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There is a stain on the ash - (factory-done, I believe) and it's very close to a teak blonde, as you can see.
Actually, I kinda like it with a reddish tint. That's something that I've never seen done before. It's usually stark white clear or Spanish Armada dark walnut. But stain is very difficult to apply on lumber/plywood like that--especially rotory cut veneers which will give you both heart and sap would(i.e. the darker and lighter patern like douglas fir ply) side by side.

On another tangent, I built my last kitchen out of Alder(which is making a big comeback here in the West). Everyone loved it--kinda a medium/lighter brown cherry. Might be a bit dark for our application though...

But the extra bennys of alder is that it's the best smoking wood for bbq'g that I've ever used.........
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Is that the original interior as made in Brazil by Fast Yachts or was it redone? If it's the original, I can't imagine it's ash- must be a Brazilian wood (cheaper, available and the most amazing selection). It looks like freijó to me ...
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Denise,
From a wood working perspective you've covered all the bases; you seem to have as good a handle on what and how as the rest of us.
Bending plywood (for the curve in your sole) is not as easy as ribs, but I suspect you know that. It does bend in one direction rather easily if you laminate thin layers. Rather than steaming which can be hard for large flat panels I might suggest an ammonia bath, I read somewhere that works.

Vberth, are you using it as a berth or storage or both? Does your oday 30 have the fiberglass step cutout right in the center? those make nice storage lockers if you enclose them, either with a door or with drawers.
On my Hunter 31 I put PVC pipes (1/2 inch) wrapped in canvas like a pipe berth that were 1 foot wide, 1 foot from the ceiling on both bulkheadsin the v-berth, they did not interfere with sleeping, and let me store large bulky lightweight items (like sails) out of the way so the berth was available. Admittedly the PVC was kinda 'guy ish' but hey, I'm a guy. Every second not spent fabricating an attractive solution was a second spent sailing.

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I believe bendable marine plywood is commonly available - haven't researched the availability of T&H however. The plies are laid with grain running in only one direction, allowing for more flex.
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Been awhile since I had a peice of ash. I hear its nishe though!
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I believe bendable marine plywood is commonly available - haven't researched the availability of T&H however. The plies are laid with grain running in only one direction, allowing for more flex.
It's sold here as "Wiggle Board". The main grains/plys go across the 4 foot dimension. Come's in a variety of species and is a quarter inch thick. Try Googleing MacBeath Hardwoods and Veneers and see if they have it........
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Is that the original interior as made in Brazil by Fast Yachts or was it redone? If it's the original, I can't imagine it's ash- must be a Brazilian wood (cheaper, available and the most amazing selection). It looks like freijó to me ...
As far as I know it is the original interior.

You may be right... but the original brochure (of which I have a copy) mentiones a stained ash, and ash has a distinctive smell which was evident when I refinished the boat last year. But perhaps the Freijo is similar in that regard as well. I managed to sand through the stain here and there and had to try to match it but that worked out OK.

However it could be that the brochure I have is a recycle of the Nicholson copy (the photos are of the Nich version) and that they (Fast) changed the wood specification in production. The made a number of changes over the production run (cabinetry, locker configuration, rig, etc.)
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It's sold here as "Wiggle Board". The main grains/plys go across the 4 foot dimension. Come's in a variety of species and is a quarter inch thick. Try Googleing MacBeath Hardwoods and Veneers and see if they have it........
I wonder if even this plywood could be conformed to the typical compound curves of a fiberglass cabin sole?
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Could you curf it on the back side to increase flexibility? Probaly not thick enough for that...
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