Hello,
I'm planning to undertake the construction of the pine rowboat from Roy Underhill's Woodwright's Workshop book. The boat looks to be a fairly simple design and I hope to knock it together quickly(hah, like that will happen I had a few questions that perhaps some more experienced builders can assist me with
1. Roy's plans call for clear pine, the local lumberyard carries clear Ponderosa Pine in the requisite size and shape, would this be suitable for boat construction?
2. The boat is a flat bottomed row boat(I plan to improvise some type of sail rig at some point) , Roy mentions two adults may be a lot of weight for the boat. Are there any design tweaks or flotation aids I could use that would allow me and my father to use it without fear of imminent sinking? (net weight for the two of us gentleman is probably only 350lbs)
Thanks alot,
Ray