> Maybe you could give us a little more information about how the boat is
> constructed. I'm unclear if this is a cedar strip kayak with some sort of
> fabric covering, or if it is a skin-on-frame kayak in the Eskimo
> tradition.

> Mike it's a skin on frame. the frame is cedar, made of eight or so 1/2 by 1" strips screwed together. there's a stem. there are slats on the bottom of the cockpit which is partially formed by bulkheads .the frame appears to have been varnished.