I was waiting for Nick to respond, but he didn't, so...

The impression I got from Nick's book was that almost any wood will work, and as long as it is similar to the more commonly used cedar, it sounds like you can't go wrong.

> I got a hold of some nice 18' Port Oford cedar and plan to mill
> up strips and use it on the bottom portion of a canoe, in conjunction
> with wester red cedar for the rest of the hull. Is this ok? I haven't
> heard or read much about it's use. Any feeling on its use? The Western
> Red Cedar is Kiln dried and the PO cedar is not?

> Thanks in advance

> Tony

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