" = 3 mm, 3/16" = 4 mm - approx.

: Alex

Seaward's are actually built in Canada, British Columbia I think. But yes name's been around before they were

Bill H.