Ventana's Wooden Turtle for the Western Flyer boat
Channel: Ventana Surfboards & Supplies
Date: 2023-11-09

A wooden turtle? Yep! Hear Chris Chase of the @WesternFlyerFoundationChannel tell the amazing story of why we built a wooden hawksbill turtle to inlay into the boat! And don’t miss @jessicakendall-bar6409's incredible wood-burning detail!
We used bay laurel from the cooperage at @ucsantacruz, flame maple from @SantaCruzGuitarCo and Doug fir hull planks from the original Western Flyer boat built in 1937 and chartered by John Steinbeck and Ed “Doc” Ricketts into the Sea of Cortez in 1940!