I'm torn between the Expedition and RowCruiser. I'm an avid rower, and I want to transfer my skills from collegiate rowing to simply enjoying myself on coastal waters. I envision day trips, camping...

Alberta, Canada.  I was able to find high quality Okoume plywood for my RowCruiser at Boat Craft in Edmonton.  Their address is: Boat Craft 4926 99St NW Edmonton, AB, T6E 3N6 Tel: 780...

Victoria BC:  West Wind Hardwoods .  Westwind sells a large variety of exotic and domestic woods, and they also sell Jouberts Okoume Plywood. West Wind Hardwoods 10189 McDonald Park Rd ...

Washington State: Edensaw Wood with locations in Port Townsend and Tacoma retails all sorts of quality lumber including European Okoume wood.  Their addressesses are: 211 Seton Rd, Port...

My two favourite online retailers for boat building materials are Raka and Duckworks.  Almost all composite materials required can be found at Raka, and their prices are extremely reasonable.&...

Due to shipping constraints, it is expensive to order Okoume Plywood online.  I will be querying customers across North America, and around the world to compile a list of locations where Okoum...

Almost everything (apart from Okoume Plywood) for boats being built from plans can easily be purchased online.  Please feel free to post any of your favourite online retailers, along with mate...

Hey guys: I have for sale, my newly constructed, Oxford Wherry, complete with carbon fiber, sliding seat, and out rigger for oars. A set of refurbished Concept 2, fibre glass oars is included. Tra...

Hey Ray - Yes, unfortunately, we're not currently selling them due to supply issues.  The good news is you can get the correct ones at Latanzo Rowing Parts.  They are the only retailer (t...

I've just built your wooden oars from plans, and I now need collars/buttons so they don't slide through the oarlocks.  In your oar manual, it says that buttons can be purchased on your online ...

Zip ties and copper wire both work well for joining hull panels, and they each have their pros and cons.  Zip ties are slightly faster to secure, and they can potentially be re-used.  The...

Morning Colin, That helps greatly and makes total sense.  Kind of what I thought, but always good to ask. Cheers Steve

With my last boat, I just gave the thing a quick sanding with 100 grit using my random orbital sander (probably spend about 2-3 hours sanding), and then gave it two coats of white over the entire b...

I'm about to start putting together my Oxford Wherry from a kit.  I notice that copper wire is supplies for the initial joining of the hull panels.  For the last boat I built, I used Zip ...

Hi Steve - Basically, the only thing that needs to change to make them suitable for fixed seat rowing is the length.  This would involve following all the steps in the manual/plans, however th...

Afternoon, Looking at the site, and the information on oar plans, in the description it says: "While these instructions/plans are for sculling oars, they can be adapted for building solid-shaft f...

This is a bit of a yes and no answer.  Epoxy is not well suited for dealing with UV exposure.  Some polymers, such acyrylic are naturally UV resistant, however, epoxy is at the other end ...

I've done quite a number of beach landings on the Expedition.  Usually successfully, but not always.  When the waves are big enough, if you get caught in the whitewater coming in, you're ...

I'm not sure if this should go in the builders forum, or if it's more suitable here, but any which way, I'm wondering about painting (rather, not painting) my boat.  I'm using the Raka Epoxy t...

One other thing I forgot to mention - I do have a small open rowboat (fixed seat).  Do you think it would be worth practicing in that while I'm buiding the Expedition?  Do you think there...