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Guillemot Design Family
The Guillemot family of kayak designs grew out my quest to create a kayak to bring my out to the exposed islands off the coast of Maine. I wanted a boat that would be efficient for making open water crossings yet responsive in close to shore. I drew from a wide range of inspirations to get my dream boat, the responsiveness comes from the whitewater kayak I was paddling at the time, the ability to cross open water was borrowed from Greenland Inuit kayaks.
Stich & Glue Guillemot
The yellow kayak is a P&H baidarka explorer. Since I build the green S&G Guillemot in 1999 that green kayak is my favorite. Stable, easy manouvreble.
Hanspeter and Thomas Weibel Guillemot
Beide Boote gleichzeitig gebaut. Material: Rote Zeder, gelbe Zeder, Nussbaum, Esche. Bauzeit: Sehr lange...
Roger Turgeon - Night Heron
Paddler's eye view. The design is of 2 Great Blue Heron's (blue-dyed Bolivar wood) flying across a full moon of lightly yellow-dyed bird's eye maple. The cockpit rim (and the external stems) is of laminated tiger maple. Hatch covers are held down with internal bungies to maintain clean deck lines. I chose a picture with all this reflection to show the smoothness of the high gloss finish imparted by having the final UV-protective coat in the form of a sprayed-on automotive clearcoat instead of multiple layers of varnish.