: To save myself a long trip to a specialist woodyard when I need a
: small quantity of cedar I buy fence planks from a hardware
: store. They usually let me pick over the stack if I leave it
: tidy afterwards - the guy will often help if I tell him I'm
: building a boat.

: I can use most of the planks - about 60% of a typical plank yields
: usable strips and the leftovers get used on stems and such. The
: bad planks end up on a fence . . .

: The planks are only 6 feet long so I have to scarf more than with
: longer planks but I have jigs for cutting and gluing scarfs;
: some experienced builders advocate butt joining for strippers
: but I can't bring myself to do that. Sorry Bill - It's in my DNA
: . . .

I do all butt joints on strippers, it's a fancy fiberglass core, foam will work just as well, well almost as well.

Bill H.