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I guess at 7 degrees we must me having a heat wave. Global warming you know.

Campmor.com has a couple of Merino wool hats. Kevin

My wife is an occupational therapist but I think a better job title would be medieval torture expert.

Looks great Tom, congratulation and enjoy the fruits of your labor! Kevin

excellent looking job. One day I may actually get off my duff and order plans to build one and I can only hope it look half that good. Thanks for sharing Kevin

This sounds like a great boat. Is it feasible to add 6 more inches of headroom space. Kevin

Great job. May you be rewarded by many peaceful days sailing. Kevin

Scott is there any way you can tell what the dimensions of the forward V berth is, I was curious about how narrow the forward part gets compared to the aft. My wife would really like to have a boat with a cabin and wanted to know how it would fit the 2 of us.

Thanks Scott. I received an email from Johnson's Workshop in South Bend, IN and they let me know that they can order Meranti for me so I will compare prices as soon as I put together a materials list. Of course I have to decide what boat to build.

Thank you Scott. You make Meranti sound appealing even if I have to order it. Not being familiar with having plywood shipped and knowing you are from southern Indiana about what kind of cost am I looking at?

Thanks Ray for your getting that information. I will think on my chooses. I am going to check with my local suppler and see if they can get Merranti. Not being an expert I would not think that 6o# would make that much of a difference and if Merranti will be more rot resistant then maybe it would even be better to pay the shipping.

Thanks Ray for your getting that information. I will think on my chooses. I am going to check with my local suppler and see if they can get Merranti. Not being an expert I would not think that 6o# would make that much of a difference and if Merranti will be more rot resistant then maybe it would even be better to pay the shipping.

I have seen a couple of web sites that list Merranti as being 24# for

Thanks Greg, Johnson's Workbench is within driving distance of me. I checked out their web site and the prices look good. I would much rather pick up the lumber as to having it shipped. Now all I need to do is decide between the cs17 and cs20. By the way I like the quote. A lot of truth there.

Thank you all, I appreciate all of the input I have received. I have talked to a local supplier Saturday and they said they could order Okoume but they could not get 9 mm and the cost was a lot higher then the suppliers that are listed in this post. The importer also said I should not use Okoume for the hull unless I was going to cover it with glass. I will take everything I have read here into consideration though.

I am looking at buying plans for the CS20. (Still trying to decide between cs17 and cs20) In preparing for my new project I have been searching around Indianapolis IN area and I am having problems finding Okume plywood. I have enjoyed reading many of the post that I have found in the group and found that this is the best wood for the job. I have good access to fir marine plywood but if I am going to have to cover the entire surface with cloth then it would pay to just use Okume. (Plus I think I would end up with a better end project.) Can anyone give me suggestions on were to find Okume in the Midwest? [/b]