New or Changed Links
21st Century Coatings (Canada) (FPU® fluorinated polyurethane hull and topside finishes)
Admiral Metals (Stainless steel, nonferrous and specialty metals)
Advanced Rust Protection (Dealer for POR-15 anti-rust coatings, marine paints, fillers, surface prep supplies, etc., Great Barrington, Massachusetts)
A. Fletcher Marine (Stainless steel fasteners and fittings, Bacup, Lancashire)
AgriSeek (Buy and sell ads for lumber)
Ahlstrom Glassfibre oy (Manufacturer and worldwide distributer of glassfiber and nonwovewn web materials, Finland)
Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. (Canadian manufacturer of MDO, HDO and slip proof plywood panels)
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty (Lightweight woods and composites)
Aircraft Spruce's Hi-Tech Composites Pages
Alaskan Copper & Brass Company (Manufacturer of corrosion resistant alloy products, Seattle)
Alcan Composites (Baltek and Airex core materials, composite structures)
American Fastener Journal (Magazine for the fastener industry)
The American Plywood Association (APA)
American Rope & Tar (Authentic Stockholm tar and Uncle Billy's Old Time Wood Oil)
American Science & Surplus (Lots of weird and wonderful gadgets and gizmos that might be useful to a boatbuilder)
A&M Wood Specialty (Solids and veneers, Cambridge, Ontario, not a boatbuilding specialist)
Anchor Hardwoods (Lumber, marine plywood. Wilmington, North Carolina)
Arauco (Chilean producer of Radiata pine plywood and lumber)
The Architect's Catalog, Inc. (Construction material suppliers list, specs)
ATC Chemical Corporation (Structural foams, polyester bonding & fairing compounds)
Atlas Metal Sales (Aluminum, brass, bronze, silicon bronze, copper, lead, nickel, pewter, tin and zinc in various forms)
Bamboo Fencer, Inc. (Bamboo poles)
Barnhill Bolt Co. (Nuts, bolts, and industrial fasteners, Albuquerque, New Mexico)
BC Wood Strips, Inc. (Custom milled canoe strips, Coquitlam, British Columbia)
Beekmans Brothers Stainless Steel Plc. (Manufacturer of finished custom RVS metalwork, Holland)
Blakes Paints (British paint manufacturer)
Boat Builder Central (Plans, kits & building materials)
BoatCraft (Hardware, materials, kits and books for the home boatbuilder, Edmonton, Alberta)
Boatcraft Pacific (Manufactures the Bote-Cote range of epoxy boatbuilding and repair materials, including Cop-R-Bote epoxy/copper antifouling coating, Australia)
The Bolt Depot (Stainless steel, brass & bronze fasteners)
Boulter Plywood (Hardwood and marine lumber, plywood, and veneer)
Bristol Finish (Maker of urethane varnishes, Melbourne, Florida)
Buck Woodcraft (Marine lumber, plastics and composites, King Starboard, etc., Marathon, Florida Keys)
Bunyat Industry 1998 Co., Ltd. (Manufacturer of stainless steel bolts and lag screws, Thailand)
Cadillac Plastic (Plastic shapes and fabricated solutions for the marine industry)
Canply (The Canadian Plywood Association)
Cedar Grove Farm (Custom cut Port Orford cedar, Port Orford, Oregon)
The Certified Forest Products Council (Promoting responsible forest products buying practices throughout North America in an effort to improve forest management practices worldwide)
Chirienterprise Inc. (Maker of What a Job water based liquid polymer marine coating, Roxboro, Quebec)
Clark Craft (Supplies for the home boatbuilder)
Classic Restoration and Supply (Supplies to help with classic boat projects)
Clear Cut Plastics Inc. (Do it yourself supplies sand tools, Seattle)
Coastal Marine ( Manufacturer of TeaQua teak oil, pigment and sealer)
Coastal Pacific Forest Products (Douglas Fir, Red and Yellow Cedar, Western White Pine, Chemainus, British Columbia)
Composites and Reinforced Plastics (Composites news, education, information, and an online composite guide)
Composite Structure Technology (Resins, fibers, cores, laminated panels & shapes, vacuum bagging supplies)
