: That sea sock looks like a good idea.

: The MDO plywood sounds good, too. Like you said, it should be
: readily available... looks like it's commonly used to form
: concrete, so it's more likely to be stocked or at least ordered
: by someone local. Looks to be more pricey, but not by much.
: Should save time and wasted plywood by not having to worry about
: defects. As long as I seal the edges with epoxy like Yost
: recommends, it looks great.

: I originally planned on picking up the lumber outside Albany and
: transporting it to the workshop... my mom's barn, about a three
: hour drive away outside Elmira.. 8' lengths of WRC and 2'x4'
: plywood will fit in my Outback. 4'x8' sheets of MDO and 16' WRC
: will not. Transporting it from a local yard outside Elmira
: shouldn't be a problem, though.

: I just made a few phone calls... I can pick up MDO fairly easily in
: Albany. WRC 16', maybe not, but it'd still be a pain to
: transport. Outside Elmira, there's not much choice for
: lumberyards. The big box wasn't much help. The local yard
: doesn't stock 1/2" MDO, but might be able to order it.
: Clear WRC might be available. Allegedly, it's getting hard to
: find, and being shipped in bundles of unknown lengths. The yard
: doesn't stock it, either... the owner of the yard should give me
: a call back at some point regarding the ability to order it.

: We might have some 16' pine boards left over from our sawyer
: days... I have no idea what kind of shape they're in, though. At
: least I have options... we'll see how things turn out.

Scarfs aren't impossible, work quite well. All of my Yost boats have scarfed stringers. For that matter butt blocks work too and Tom has them in his plans, somewhere, and are seriously simple to make. Just put them at the ends so the bending issue isn't a problem "requires two joints per stringer done that way".

Bill H.