FIVE Trees in the Boat.

Trees to lumber to beams and paneling

Several years ago (2007?) CAI came home and told me he bought 5 black locust trees that had been cut down somewhere in Spokane.  "This will be the interior of our boat" he says! "Myron (a delightful 80 yr old neighbor-friend who has an old saw mill) will cut it into lumber for me."

Black Locust Beams
6 layers per beam, each layer cut and
shaped separately, then bonded together. 

And he did it.  Then CAI came home with 4" thick boards.  They are now stacked next to the shop and drying in an 8 ft x 8 ft x 16 ft stack of lumber.

Starting last year, CAI has been cutting the lumber for the boat, building beams and paneling and more.

Black Locust Paneling