Contractors' Depot (Fasteners)
The Copper Page (A service of the worldwide copper and brass industries)
CopperPoxy Antifouling Marine Coat
Corroseal, Inc. (Manufacturer of industrial and marine coatings)
Coventry Boatbuilders Chandlery (Worldwide mail-order supplier of classic chandlery items and boatbuilding supplies, UK)
Crosscut Harwoods (Portland & Eugene, Oregon)
Custom-Pak Adhesives, Inc. (Industrial adhesives for wood and other materials, including Aerodux 500 resorcinol)
Defender Industries, Inc. (Fiberglass, Dynel and other specialty cloths)
Dixon Marine (Supplies for the do-it-yourself boat builder)
Dolphinite (Manufacturer of bottom paints and coatings)
Duckworks Boat Builder’s Supply (Everything you need to build a boat except the wood, Harper, Texas)
Dura-Fix Low-Temperature Aluminum Welding Rod
EAST System Supply Ltd. (Epoxies)
Easy Creek Lumber (Specializing in clear Alaska yellow cedar and Douglas fir, Lorane, Oregon)

EcoPoxy Systems™ (Plant based epoxies)
Edensaw Woods, LTD (Port Townsend, Washington)
Epifanes (Paints and varnishes)
Evercoat Marine Products (Epoxy and polyester resins, Skid-No-More textured non-skid coating)
Exotic Lumber Inc. (Suppliers of domestic and imorted hardwoods and softwoods, marine timber and sheet goods, Maryland)
Fabula Incorporated (Maker of Signature Finish marine paint and Honey teak finishing products)
Faering Design Inc. (North American distributor for copper fasteners, boat nails, roves, rivets, clench nails, threaded and decoration nails from European and domestic manufacturers, East Middlebury, Vermont)
Falster Træ & Finér ApS (Danish manufacturer of marine plywood)
Fasco Epoxies (Manufacturer of epoxy compounds & coatings, Hialeah, Florida)
Fawcett Boat Supplies (Fasteners, paints, other supplies)
Fiberglass Coatings Inc. (Resins, fiberglass, gelcoats, fillers, etc.)
Fibre Glast (Packaged fiberglass and composite materials)
Flexiteek (Flexible synthetic substitute for teak decking)
Flexdel Corporation (Maker of Aquagard® waterbase antifouling bottom paint)
The Forest Products Laboratory
The Forest Products Society (An international technical association for all segments of the forest products industry)
General Woods & Veneers Ltd. (Importers and exporters of veneers, lumber & woods)
George Kirby, Jr. Paint Co. (Marine paint since 1846, New Bedford, Massachusetts)
GE Plastics (Lexan® and other plastic products)
Gilmer Wood Company (Exotic hardwoods, Portland, Oregon)
Glasgow Steel Nail Co. Ltd. (Manufacturers of galvanized cut nails and genuine wrought iron nails)
Gougeon Brothers, Inc. (Makers of WEST System™ epoxy products)
Goulet Specialties (Manufacturer of cut-thread wood screws and other standard and specialty fasteners, Winsted, Connecticut)
Great Northern Lumber (Distributor of Douglas fir timbers, plywood, MDO, Blue Island, Illinois)
Hadco Metal Trading Co. (Worldwide delivery of aluminum, magnesium, stainless steel and related alloys, Jamaica, New York)
Hamilton Marine (Fasteners and hardware)
The Hardwood Manufacturers Association Hardwood Information Center
The Hawaii Forest Industry Association
Hilltech Custom Injection Molding, Inc. (Custom injection plastic molded parts)
Home and Shop Boating Fasteners (Stainless steel fastener kits)
Homestead Hardwoods (White oak, teak, Philippine & Honduras mahogany, other hardwoods, Sandusky County, Ohio)
Industrial Formulators (Epoxy products, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia)
Infinity Composites (Raw fiberglass and other fiber materials, resins, Ashtabula, Ohio)
InStock Fasteners (Online sales of marine, construction & industrial fasteners (Chicago)
Intercoat (Distributor of thermal and corrosive barrier coatings)
Island Teak (Burma teak decking, Qualicum Beach, British Columbia)
Jamestown Distributors (Fasteners, adhesives, hardware, etc.)
