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Re: Crosscut hardwoods
By:Don B
Date: 1/27/2000, 10:40 pm
In Response To: Okoume in Portland, OR? (Bill McClelland)

Crosscut hardwoods on Front street, out past the Fremont bridge on the left. Be prepared to spend some time, it's one of "those" stores...

> I was told by a paddler on the Columbia last summer that Okoume plywood is
> available in Portland, but I have called around and not been able to
> locate any. Do I have to go to Seattle or Port Townsend? By-the-way of
> introduction, I live across the Columbia from Portland in Vancouver, USA,
> and built a Chesapeake 18 from a kit two years ago. Now I want to start a
> North Bay from plans. I'm itching to build a strip-built, but want to get
> one or two more boats on the water first.

Messages In This Thread

Okoume in Portland, OR?
Bill McClelland -- 1/27/2000, 6:15 pm
Re: Crosscut hardwoods
Don B -- 1/27/2000, 10:40 pm