Roger Turgeon

A Night Heron with the lower foredeck and higher aft deck
All the wood tones on the deck are from Wester Red Cedar--I got lucky and found 3 very different colored boards. In particular, the center section started as a beautiful shade of pink that I haven't seen again in another board. It "browned" a bit with epoxy. The only non-WRC on the deck is in the two intertwined stripes, which are of Port Orford White Cedar and West African Padauk.

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.

The hull is primarily P.O.White Cedar, which is about 35% denser and stronger (and heavier) than Atlantic White Cedar, but since I went with strips of 3/16" thickness instead of 1/4", the weight and strength come out to the same as 1/4" thick Atlantic cedar, on the bottom of the hull where I fugure I need it most. The "darts" in the bottom are a light-colored WRC (I was running out of the POWC). Tiger maple front stem. Note the Great Blue Heron carved into the shingles in the side of the house. The house is called "Heron's Rest", which I am sure must have influenced my decision to build the Night Heron as my first stripper. Nick's plans include both "high" and "low" versions of the fore and aft decks, which can be interchanged. I went with the "low" foredeck and "high" aft deck, resulting in a more gradual slope down along the cockpit.