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Hi there, My name is Brent, I’m from South Africa and recently brought the plans for the 19' Monaco. I have been searching the web for lumber suppliers and have found some good ones, however I am trying to see if I can substitute some of the imported woods for local grown woods which will greatly reduce the cost of the construction. Ie, i have managed to change the Douglas Fir for Cedar (grown locally), Its the hard wood I have a problem with, The Monaco requires most of the wood to be Mahogany which is costly but available, the woods that are grown locally are are Cypress, Jakaranda, Pine clear, Saligna, Curry spotted gum, Poplar and Sering. If any one might know of these woods and if they can be used in place of Mahogany, then I would love to hear from you. Look forward to any reply, thanks Brent

From what I read here I wouldn't use the Jacaranda.

http://tropix.cirad.fr/america/PARAPARA.pdf

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Bill

I told my wife we needed a three-car garage for my projects...she told me to ask her for permission next time before I buy a house.
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The U.S. buys quite a bit of African mahogany and its pretty reasonable even here in the states by comparison to a lot of other hardwoods. Its about half of what the Honduras is if avaliable.

You can almost always substitute local woods. The trick is to finding out what wood local boat builders have used successfully.

You mentioned cypress specifically. I did a bit of research into it a while ago when someone else was asking if it was suitable. My best guess was: yes. In the interest of laziness, here's a link what I posted last time: http://glen-l.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8526

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El Toro I built with my Dad

Hi Brent, I am in Port Elizabeth and am in contact with local boat builders who I am sure will help
you decide which way to go with local timbers. If you need any of these contacts call me on
0826689104
Dave

Great stuff, thanks guys for the input, Dave, I am in south Sudan at the moment on contract, will save your number and will phone you when I return in Feb, you are welcome to drop me a line on brentonsmyth@graffiti.net for a chat re boat building, this is my first project, so all the help I can get would be size ten bonus, I do sail and own a 22' yacht at the val but need to also have some mighty Horse power to mess around with. thanks again fellas, Regards Brent