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Graham, is the Okoume you suggest 3 or 5 ply? Looking on the Noah's site I can see three okume plys that would probably fit the bill: bs6588 4mm (5/32) 3 ply 12lbs $48.75 bs1088 4mm (5/32) 3 ply 12lbs $58.40 bs1088 5mm (3/16) 5 ply 16lbs $74.50 The local meranti is: bs1088 5mm (3/16) 3 ply 18lbs $47.00 What do you think? Ed

Heavier is not good and having to steam or use hot water will make the job trickier. One would think that a city of 3 million would have several sources of marine plywood. So far I have found one... Noah's is in Toronto, six hours away. My parents live there - maybe I will visit some weekend soon. My dad also has a little wood shop. Ripping some of the other pieces would be much easier there. Thanks for the feedback. Ed

I have purchased plans for a birder 2 (hull 55). Searching here in Montreal I can find Meranti plywood in the correct size. From what I read this product is about 20% heavier than okume and is a bit harder to bend. Has anyone built birders using Meranti? if so how well did it work? TIA, Ed [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

Graham, How heavy did she turn out to be? TIA Ed