Classic Australian Wooden Power Boat Association

Hi Guys, a friend of mine is starting a new build and is looking for advice around timber for the frame work. He's wanting to know of any potential suppliers of Douglas fir or mahogany around the melbourne / geelong region. cheers and thanks in advance

Ray, did you see Bob's post (Nirvana page 5) it's in Dandy but looks like good stuff.

Here are the details again. They have KD Douglas Fir (which is what I bought) but also a lot more green stuff. Lovely timber and I think that the price is reasonable.

Thanks Bob

Mathews Timber in Knoxfield also stocks Fijian mahogany in a good range of sizes. Very good people to deal with. https://www.mathewstimber.com.au/

Tile Importers in Oakleigh have a huge timber yard and a wide range of merchandise grade timber at extremely competitive prices. As an example, they sell 6 metre lengths of Philippine Mahogany and dozens of other varieties of soft and hardwoods.

My last 16' hull was laminated in $2000 worth of Geerangang - a variety of Indonesian mahogany, but I was able to laminate my current 16' hull in Philippine mahogany - similar grain but a lighter base colour - for a fraction of that cost.

They also sell marine ply of varying thicknesses, but you need to carefully hand pick the sheets.

They're only open on weekdays.