Boatbuilding Supplies » Marine Lumber: All Types |
Through our suppliers of high-quality marine lumber, Chesapeake Light Craft is able to offer a wide variety of domestic and imported woods, perfect for building boats, cabinets, furniture, or fine homes.
The product line includes the species listed below, available in a range of lengths, widths, and thicknesses. Lumber can be quarter sawn or custom sawn and ordered green or kiln dried. Additionally, the mill can provide planing, straight-line ripping, high-quality resawing, and milling to a large selection of architectural molding patterns. Most orders from the list on this page will ship direct from Maine.
To inquire about pricing, variety and availability, or to place an order, contact our lumber specialist, Ed Wigglesworth: ed@clcboats.com or 410-267-0137 ext. 11.
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Domestic Species |
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| Ash | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 |
| Aspen | Sel & Btr | 4/4 |
| Basswood | 1C & Btr | 4/4, 8/4, 12/4, 16/4 |
| Birch, Red | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 |
| Birch, Yellow | Sel & Btr | 4/4 |
| Butternut | FAS | 4/4 |
| Cedar, Aromatic | 2C & Btr | 4/4 |
| Cedar, Atlantic | Clear | 4/4, 5/4, 8/4 |
| Cedar, Alaskan Yellow | C & Btr | 8/4 |
| Cedar, Port Orford | C & Btr | 8/4 x 6 |
| Cedar, Western Red | VG C & Btr | 8/4 x 4-10" |
| Cherry | 1F & Btr | 4/4 - 16/4 x 8-12" |
| Cherry | QS | 4/4 |
| Fir, Douglas | CMG | 6,10" x 8/4 |
| Fir, Douglas | CVG | 4-16/4 x 4-12" |
| Fir, Douglas | MG | S4S EE 8/4 x 8-12" |
| Maple, Hard, sap | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 10/4 |
| Maple, Soft | 1C & Btr | 4/4, x 6-10"+, 8/4 |
| Oak, Red | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 5/4, 8/4, 10/4 |
| Oak, White | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 5/4, 8/4, 10/4 |
| Oak,White | QS | 4/4, 6/4 |
| Pine, Eastern White | D.Sel | 4/4, 5/4, 8/4, 4/4 x 14"+ |
| Pine, Eastern White | QS | 4/4 |
| Poplar | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 8/4 |
| Sitka Spruce | CVG | 8/4 |
| Spruce, Northern White | Clear | 4/4, 8/4 |
| Sycamore | FAS | 4/4 |
| Walnut | 1F & Btr | 4-12/4 x 8"+, 13"+ |
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Imported Woods |
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| Cedar, SA | FAS | 4-16/4 |
| Iroko | Sel & Btr | 4-8/4 |
| Jatoba | Sel & Btr | 4/4, 8/4 |
| Mahogany, SA | Pattern | 4-16/4 |
| Goncalo Alves | FAS | 4/4 |
| Sipo (Utile) | Sel & Btr | 4-16/4 |
| Sipo (Utile) | Boules | 4-8/4 x 10"+ x14-20 |
| Walnut, Peruvian | 1F & Btr | 4/4 |
| Lacewood | 1F & Btr | 4/4 |
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Figured Woods |
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| Maple, Hard, Birdseye, brown | 1C & Btr | 4/4 |
| Maple, Hard, Birdseye, sap IF | 1C & Btr | 4/4, 8/4 |
| Maple, Soft, Curly | 1C & Btr | 4/4, 8/4 |
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FEQ Burmese Teak |
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| Thickness | Width | Length |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 6, 8 | 6, 7.5 |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 6, 8 | 6, 8 |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 6, 8 | 8, 10 |
| 4/4 - 16/4 | 6, 8 | 10, 12 |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 6, 10 | 10, 12 |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 10 up | 10 up |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 6, 10 | 13, 16 |
| 4/4 | 13"+ | 14'+ |
| 4/4, 6/4, 8/4 | 6, 8 | 17' |
Chesapeake Light Craft also stocks a selection of the most popular varieties of boatbuilding lumber, available for purchase in our store using the links below. This lumber is available by the lineal foot in lengths up to eight feet and ships from the CLC factory in Annapolis, Maryland.
Our mast blanks are clear laminated douglas fir, boom, yard and sprit blanks are sitka spruce or cypress, scarfed for ease of assembly. These spars are strong, stable, relatively light, and resistant to warping. Just glue the scarf...
from $90.00
Alaskan Yellow Cedar - Marine Lumber
Actually not a cedar; this is Nootka cypress (callitropsis nootkatensis). This wood is incredible. We have never seen a wood that has such nice creamy texture and tight grain. We use it for light-colored accents in strip-planked...
from $22.00
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) is famous for very high strength, thanks to its long, straight grain. It is still widely used for building aircraft. In boatbuilding it is most likely to be seen in spars of all kinds. Sitka spruce...
from $88.00
Western Red Cedar - Marine Lumber
Western red cedar (thuja plicata) has many desirable characteristics for boatbuilding including very light weight and a deep reddish hue beneath varnish. An entire cottage industry exists in building strip-planked kayaks, canoes, and small craft...
from $33.75
From the same supply of high quality marine lumber that we sell by the lineal foot, we've bundled our end cuts into these handy, easy-to-ship project packs. Boards will be 1-2 feet in length and come in a variety of thicknesses and...
from $25.00
True mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla), also known as Honduran mahogany or big-leaf mahogany, has been valued for centuries for its beauty, durability and resistance to decay. Ever-increasing demand put a lot of strain on the mahogany forests of...
from $1.30
Cypress is our favorite boatbuilding wood. Taxodium distichum grows in swamps of the US Southeast. Possessed of a warm, buttery color, it's easy to work, strong, and extremely rot-resistant. In spite of the natural oils that make...
from $0.75
As kits and plans for cedar-strip boat construction grow more accessible to aspiring boatbuilders, we have installed elaborate automated machinery in our Annapolis factory to produce first-rate bead-and-cove cedar strips at reasonable prices. Our...
from $1.80
Cedar Strips without Bead & Cove
Most strip-kayak and strip-canoe builders use beads and coves, a sort of tongue-and-groove system milled into the strips, for tight fits and rapid assembly. But not every strip design benefits from that feature. Decorative accent...
from $58.00
Cypress Sheer Clamps and Stringer Material - Marine Lumber
If you're building a CLC boat (or any other boat) from plans, here are packages of ready-to-go sheer clamps, that can also be used for chine logs, and stringers. We have cut scarf joints in the material, ready to glue to length. Packages...
from $130.00
If you're building a CLC boat (or any other boat) from plans, here are packages of ready-to-go rubrails, inwales, and so on. These are intended to be both structural and varnish-grade for appearance. We have cut scarf joints in the...
from $59.00
