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Award Winning Wood Kayaks
Wood Kayaks
Ocelot
Ocelot is a half-scale model eight feet in length x eleven inches wide.
She is strip built from Yellow Poplar and
a Tamo Ash Veneer was vacuum-laminated to the compound-curved deck.
Her segmented edge detailing combines California Claro Walnut and Sugar Maple.
The coaming around Ocelot's cockpit is formed of California Walnut Burl.
Ocelot's sweeping lines required computer software
to create the mold for the strip construction.
Cheetah
Cheetah is a full-size kayak which was created using a stitch-and-glue technique.
She was formed from 4mm Okoume Marine Plywood and is fully water-worthy.
Cheetah is 14'-8" long x 27" wide, and incorporates a segmented edge
of Honduras Mahogany and American Ash.
Her coopered coaming is sculpted from Honduras Mahogany.
Ocelot and Cheetah with awards at the 27th annual international Design in Wood Exhibition.