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Think about whether you even need a traditional workbench and vise. Fine Woodworking #202 has a great article, "Forget What You Know About Workbenches." It is a system of two narrow beams (actually torsion boxes) on two stout sawhorses that seems infinitely adaptable to various tasks and very easy to store when not in use. For vises, he is able use bar clamps in very ingenious ways. You could even use pressure treated pine and marine plywood or, if you want to spring for it, teak or cedar.

If I had to do it all over again I would do it that way.