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P.C. Ford
 
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Default plywood grain direction

On 24 Jul 2003 12:18:50 GMT, (William R.
Watt) wrote:

I doubt anyone lays the plywood
on the bias. I'd wager it all runs fore-and-aft as the boat will be be
lighter and stiffer that way.


Then I'm afraid you would lose. What was the wager?
The Slo-Mo-Shun hydros (at least V, can't remember IV) had decks with
P. Mahogany plywood with face veneers at 45 degrees.

Very striking effect.