John Greer and Associates (Online sales agent for AeroMarine epoxy and polyurethane foam, Sand Diego, California)
Joubert Group (Maker of marine plywood, France)
Jotun Paints USA (Marine and industrial coatings)
King Plastic (Starboard® and Starlite® marine polymer sheets, other plastic materials)
K Ply (Manufacturer of Royal WeatherPly® MDO, Port Angeles, Washington)
Kush Paint CompanyMaker of marine paint and varnish, copper anti-fouling paint, Roseville, Michigan)
Krylon (Paint)
Loyalist Forest Products (White cedar and hardwood lumber, Erinsville, Ontario)
MacBeath Hardwood Company (Marine plywood, California, Indiana & Utah)
McClanahan Lumber (Douglas fir boat lumber, Forks, Washington)
McMaster-Carr Supply Company (Fasteners, tools, pipe fittings, hardware, raw materials, not a marine specialist)
Magnet Paints (Heavy equipment and industrial finishes, rust removal and prevention coatings)
Maine Coast Lumber (Hardwood and marine plywood, lumber, flooring, and millwork, York and Westbrook)
Marine Fasteners, Inc. (North American importer of stainless steel fasteners and related products)
Marine Foam (Polyurethane, styrofoam, buoyancy billets and expanding foam products for marine applications, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
Marineply.com (UK)
Marine Timbers (Suppliers of wood panel products, protective coatings and adhesives, Seaford, Australia)
Maritime Wood Products (Specialty wood products for yacht building and restoration)
Mars Keel Technology (Lead keels and keel moulds)
Matrix Mouldings (UK importer and distributor for Sicomin epoxy resins and associated products)
MatWeb (Free online material properties information resource)
Mertons (Fiberglass, polyester and epoxy resins, non-corrosive fastenings, marine paints and compounds)
Metalico Lead Products (Lead ingots, pigs, ballast, boat keels, special castings and hot pours, facilities throughout the USA)
MMS & Accessories (Stainless steel hardware, fasteners, tubing and pipe)
Mr. Boat Europe (European online store for Mr. Boat epoxies, boat building supplies and related services)
M. u. H. von der Linden GmbH (German WEST System distributor)
Nida-Core Corporation (Extruded polypropylene honeycomb for sandwich composite panels)
Nils Malmgren AB (Swedish epoxy vendor)
Ningbo Shanquan Fiberglass (Manufacturer of fiberglass mesh and fiberglass tape, Yuyao City, Zhejiang, China)
Noah's Marine Supply (Lumber and boatbuilding supplies)
North American Hardwoods (Information database)
Northeast Fasteners (Stainless steel us & metric fasteners, Granby, Massachusetts)
Northwest Specialty Woods (High quality woods including red cedar, yellow cedar, Douglas fir & Sitka spruce, Elma, Washington)
Oakland Wood Products (Native hardwoods and exotic specialty woods, custom cutting, Oakland, Oregon)
Olsen & Wang A/S (Maker of Owatrol oil finishes and other coatings, Norway)
Olympic Panel Products (Formerly Simpson, manufacturer of Douglas fir marine plywood, Signal® and Crezon® MDO)
Oregon Wild Wood (Douglas fir, Port Orford cedar, Northwest and exotic hardwoods, Gold Beach)
Pettit Marine Products (Paints and coatings)
Pinmar (Marine paints, resins, boatbuilding supplies, Palma, Mallorca)
Pittsburgh Paint High Performance Coatings for Architects and Contractors
PlasTEAK Recycled Plastic Lumber (Dimension lumber, plywood substitute)
Plum Creek Timber (Manufacturer of boatbuilding plywood)
POR-15 (Maker of rust preventive primers and paints, Morristown, New Jersey)
Progressive Epoxy Polymer's Marine Epoxies (PPI)
The Protective Paints, Coatings, Linings & Corrosion Information Server
Public Lumber Company (Manufacturer and distributor of hardwood lumber, imported hardwood lumber, hardwood plywood, and marine plywood, Detroit, Michigan)
Raka Marine Boatbuilding Epoxy and Fiberglass
RavenWood Services (Boat lumber, hull veneer and bead and cove strips, Sechelt, British Columbia)
The Real Wrought Iron Company (Worldwide supplier of genuine puddled and charcoal wrought iron, Thirsk, North Yorkshire)
