This 1972 photo, taken by Phil Kunz in St. Pete, is of the Henry Lauterbach built hydro, Kitty B. Phil was told back then that the decks were Cherry.
Editor note: If it is Cherry veneer on the decks, it is quarter-sliced. If it was the typical plain-sliced cut most folks are used to seeing, it would have cathedrals in the wood grain pattern and is a very pleasing, soft grain. This quarter-sliced Cherry also has a very heavy “flame” (which is the robust medullary rays you see and can be quite pronounced at certain viewing angles).
Below is some neat examples of Cherry, quartered-sliced, flamed.
