: Well, with a lot of help and ideas from everyone on this board, both directly
: and indirectly, the successful launch and christening (with my 15 month
: old son's apple juice) of my Guillemot 17 happened this past weekend.

: Here are some of the specifics: The hull is Western red cedar and Redwood;
: wrapping up onto the deck fore and aft. White pine makes up the majority
: of the deck, with two intertwining bands of purpleheart loosly hugging the
: cockpit. The recess is also purpleheart, with an ash coaming and bow and
: stern stems.

Great looking boat. I'm impressed to hear that you are another person who took the hardwood plunge to use purpleheart in a boat.

Hope to see a few more pictures.

Congrats on a fine build and enjoy paddling.

Pete czerpak
albany, NY

: Flush hatches fore and aft with internal bungees, ethafoam bulkheads,
: recessed ash deck fittings, and a retractable skeg with a recessed sliding
: cockpit adjustment. A molded fiberglass seat covered in 1/16"
: neoprene, a pillar backrest made of ethafoam and minicell, and internally
: mounted footbraces. Total weight comes in at 47 pounds, due in large part
: I'm sure to the purpleheart and skeg.

: I'm happy to report that the boat is SPECTACULAR on the water- it turns on a
: dime and accelerates beautifully. However, I am VERY happy that I took the
: extra time to install the skeg- I'm not a very strong paddler yet, and
: with the skeg deployed the boat tracks like it's on rails. It is an
: absolute joy to paddle.

: Hopefully I'll have a few more pictures (with better detail)in the near
: future.

: Todd