"Craig Steven Hanson" wrote in
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Hello Again,I am in northwestern WI. I am looking for 20' x 3/4"
redwood and cedar. preferably 4" to 6" quarter cut. Thanks!

I built a cedar strip Outer Island a couple of winters ago.
(http://caddis.mannlib.cornell.edu/pa...and/index.html)

Even though I live in a fairly small town one of the local lumber stores
carried WR cedar in lengths up to 20' and 10" wide. You may have to call
around a bit bit I find it hard to believe that you won't be able to find a
place to find your stock.

Even though I had 20' planks available I didn't buy them. I built my boat
in my basement and it just isn't big enough to rip strips from 20' long
stock (requiring a 40' long space). I used 12' long boards and except for
the accent stripes, which I scarfed, I used butt joints for the rest of the
boat. They're not really noticable until you get within a few feet of the
boat and my intention was to build a boat to be paddled, not a piece of
furniture. Even though I have a surface planer, and used it to even up the
thickness of the strips, it's not really necessary. Differences in
thickness in the strips will be taken care of when you plane/fair the hull.