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Has anyone tried to build an entire boat with sapele wood? Is this recommended?
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RE: Entire Boat with Sapele
My daughter and I are currently building a S&G kayak with Sapele deck and Okouome hull. The Sapele is thinner, but noticably heavier than the Okouome. It is also a lot harder to cut, plane and sand, and twice the price. It looks great on a deck, but probably not worth the cost and effort on a hull that's mostly unseen. -Wes
RE: Entire Boat with Sapele
» Submitted by KathyD - Wed, 4/7/10 » 10:37 PM
Pygmy used to have the option on some of their kits of doing the entire boat with Sapele. I've seen a few and they are beautiful. The down side is that the Sapele plywood is a bit heavier (and more expensive), but it does make a beautiful boat.
Here's a link to a photo of one:
http://www.seakayakermag.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1150&page=1
I also noticed in working with the Okume and Sapele panels on my Shearwater that the Sapele tended to warp a bit more (not an issue once you get it stitched together, but definitely need to stabilize the hatch covers by gluing to another piece of plywood) and was a bit harder to bevel, but it wasn't that big a deal.
Kathy