An Adirondack Guideboat Built For The PNW

Tacit is the modified Adirondack Guideboat that I built for exploring and camp cruising the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest. It’s based on a 100 year old design that had been refined to perfection, which I then mucked with, … Read More

2023 Wooden Boat Festival Video and Favorites

Last weekend I thoroughly enjoyed the Wooden Boat Festival in here in Port Townsend. I have attended for 30 years or so, off and on. The amount of work and effort it takes to put on this event, and how … Read More

Making New Portage Pram Oars Soothes The Soul

I recently purchased a Portage Pram from a friend. I had planned on building a similar pram as a shore boat for our Lavro Dory, so this saved a bunch of work, and building Portage Pram oars was a very … Read More

Modifying A CLC Skerry For Overnight Cruising

This is how I modified a CLC Skerry into a mini camp cruising sail/oar boat. I was just curious if I could make such a small boat a viable and fairly safe cruising boat, for events like the Salish 100 … Read More