It is not new. In fact it is over seven years old. Some of the old-timers here may have seen it.

The strips where all ripped out of one sitka spruce board. I numbered them as they came off the board. I stripped them in the order they came off the board, flipping every other strip. It made a nice flame pattern that doesn't show up in this pic. The gunwhales, stem, keel, knees, breasthook, and transom are all canary wood. The rockers are jatoba.

Originally I tried a cedar accent strip, but every strip I tried would break, so I stayed with entirely spruce strips.