- Adirondack-Guideboat

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 Adirondack Guideboat-Author’s Night

Every second Tuesday in August there is a happening in Long Lake, NY. In case you are in town and

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Sally’s Guideboat

It seems that every guideboat has its very own story. So it is with Sally’s boat. A friend of mine,

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-A twentieth Anniversary

“A fourteen ship that weighs only sixty pounds and carries a thousand pounds over rough water; which is safe;

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Guideboat for sale

Well, the time as come to part with one of the guideboats I have built. There are three in the

The Adirondack Guideboat-the Buttercup Steam Boat

Last time we talked about the vast changes that the age of steam brought to the Adirondacks. The railroads brought

The Adirondack guideboat-guideboats and Steamers

Whenever I view old photos of steamboats in the Adirondacks I almost always see guideboats in the photo. Why is

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Paddles and Changes at the Museum

This summer the Adirondack Museum celebrates its 60th year of being a vast reservoir of Adirondack history. Many have told

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Tacks….again

Two years ago I promised not to mention tacks again. But then I had second thoughts. The following proverb brought

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Hanging the Garboard Plank

The nascent hull is just about ready to begin planking. Hanging planks on a traditionally built guideboat is the most

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Brian’s Boat

The reason I decided to write my book “Tale of an Historic Adirondack Guideboat and How to Build One” was

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