01-27-2010, 01:21 PM
Actually I'll be building a couple of those in next couple of months. I'd suggest off hand clear fir is a very nice choice and readily accessible. Argus currently has in stock some 5/4 beech that I'll likely be using personally. It's nice to use a material that will take a splinter free finish, and beech finishes very hard. No one likes splinters in their butt. One must make the choice of going old school or laminate--I'd probably recommend the latter for most people as it's easier to build and maintain. If you do a little research on vacuum bagging you'd find you could probably pop one out in a day and a half if you did some clever plan and prep.
Personally, I'm going to do wedge seamed beech. Why? 'Cause. It's a slick boat building trick as you can use hard materials for planking and soft materials(like red cedar) for sealing the joints. It's very impractical compared to laminate but I like to build boats and I guess this is just a chance to build a boat inside out.
http://sensiblesimplicity.lefora.com/
Personally, I'm going to do wedge seamed beech. Why? 'Cause. It's a slick boat building trick as you can use hard materials for planking and soft materials(like red cedar) for sealing the joints. It's very impractical compared to laminate but I like to build boats and I guess this is just a chance to build a boat inside out.
http://sensiblesimplicity.lefora.com/