I am looking to order lumber for the mast and all the other bright work on my Pocketship. Here in Iowa spruce is not to be had. The rub rail and the trim on top of the cabin are made from mahgany that we do have here . To make things easyer I'm thinking of making all the solid wood parts that will be bright finished from African Mahgany. Checked the difference in the two, Spruce weigths 28 lb. per cu. ft. and African Mahgany is 30 lb. per cu. ft. Using these numbers the mast weights 19.3 lb. in spruce and 20.7 lb. in mahgany, only 1.4 lb. more. The yard weights .3 lb. more made of mahgany. Mahgany and Spruce are both rated moderately hard and mahgany has good split resistance and spruce poor. Wondering if mahgany could be used for all the spares rub rails and floor boards in the cabin.Do any of you now a reason not to use African Mahgany?
ROGER