Guillemot Kayaks - Fine Wooden Kayaks

Custom Finished Wooden Kayaks

Unique Custom-Built Kayaks

Each kayak is built of several hundred individually hand fitted pieces of wood. This construction process allows a wide degree of design freedom, however it is time consuming. I can produce boats at various levels of finish as described below. Please call me for more information and pricing at US (860) 659-8847 or email me. For more information please view my portfolio (Adobe Acrobat PDF).

Standard:

Standard Construction Kayaks built to this level will have some random difference in the wood lamination coloration. The lamination design will be understated with a few accent stripes. There will be small holes visible in the strips where I temporarily used staples during the construction process. These holes do not effect the function of the boat in any way. Any deck hardware will be surface-mounted wooden construction. The seat will be "natural" foam. These boats will use 1/4" thick wooden strips. This is my standard construction for boats that I will be using myself.

Custom:

These kayaks will use hand-selected matched wood with no staple holes. The pattern of the wood strip lamination will be kept simple, similar to the "standard". Wooden hardware will be recessed into the deck and the seat will be custom upholstered. The boats will weigh less than the standard construction due to the use of 3/16" wood strips.

Standard construction uses cedar as the primary wood, more exotic woods may be substituted.

Custom Construction

Custom Graphic:

Night Heron Inlay

 

The construction details will be the same as "Custom" above but the wood strips will be bookmatched and may incorporate a custom design and inlaid marquetry. The seat will be of sculpted wood. The design and the shape of the boat may be fully customized to suit the client. Graphic deck design
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Additional Customization

You may choose to incorporate additional customizations at any building level. Options include unique marquetry, additional hatches and bulkheads, skegs or rudders, exotic fabric reinforcement, or sculpted wooden seat.

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