Boatbuilding Supplies » Plywood & Cedar Strips |
High-quality marine plywood is essential for home-built kayaks and small craft, but it is difficult or impossible to get locally in most places. Over the last 25 years, CLC has developed a specialty in shipping plywood all over the United States. Careful packaging allows us to ship small orders via air freight, delivered right to your door.
***Quarter-Sheets ship inexpensively via Ground Service (usually the same day they're ordered)*** Okoume, aucoumea klaineana, is a fast-growing, plantation-grown tropical hardwood. Okoume's clear, beautifully-figured grain has a golden,...
from $30.60
Premium Sapele - Marine Plywood
***Sold only in Full-Sheets*** Sapele is a beautiful reddish-brown African wood with a deep, swirling grain. Sapele is stiffer and heavier than Okoume and is often used for transoms, kayak decks, and bulkheads. Chesapeake Light Craft's Sapele...
from $94.50
Off-cuts of Okoume marine plywood are great for repairs or adding a personal touch to your boat. They're also perfect for the hobbyist needing high-quality plywood on small projects. Each Project Pack will contain 15 lbs of BS...
$46.75
Cedar Strips without Beads & Coves
Most strip-kayak and strip-canoe builders use beads and coves, a sort of tongue-and-groove system milled into the strips, for tight fits and rapid assembly. But not every strip design benefits from that feature. Decorative accent...
from $62.10
Rubrails With 2oz. Brass Brads
An aesthetic touch for your kayak, made from Sapele. A nice transition between deck and hull and helps keep spray off the deck. Includes 2 ounces of 3/4" brass brads and installation instructions. Rail Dims: 1/4" x 1/2" x XX" (scarfs...
$61.00
Large Okoume Marine Plywood Sheets (Puzzle Ply)
It used to be fairly common to find marine plywood in sheets longer than 8 feet. This is a service that has largely disappeared in the marketplace, or if you do find it, the scarf joints connecting the 8-foot sheets are rough and poorly...
from $57.60
As kits and plans for cedar-strip boat construction grow more accessible to aspiring boatbuilders, we have installed elaborate automated machinery in our Annapolis factory to produce first-rate bead-and-cove cedar strips at reasonable prices. Our...
from $2.25
Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue
Titebond III Ultimate Wood Glue is what we use for assembling strip-planked boats. Great for interior and exterior applications, the Franklin Titebond III is a one-part, water-clean-up wood glue. It features superior bond strength, longer...
$14.01
Western Red Cedar - Marine Boards
Western red cedar (thuja plicata) has many desirable characteristics for boatbuilding including very light weight and a deep reddish hue beneath varnish. An entire cottage industry exists in building strip-planked kayaks, canoes, and small craft...
from $5.58
Alaskan Yellow Cedar - Marine Boards
Actually not a cedar; this is Nootka cypress (callitropsis nootkatensis). This wood is incredible. We have never seen a wood that has such nice creamy texture and tight grain. We use it for light-colored accents in strip-planked...
from $4.65
This strongback is stock in our line Nick Schade-designed strip-planked kayak kits. Made from 1/2" inch Birch plywood, every joint is staggered to guarantee a straight and rigid building platform. Assembles into a hollow 21-1/2...
$128.00
