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Material: strips from plywood
By:Gelu Botezan
Date: 2/22/2012, 11:19 am

After the first SOF build, I can only state; I'm bugged. No regrets in this respect , we all need to die somehow :) .

I would like to try a strip boat, hence the problem:

Here in the Carpathians we do have spruce (picea abies) and pine (pinus silvestris) but clear planks is nowadays really hard to find or even impossible for me.
I've been thinking at making strips from 6 mm(barely under 1/4") plywood. The choice would be the 6 mm Okoume construction plywood ( no marine plywood here). The strips would be cut lengthwise. I might even dare to try bead&cove.
Any thoughts against this idea?

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Gelu Botezan -- 2/22/2012, 11:19 am
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Paul Davies -- 2/22/2012, 12:45 pm
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Sean Dawe -- 2/22/2012, 1:43 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/22/2012, 2:20 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/22/2012, 2:49 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 2/22/2012, 5:11 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/23/2012, 5:32 am
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Wayne One (wwfloyd) -- 2/22/2012, 2:17 pm
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les cheeseman -- 2/22/2012, 2:52 pm
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Al Edie -- 2/22/2012, 4:31 pm
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Allan -- 2/23/2012, 3:43 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/23/2012, 5:20 am
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Allan -- 2/23/2012, 5:38 am
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les cheeseman -- 2/23/2012, 3:14 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 5/27/2012, 4:48 am
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Jay Babina -- 5/27/2012, 6:39 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 5/27/2012, 8:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/27/2012, 9:51 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 5/27/2012, 3:39 pm
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Mike Bielski -- 5/28/2012, 12:13 am
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Jay Babina -- 2/23/2012, 9:20 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/24/2012, 12:56 am
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sskiff -- 2/24/2012, 3:10 am
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Don Flowers -- 2/24/2012, 12:56 pm
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StephenHJ -- 2/27/2012, 7:46 pm
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/28/2012, 4:57 am
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Justin -- 2/28/2012, 10:30 am
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Gelu Botezan -- 2/28/2012, 12:24 pm