Subject: Re: baidarka Atlantic white cedar for gunwales?
From: Native Ways (nativeways@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 14:39:47 EST
Yellow cedar is very expensive and difficult to get out east. Mainly because
it has to be cut from Canada where there are reletively few left. Should'nt
we leave these few alone and go for the more common resource? I met a guy
who claimed to use fallen and beached yellow cedar but that claim turned out
to be false for the most part. There just aren't enough of these
Grandfather trees for us to play with any more.
Greg Weiss
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>Northern white is the prefered variety for boatbuilding but primarily for
>planking skiffs. It is extremely light and I think tougher than red but for
>baidarke gunnels I suggest alaskan yellow cedar (old growth cypress). It is
>the primary skin on frame material in our shop as it has the highest rot
>resistance and a good strenght to weight ratio. Sitka spruce is our second
>choice but expensive and rot prone. Corey Freedman used red allot but I've
>heard he has switched to yellow. If for no other reason, yellow can be
>found up to twenty feet in clear 2x4 here in Vancouver.
>
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>>From: "Paul Raymond" <kayaker37@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
>>To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
>>Subject: baidarka Atlantic white cedar for gunwales?
>>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:07:25 -0500
>>
>>I've found a source for Atlantic White Cedar (www.whitecedar.com) and was
>>wondering if this was acceptable for gunwale material for an Aleutian
>>Kayak,
>>as described in Wolfgang Brinck's book. He mentions spruce and red cedar
>>for
>>the gunwales, but I'm not sure about white cedar. Additionally, they carry
>>the following though I'm not sure in what lengths
>>
>>Atlantic White Cedar
>>Northern White Cedar
>>Deep Swamp (Bald) Cypress
>>Old Growth Cypress
>>Old Growth Redwood
>>
>>Any recommendations?
>>Thanks, Paul
>>
>>
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>messing about in boats.
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