In late July I dropped Cricket and Pat off at the airport to return to the West and, what with the Canadian border [...]

Most classes at WoodenBoat School are either process oriented or product oriented. If you're going to learn the skills and processes of boatbuilding, [...]

I headed back to Maine July 8 for an extended stay, trying to make up for missing last year, when Covid prevented me [...]

Dawn was generous enough to let me post some of the shots she got on the Salmon while my telephone/camera was scuba diving. [...]

In early June Dawn and I took our doryaks north. RJ joined us with his doryak in Nevada and we headed for the [...]

Shaman's Gallery's 2-year clean streak ended in April with a bang. So our casual time-out between river trips got a lot less casual. [...]

Back in the boatshop we turned things up to eleven. Bears Ears needed a fair amount of work before going to her new [...]

I’ve roamed and I’ve rambled And I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands Of her diamond deserts… Woody Guthrie This Land was [...]

The doryaks are taking a short vacation while we bang out an all new boat. It's basically a Briggs Grand Canyon Dory, but [...]

Here it is mid-February and I haven't gotten caught up on shop doings in nearly two months. Bad blog boy. Apologies. Okay, here [...]