Reichhold (composites, polyester resins, adhesives)
Resoltech (Epoxy manufacturer and formulator, France)
Resources International, Inc. (Marine, teak, and teak and holly plywood, Tacoma)
RHH Foam Systems (Expanding foams)
R. J. Leahy Company (Fasteners)
Robbins Timber (Lumber and plywood, fasteners, Bristol, UK)
Robertson, Inc. (Makers of the original square-drive screws, Milton, Ontario)
Rot Doctor (Wood derived epoxy products for the building, preservation and treatment of wooden boats)
SALVO (Where to find reclaimed and recycled building materials)
San Diego Plastics, Inc. (Plexiglas®, Lexan®, lots of other plastic materials)
The Sandusky Paint Company (Marine enamel, Lyman and Chris Craft specialty finishing products, red lead primer)
Sani-Tred (Marine deck covering systems)
Scarecrow Wood, Stone and Steel (Hardwoods, carved limestone items)
Seacoast Pourable Transom & Stringer Repair Solution
Sea-Slide® (Friction reducing bottom coating)
Select Plastics (Marine plastic products including, but not limited to, polycarbonate, acrylic, acetal, Polyteak and Starboard)
Servicios Nauticos (Nautix paint dealer, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay)
Shelman USA (African wood products, Shelmarine® marine plywood)
The Sherwin-Williams Company (Paint)
Shopman Inc. (Fiberglass epoxy, composites)
Sika Industry USA (Manufacturer of Sikaflex® adhesives and sealants)
Skiffkits (Wood components for tolman skiffs, wooden boat building supplies, custom CNC design & cutting, Anchorage, Alaska)
Skiffy Plastics (Plastic and metal screws, washers, spacers and other bits for finishing jobs, building and manufacturing)
Slate and Copper Sales Co. (Copper nails, rivets and roves, Erie Pennsylvania)
Soundproofing America (Online sales of soundproofing materials)
Sound Specialty Coatings Corp. (Epoxies, paints and other coating products that comply with the clean air act, clean water act and water pollution control act)
Southern Crown Boatworks (Fasteners and supplies for wooden boat restorers and builders)
SP Systems (Advanced composite materials)
Star Distributing (Wood restoration and refinishing products, featuring Smith & Co. epoxy products, West Mystic, Connecticut)
Strawbery Banke Museum (Maker of cut copper clench nails, Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
Stright-MacKay (Canadian seller of epoxy and fasteners)
Subsea Industries (Maker of Ecospeed underwater coatings, Antwerp)
Super Shipbottom Hard Ablative Anti-fouling Paint
Sweet Composites (Distributors of FRP materials and supplies including Kevlar, fiberglass, carbon, resins, foam, and related tools and accessories)
Sylvan Industries (Custom plywood, Vancouver, Washington)
System Three (Epoxies)
Tacoma Screw Products (Fasteners, tools and shop supplies, 12 locations in the Northwest)
TAP Plastics (Epoxy and polyester resins, fiberglass fabrics)
Teak Marine Products (Solid teak decking, teak and holly flooring, teak swim platforms and teak gratings, Delta, British Columbia)
TenderCraft Boat Shop, Inc. (Fasteners and boat fittings, Toronto)
Touchwood (Sitka spruce and Alaska yellow cedar, Leerdam, Holland)
Toxic Woods and Occupational Lung Diseases (By Dr. Mark Anderson)
Travaco Products (Maker of Gluvit, Marine Tex epoxy products)
Tremco Sealant/Weatherproofing Division (Maker of Vulkem one part polyurethane sealants and adhesives)
Tremont Nail (Hot-dip Galvanized boat nails, Mansfield, Massachusetts)
Trimco® (Maker of extruded plastic seals & gaskets, trim and custom extrusions, London, Ontario)
Tropical hardwoods of the World (Information database)
UK Epoxy Resins (Epoxy resin, adhesives, fillers, additives, fibre glass tape & fabric, epoxy laminating tools)
Urban Lumber Company (Lumber from salvaged city trees, Eugene, Oregon)
Urethane Products Corporation (UPC, manufacturer of polyurea coatings, Bellflower, California)
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory Center for Wood Anatomy Research (Wood properties information, etc.)
