Posted by JLabaree on April 27, 2005 at 18:20:13 from 216.220.235.91 user JLabaree.
In Reply to: Re: Mary Anne Design/Rivets posted by Laurence Monkhouse on April 27, 2005 at 15:51:15:
Larch for planking makes good sense. The web article "boats of Swallows and Amazons", which is linked in the "Dick's Notebook" page of Tarboard, suggests that Amazon was planked with pine.
Although American larch (tamarack) is used in boatbuilding here in North America, it's mostly for knees, stems, sawn frames and such. I think it's considered a bit brittle for planking.