Guillemot

This was my first strip-built boat. I used pine lattice and cedar from the Home Depot.

My Guillemot is shortened to fit me (thats why its called SG). The wood is pine and mahogany. Gennie's Website

My Guillemot, Build from western red cedar and norwegian spruce. It has given me much pleasure, exploring the west coast of Norway.

The "Coastal" is an earlier version of the Guillemot.

This is the boat I built for a 1995 instruction article in Sea Kayaker Magazine. The wood is western red cedar and pine.

Nick, Thanks for the creative opportunity of a lifetime. I ordered plans for a Guillemot in August 2000. I have attached a few pictures. The launch date was November 4, 2001. The web site is great! The link to Ross Leidy's site was very helpful. Having extra ideas helps you over the uncertainty of trying out your own ideas.

Thanks again, John Hadfield

I used three woods: It is primarily western red cedar, with some ash and Peruvian mahogany. I used four nine foot cedar 1" x 12 " boards from a local lumberyard, one of which was much lighter in color. There are two strips of ash down the bottom of the hull, which you cannot see, as they end short of the bow and stern. The entire hull is otherwise the darkest boards from the red cedar. Most of the deck is also red cedar. Thus, the color separation you see on the deck at the front and rear is simply two colors of the red cedar. However, the lightest wood immediately fore and aft of the cockpit is the much whiter ash.