Hi,
I am planning to build a chesapeake 16 and use lauan for budged reasons.
I will use 1/4" lauan for the botton panels and 1/8" lauan for the sides and deck with a 8 foot long and 2" wide 1/8" lauan "stringer" as a reeinforcement on the side panels reaching beyond the forward and aft bulkhead.
Will also glass the cockpit area on the inside.
Anyone any thoughts on this? Will 1/4 on the bottonm and 1/8 with stringers
on the side give me enough strength?
Anyone have any experience with installing permanent flotation in bow and stern (additional 1/8" bulkhead and foam between bulkhead and bow/stern)?

Thanks for your answers,
Wolfgang