I always seem to run out of strips. Of course, I have bought a lot of boards and need only saw more but still running out sucks.

> Well, its time to buy the strips for my Guillemot. I will most likely
> drive 2 hours to Newfound and pick them up myself. Here's the question.

> Nicks Table of materials calls for 1004 feet of C&B or 53 18 foot lenghts
> (~960). he claims this contains %20 overage. When I called Newfound, they
> looked in their 'kit book' and said I needed just shy of 1200 which (using
> nicks numbers) seems to be %40 overage. Can someone narrow down the
> requirements for a first timer. I dont want to have a tree's worth when Im
> done but I also dont wanna redo the drive for 4 feet of wood

> Thanx.