Marine Plywood source in Utah or Idaho

Matt_n_Barb

Matt_n_Barb

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Quick question -

Where can I purchase marine plywood in northern Utah or southern ID? I have been doing a bit of a search and so far it seems a bust without it being a special order and substantial shipping cost; as much per sheet as the initial cost.

Matt
 
Exterior grade works very well in many cases. the glues are similar, but there are a few voids permitted in the core. there is a substantial cost savings to be had. In my experience douglas fir exterior is a great substitute and actually more rot resistant. Hope this helps.
Frank,
Middletonboatworks.net
 
Quick question -

Where can I purchase marine plywood in northern Utah or southern ID? I have been doing a bit of a search and so far it seems a bust without it being a special order and substantial shipping cost; as much per sheet as the initial cost.

Matt
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Matt, I've never found frieght charges that bad if you pick up at the depot. Granted, I haven't ordered/priced frieght in 8 years, but the last order I got a bunch of quotes and thought it was very fair. In the past I've had it shipped to the freight depot and broke up the bundle on site and hand loaded into the truck.

More important - whatya building!?!!?
 
More important - whatya building!?!!?
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I'll second that motion!
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Kids married off - maybe a houseboat to cuise the coasts of the PNW or a sailboat to hop among the islands of the South Pacific. I'm going to be really let down if it is a dingy to tow his electro shocking generator around.
 
An electroshocking mini barge thingy to carry a 4000 watt generator, control box, a 15 gallon holding tub, and a few other items. It will be small 3'x7'x 14"sides or so and as light as I can make it.

It needs to be tough also as I will beat the you know what out of it while dragging it over rocks, logs, and more junk.

I wish a Devlin design suitable to take up the passage to Juneau Ak....not at this time though.
 
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Matt,

An alternative if you can't find real BS-1088 Marine plywood might be Roseburg Superply. I used it in my first boat, a KARA. Though not a traditional marine plywood, it does not have face plugs so the voids are very minimal and is a quality product. If you are going to cover the whole thing with epoxy anyway, it might be an acceptable alternative. Check with your local lumber yard as Roseburg is based in Oregon I believe. http://roseburg.com/cgi-bin/s-mart.pl?command=showcatsub&sub=110_05
 
An electroshocking mini barge thingy to carry a 4000 watt generator, control box, a 15 gallon holding tub, and a few other items. It will be small 3'x7'x 14"sides or so and as light as I can make it.

It needs to be tough also as I will beat the you know what out of it while dragging it over rocks, logs, and more junk.

I wish a Devlin design suitable to take up the passage to Juneau Ak....not at this time though.
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You have lots of glass experiance, why don't you make a female (or male for that matter) plug and pop one off it? It doesnt' need to be real pretty and glass would be durable. Glass over wood for rocks isn't the best from my experiance - I'd want a lot of glass to protect the wood and then you don't need wood.
 
Thanks Pete for the heads up -

A phone call this am

Aquatek - 39.08 a sheet 6mm and 9mm at 54.92 a sheet
Okoume - 92.00 a sheet for 6mm and 9mm at 102.99 a sheet

- in SLC

Now need to decide how I want to build this thingy.
 
One other thought is MDO (medium Density Overlay) the old sign board material. There have been several larger boats made over the years with this stuff, all void free, smooth side (paper) is fine as is, no need to rip it off. There have been several threads about it on Wooden Boat. Under the building thread there is a sticky at the top with a guy building a huge boat with it, Peter is his name. Just another thought and this is available all across the country.
 
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