avi z wrote: > All the companies selling kayak kits uses Mahagony playwood. What about > other type of wood? Birch playwood? is it also saficient? Avi, I suspect there are folks on this list more knowledgeable than I am about wood types, but birch ply is a bit stiffer and significantly less rot-resistant than meranti and okoume, the two principal types of "mahogany" used for stitch and glue boats. IIRC, neither meranti nor okoume is a mahogany species. Meranti is denser, harder, and more rot-resistant, but much stiffer than okoume. I've used meranti for frames on a power boat I am building, and I would not choose it for a kayak. Sapele is sometimes incorporated into an otherwise-okoume plywood as the outside veneer, for its color and beauty. Don't know how sapele compares for rot resistance. I've built a couple sng boats, both Pygmy kits, and even though I gave my boats heavy use, the wood never experienced any water exposure, so I suspect okoume is the species of choice. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 05 2006 - 07:35:28 PST
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