P.C. Ford writes:

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:01:33 GMT, "Joe Pal"
wrote:

I built the Done Deal out of Chudaply, a Russian Birch. Indestructible but
heavy.

Done Deal construction: http://mysite.verizon.net/res1frj8/index.html

Birch is not a marine wood. Rots.

Don't tell my cross beams. They are 17 years old now and show
no signs of rot but I don't want them to get ideas. Teenagers
you know...
:-)

http://hem.bredband.net/b262106/Boat/mtrl.html

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