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Good thinking about not sliding. Redwood slivers are a bear, they fester up quickly. In your butt would not be pleasant.

Interesting, Fiona, I haven't heard of Redwood in boats. Mahogany and teak are the usual. Redwood is a lot lighter, perhaps that is what the maker of your dinghy was thinking.

Horse Chesnut here commonly has wild grain, also some ingredient in the wood that is hard on tool edges, like silica or something. With an urushi lacquer finish it can be hard to distinguish from Zelkova.

I'm not clear on why trees get that figure. I've heard that a windy location induces stress in the wood fibers and such figure results. Some species are more prone is one fact.

I can't think of other softwoods that have figure like that.

Many of the old houses in Northern California were framed in Redwood. I tore it out of some places in Watsonville.It was 2x4, but well oversized. From the days when there was wood to spare. Really nice timber in those studs. I've seen a lot of nice grained wood in my life, but I still think...

Everyone who saw that article was being told that there was a real king in their midst, but most let him slip through their fingers. Lost opportunities....

Every righteous king deserves a queen. :)

I need to make Jerry a throne out of Redwood. :)