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Fretwater Boatworks is a small eclectic boat shop. On a mountain. In the desert. Far from water. We specialize in Grand Canyon Dories, their relatives, derivatives, and associated accoutrements. And random other boat like things. We blend heritage and tradition with newer ideas and crosscurrents, never doing it quite the same twice. We build them for hard rugged use, and we love our work. You can’t beat this place for fun.

Fall Class: Building Jerry Briggs’s Rogue River Special –at Lowell’s Boat Shop
Building the Rogue River Special November 11-16 Lowell's Boat Shop Amesbury, Massachusetts The river season is winding down and the [...]
Building the Chub
We had one day off which we spent recuperating. Then it was back to the drawing board for a two-week [...]
Professor Cricket teaches McKenzies
Cricket taught her first class this spring--a six-day course in building the McKenzie River drift boat, or dory. I got [...]