1. Trip to Charlotte Michigan for wood






This is L.L. Johnson Lumber in Charlotte Michigan.  This is where I purchased a lot of wood for the project.  Note the round building in the lower right area of the picture.  This is the unique lumber sorting area for this 100 year old lumber mill.  It operates like a luggage carousel. 

  


This is a view of the lumber sorting building.





 

WOW!  Look at that stack of Genuine Mahogany in the center of the picture.  I sorted through there for some pieces to use for seats and misc. parts.

This is part of the de-barking area of the mill. 

This is the climate controlled blade storage and sharpening room.  Those are the biggest band saw blades that I have ever seen!



Loaded and ready to head home to Normal Illinois, over 300 miles away. This is my Father in Law who supervised the loading and helped consume the home made chocolate chip cookies that my wife made us for the trip.  Oh,  we shared a bag with folks in the office at L.L. Johnson.  
 The long pieces on top are rough sawn old growth sitka spruce for stringers and shear clamps.  On the bottom is the 1/4 Joubert marine plywood, white oak, and mahogany.

MATERIAL LIST:

• Sitka Spruce: stringers, shear clamps, mast, boom, yard, and oars
• Genuine Mahogany: seats, bulkhead fronts, cap rail, rudder and rudder head, centerboard, misc. parts
• 6mm Joubert okoume BS 1088 Lloyd's Register Type approved marine ply: hull
• Cypress: bulkhead and transome frames
• White Oak: keel, deadwood, seat frames 
• Black Locust: cleats