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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.

Points North
With boat school over for the year, I dropped Cricket off at the airport *sigh* and headed down the coast [...]
Splash and Giggle
Somehow our Doryak class at WoodenBoat School in June attracted a truly astonishing group of wonderful, talented folks. Several were [...]
Amesbury Jane
June 11. Finally time to leave the heat and wind that tormented us all spring and fly East. Here we [...]