Utility Composites Inc. (UCI, manufactures and sells Raptor polymer composite nails and staples)
Vexcel Yachting (IFC Epoxies distributor, Verchères, Quebec)
Weather Bos® Environmentally Safe Paint & Finish Products
Welbeck Sawmill (Lumber, boatbuilding plywood, West System epoxy, Durham, Ontario)
Wessex Resins & Adhesives Ltd. (UK manufacturers of WEST System products & PRO-SET laminating epoxy)
The Western Association of Fastener Distributors (WAFD, represents the fastener trade in the western United States and Canada)
The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association
The Western Wood Preservers' Institute (Information about treated wood)
The Western Wood Products Association (WWPA, trade association representing softwood lumber manufacturers)
The Western Wood Products Association Online Lumber Technical Guide (Basic technical information on lumber products from the western US)
West Wind Hardwood Inc. (Wholesaler/retailer of wood and marine plywood, Sidney, British Columbia)
William Zinsser & Co., Inc. (Primer-sealers, shellac and specialty decorating products)
Wink Fasteners (Standard and custom made corrosion-resistant fasteners, Charles City, Virgina)
The WOB Group, Heinrich Freudenberg (European importer of high grade teak, mahogany and other hardwoods, Hamburg)
Wood as an Engineering Material (FPL-GTR-113, 1999, free online book from the Forest Products Laboratory)
The Wooden Boatshop (Castings and fabricated fittings, fastenings, caulking materials, Australia)
WoodFinder (Search for lumber sources in your area)
Wood, Steel & Glas, Inc. (Salvaged Atlantic white cedar, northern cedar, bald cypress and redwood boat lumber)
Wood University (Free online courses for learning about engineered wood)
Wood & Water of Wickford, Rhode Island (Hard-to-find boatbuilding hardwoods, some sawmill services in their geographic area)
World Panel Products Inc. (Wholesale marine plywood and lumber)
The World Wide Composites Search Engine (WWC)
Yachts 4 U (Agents for the sale and distribution of reclaimed British sea defence timbers)
You Chang Co., Ltd (Korean manufacturer of glass, carbon and plastic fabrics)
The Alexandria Seaport Foundation (The Craddock Boatbuilding School, boatbuilding classes)
The Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding (Sausalito)
The Ballyvaughan Wooden Boat School (Courses in kayak/canoe and small boat building using cedar strip and other techniques, located in the west of Ireland)
Barefoot Wooden Boats (Wooden boat apprenticeships, family boatbuilding and build your own boat programs, Gabriola Island, British Columbia)
The Bates Technical College Boatbuilding Program (Tacoma, Washington)
The Berkshire Boat Building School (Specializing in skin-on-frame construction, Sheffield, Massachusetts)
Boatbuilding Training at Lowestoft College (Suffolk)
Building Bridges, Building Boats, Inc. (Enriching the lives of children through boat building, New York)
Cape Falcon Kayak (Skin-on-frame kayak building classes, Manzanita, Oregon)
The Center for Wooden Boats (Seattle)
C Fox Boat School (Wood epoxy composite boatbuilding, Kent City, Michigan)
The Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre (British Columbia)
The Devon Dinghy Workshop (Short wood boatbuilding courses, Totnes, Devon)
Falmouth Marine School (Boatbuilding classes, Cornwall)
Finnboat's Index of Finnish Boat Building Training
Fosen Folk High School (Traditional boatbuilding, Rissa, Norway)
The Great Lakes Boat Building School (GLBBS, wooden boat building school, Cedarville, Michigan)
The International Boatbuilding Training College (Lowestoft, Suffolk)
The International School of Boat building (At the Lyme Regis Marine Centre, UK)
The International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS, Newport, Rhode Island)
Kayak Way (A hands-on boatshop. Kayaks, umiaks & skin boat workshops. Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington)
KSS Boatbuilding USA (Workshops teaching the Derek Kelsall, KSS method)
The Landing School of Boatbuilding and Design (Kennebunkport, Maine)
The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building (Port Hadlock, Washington)
Quadrant Marine Institute (Training in marine repair, boatbuilding and shipbuilding, Sidney, British Columbia)
Silva Bay Shipyard School (Traditional wood boat construction and repair, Gabriola Island, British Columbia)
Urban Boatbuilders, Inc. (Non-profit organization providing boatbuilding classes to youths and adults, St. Paul, Minnesota)
Washington County Technical College (Boatbuilding programs, Maine)
Whisper Boat Building Academy (A charity organization teaching deaf students the art of boatbuilding, South Africa)
The Wood Construction Center at Seattle Central Community College (Specializing in wood and fiberglass boat construction and repair since 1936)
The WoodenBoat School (Brooklin, Maine)