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Is anyone familiar with this plywood:<BR>http://www.worldpanel.com/eurolite.htm<BR><BR>I have purchased and cutout all the plywood (26 sheets) for my HM19, except the 6 sheets of 1/4" required for the upper structure (decks, cabin sides, cabin top, pilothouse sides and pilothouse top). I have used a combination of fir and okoume so far.<BR><BR>Jacques has said that it is important to keep the c.g. as low as possible on this boat, i.e don´t put anymore weight then necessary up high.<BR><BR>This plywood only weighs 16 lbs. for a 1/4" (6 mm) sheet, compared to about 26 lbs. for marine fir. For the six sheets in the HM19 upper structure this is a weight difference of 60 lbs. If I assume that there is 80% utilization of the sheets - that saves 48 lb. (60 lbs. x 80%). A significant weight savings all at the shear line and above. Okoume is somewhere between fir and this stuff. <BR><BR>I am reluctant to use something that I am totally unfamiliar with, however. So I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Eurolite marine plywood.<BR><BR>Ralph

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What does Jeff from WorldPanel says? He has a note at his web site about that. <BR>I would use it for cabin and roof, never for the hull.
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The World Panel website says it can be used "In Marine areas where the weight is critical". Not to definative! I was not planning on using it for the hull. I am in the process of splicing the hull panels together from Okoume.<BR><BR>You said the Euorlite would be okay for the cabin and roof. How about the decks as they are nested on the same panels as the cabin and pilothouse roofs and sides?

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I don´t know more than you about that plywood excpet that I spoke about with the owner of WorldPanel some months ago.<BR>Without any testing, I don´t want to take chances.<BR>The cabin sides and roof could made from canvas, that´s why I approve it for that use.<BR>One day, I´ll drive down to World Panel and pick up a panel to test.<BR>We have a little test machine made of an hydraulic jack and a bathroom scale . . .
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I looked into this plywood before I found a closer source of okoume. It is (IMHO) exactly perfect for cabin of the HM18. Ken Owens had a sample of it at the April round up in Port St. Joe. It looked like great stuff. It is made of Poplar which is soft, light and rot susceptable. Normally not good for boat building. But properly encapsulated it will be the best for cabin and other superstructures. It is a very high quality panel from the sample I saw. Very tight even plys. If I was building the HM18, I´d definitely use that for the cabin sides and roof. It will save you so much weight you can add a flying bridge! THAT´S A JOKE!<BR><BR>Jim <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif">
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