"Sakari Aaltonen" wrote:

In Italy (I think so in all the Europe) western red cedar is
1,200 Euro x cube meter (sorry, metric, but ratio is the
same), much more expensive than Okoumè.

Western Red Cedar is 2800EUR a cubic meter in Finland, also in Europe.

So we are lucky to pay only 1200euro here :-((
Which wood do You use? Spruce Fir?

Ciao
Leo

In article , Leo wrote:

So we are lucky to pay only 1200euro here :-((
Which wood do You use? Spruce Fir?

Spruce/fir would be light, but what I see is very knotty. Pine is heavy.
I think some people use aspen. (Me, I haven't done any strip planking,
but would like to try it some time, just out of curiosity.)

As regards the price of wood, its importance obviously depends on the
size of the boat - on a small boat, you might not save much by using
a cheaper wood. I think strip planking also needs a lot of glue, which
is not free.


Sakari Aaltonen

"Leo" ) writes:
"Sakari Aaltonen" wrote:

In Italy (I think so in all the Europe) western red cedar is
1,200 Euro x cube meter (sorry, metric, but ratio is the
same), much more expensive than Okoumè.

Western Red Cedar is 2800EUR a cubic meter in Finland, also in Europe.

So we are lucky to pay only 1200euro here :-((
Which wood do You use? Spruce Fir?

European Common Market?

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