> Does anybody have any experience with or knowledge about the use cypress
> wood? In the south it is a wood that is readily available, doesn't rot and
> appears to be light in weight.

Down here in Cajun Land, we have always used cypress for boatbuilding. Mostly for pirogues, (flat bottom canoes made for poling through the swamps). Cypress works quite easily, and is very resistant to rot and being eaten by bugs. 100 year old logs can be raised from the bottom of the swamp, dried for several years, and be just as sound as new wood.

I personally have a SG Pygmy Coho, but have been involved in building several pirogues that were glassed. I don't recall any problems with resin adhesion problems.

Pirogues traditionally relied on staying wet (the cyprus) much like the cisterns (water tanks) that my grandfather built for a living. Being wet caused the joints to swell together sealing the joints in the boat , or the cistern.

Chris Dore'

Baton Rouge