George,
try going to your local high school or JC woodshop and see if they would be willing to rip the strips for you. If you suplied the lumber and paid a reasonable price for the work I imagine that you would be money ahead over buying them and paying for shipping.

Lance

: After two winters of building S&G kayaks I decided to do a 13 ft. strip canoe
: of my own design. I'd like to buy full length B&C strips but the shipping
: estimates I've gotten are prohibitively high. It occurs to me that if the
: strips were short enough (less than 8') they could be shipped UPS thus
: saving a bundle. So, two questions; would I be making a mistake trying to
: build a 13' boat with all short strips, and does anyone know who might
: supply shorter strips and ship UPS, preferably as close to Flagstaff AZ as
: possible?

: George F. Johnson