Not sure if anyone will find any use out of this, but thought I'd pass it along.
I just got back from a place called Western Red Cedar Products in Pinckney Michigan. This was my second trip there and thy have got to be the best (maybe only) place in Michigan to get ultra clear cedar in really long lengths for super cheap.. If you know this place I'm sure you would agree, it's a strip builders dream, seriously...

I was informed by the girl working that today was the last day they would be open. I actually just caught her walking out the door.. Absolutely terrible, but her father, the guy who owns/runs the place, is very sick.. I asked her what they were doing with all the wood and she told me that it was all being liquidated in the next couple weeks. She gave me a great deal on the wood I picked up which was more than I originally went for. I grabbed a few 1x4 perfectly clear tight grain wrc 14' long for $1 a foot. The pile I was sorting through had things up to 1x12 and what looked like at least 20' long. I wish I had a car full of money, I would have bought it all...

So anyway, if any of you builders out there are in or near Michigan and want to pick up a stockpile of pristine boat building lumber for next to nothing, it might be worth a phone call. They won't be open regularly, but I'll bet if you left a message they would get back to you. The girl said they really aren't at all looking forward to inventorying everything as they have TONS of stuff to get rid of quickly. Western Red Cedar Products Pinckney Michigan - 734-878-9174

Would be a shame to see the piles of hard to find, perfect, long length boat wood go to waste on something other than a boat.