"Thanks for the info!! Any thoughts on Walnut? I have a big pile of it waiting to be used on some sort of project."

"Jake: Don't use maple for anything on a boat. Not rot resistant,heavy and gets a "blue stain" fungus.  Worse than red oak. Good Luck"

"what about maple?"

"Spot on advice Tim!  Avoid Oaks for drift boats.  Use Sapele, Khaya, Utile, Honduras, Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, Yellow Cedars.  Pay the price for these fine boat building woods now or pay for premature maintenance of the Oaks later."

"TAKE MY ADVISE... WHITE AND RED OAK IS WAY TO HEAVY FOR A DRIFTBOAT... THEY ARE ALSO VERY POROUS AND ROTS EASILY. "

"I had a great time, even if we had to cut it short.  Lots of ideas for the next build, and even some ideas for mods. on my present RR. Thank you very much."

"I built mine with 1/2" ply, with 3 layers of 10oz glass on the outside, and 2 layers 10oz on the inside.  Might be overbuilt, but have yet to knock a hole in the bottom."

"Awesome boat"

"Russ, Regarding the oar formulas, I have a 18x54 highsided boat that is 86 inches (yes 86) at the oarlocks which comes out to be a 12 foot oar; however I use a 9 1/2 foot laminated fir Sawyer and it moves that particular hull around fully loaded in…"

"Russ, I agree with Rob, great looking boat.  Fantastic to see another one make it out on the water!  I think a lot of the advise on this thread would be for a permanent solution, which may not be applicable to you.  From the sounds of…"

"Kind of, I had a set of plans printed out off the net.  195? out door life article i beleive.  That is what i started with, and used Roger's book to fill in the gaps in the instructions and my own lack of knowlage.  thanks for…"

"Did you use the plans from the fletcher book?  Looks great."

"Yes it comes out, but I don't plan on running a motor so I leve it in there, it fits TIGHT.  It is a full dimension RR"

"Beautiful job.  Enjoyed checking out all the pics.  Does that transom piece surrounded by the unpainted trim pull out?  Is this a Trapper?"

"YAY MATH!!!   I typically think of it as half the distance between oar locks times three. So if its six feet between oar locks it would be nine foot oars.   So many options!"

"Was my first time on a river in the boat.  I thought it was easy.  IIRC the river was at 6' and I just floated over the rocks.  We didn't fish, though there was some good looking water for Small mouth.  We arrainged a…"