Best Wood For Boat Building

Sept. 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Best Wood For Boat Building

Hello and welcome to the 'Official Plans For Wood Boats And More'  best wood for boat building press release information and review page. For boat builders that are experienced, selecting the proper wood for your particular boat is obviously important. We know that certain wood will make the boat that we build that much better- with a much higher quality.

http://smallwoodboatplans.info/boat-building-plans-for-wooden-boats/best-wood-for-boat-building/

But for beginners- it may be tough to know which boat is the best wood for boat building. With so many different types of boats and so many different types of  wood to use for building boats, we must be able to get the best information possible BEFORE WE BUILD OUR BOAT.

For example, if your boat is a drift boat or a more simple version of boat, then you may not need wood that is too expensive or solid. But for some boats, its important to use boat wood that is more flexible - you see, it all depends on:

1.WHAT the boat will be used for
2.WHERE the boat will be used
3.WHO will be using the boat
4.AND most importantly, what type of boat we will be building.

Here are some of the most basic woods that are best for boat building- now, there are definitely several more types of best wood for boat building, but I think that this list of wood is a great starting point- and dont forget, there is are definitions of each type of wood listed here on the 'Best Woods For Boat Building' site by following the link above- up top near the beginning of this Press Release.

HARDWOODS

APITONG
44 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.67 lbs. per board foot.

ASH, WHITE
42 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.5 lbs. per board foot.


ELM, ROCK
44 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.67 lbs. per board foot

GREENHEART
61 lbs. per cubic foot, 5.08 lbs. per board foot


IROKO
40 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.33 lbs. per board foot


IRONBARK
(eucalyptus)
62 lbs. per cubic foot, 5.17 lbs. per board foot


LIGNUMVITAE
(ironwood)
76 lbs. per cubic foot, 6.33 lbs. per board foot

MAHOGANY, AFRICAN
(khaya, utile)
32 lbs. per cubic foot, 2.67 lbs. per board foot


MAHOGANY, HONDURAS
(Mexican mahogany)
34 lbs. per cubic foot, 2.83 lbs. per board foot


MAHOGANY, PHILIPPINE
(tangile, red luan, white luan, tiaong)
39 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.25 lbs. per board foot


OAK, WHITE
47 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.83 lbs. per board foot


OKOUME
(gaboon)
27 lbs. per cubic foot, 2.08 lbs. per board foot.


TEAK
43 lbs. per cubic foot, 3.58 lbs. per board foot

I know that this is a pretty vague list- only listing the names of these various hardwoods for boat building- but you can get the complete description of these different woods -and which boats they should be used for as well by following the link above:

And if you are interested in an awesome and complete set of over 254 different set's of boat plans and boat building kits- check out the small wood boat plans website here:

http://smallwoodboatplans.info/

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