Thread: is hoop pine sought after for boat building? i may have some

5.3 metre lengths, if clear and fairly straight grained, would be very good for boatbuilding. Given that most boatbuilding these days is likely to be glued and laminated construction, the same size rough stock that you'd cut for door frames would also be suitable for boats. At a quick guess, maybe just cut it all into 6x2's. That's a good size for rough stock for just about anything, if you don't have a firm order for particular sizes. Not too much milling involved, and thin enough to season fairly quickly.

What price would you be thinking of, if you go ahead?

thanx for that reply, i will have a thorough check tomorrow(9th) and see if it is still growing or at least alive as i suspect it is as it grew on the edge of a creek and fell over about 3 months ago. will cut out a section and check for borers etc. dont know if any branches are interfering with the grain yet as it is thickly covered in vines. i presume each stick would have to be spaced with a batten and kept thoroughly dry. should i expect any warping? how long to season? softwood is new to me.

i have not looked at prices at this stage. don't know what it goes for but you can expect mine to be very reasonable

I'm not the best bloke to ask about seasoning it. I know the old rule of thumb was one year per inch of thickness, but you probably know that already. AFAIK Hoop is pretty good when seasoning and shouldn't misbehave much, but some of the blokes over in the timber forums would know more.

ah yes. by that rule of thumb, presuming its an inch in from both sides, a year would do it. i'll keep gathering info.

(if i cut 6"X2")'s

this log turns out to be 1 metre in diameter and i'll get 4 5.3 logs out of it.