Welcome! This is a blog about the Adirondack guideboat. It includes whatever strikes that author’s fancy. For example, you might follow his progress building such an iconic craft, or go along on a 90 mile guideboat race, or learn about some particularly interesting person or happening involving these magnificent wooden boats. Enjoy.
The Decks!
When you are finally getting to making the decks you know you are nearly done. There is a clever display
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She’s born!
It never occurred to me until now. A nascent guideboat does not start to exist until she comes off the
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Finishing the outer hull
It is almost time for the hull to come off of the builder’s jig. I can’t wait to see what
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A Wonderful Surprise!
This week I got an email with photos from my friend Jon. Jon bought my third guideboat, the Thankful, three
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Breaking News-Guideboat born!
When it came time to take my latest guideboat off the builder’s gig I was full of apprehension. It meant
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Gunwales-a structural key
“A fifteen foot ship that weighs only sixty pounds and carries a thousand pounds of load over rough water; which
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New Shoes!
My boat has moved along so that it will soon really look like a guideboat. I’ll explain as I go.
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Round 8 The last one!
At last I have arrived at the final round of planking my guideboat. It seems that it has been a
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Planking Round 7- a nightmare
I expected the seventh round of planking to be easier than those before it. It was not to be. This
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Floatin’ Richard’s boat
My friend Richard had a big problem. His most treasured possession, his guideboat, leaked. And not just a small leak,
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