Points North
With boat school over for the year, I dropped Cricket off at the airport *sigh* and headed down the coast to Machais to [...]
Splash and Giggle
Somehow our Doryak class at WoodenBoat School in June attracted a truly astonishing group of wonderful, talented folks. Several were veterans of early [...]
Amesbury Jane
June 11. Finally time to leave the heat and wind that tormented us all spring and fly East. Here we are savoring the [...]
Boatbuilding at the Center of the Dory Universe
Building the McKenzie River Dory at Lowell's Boat Shop. Two three-day weekends, November 11–20 Instructors: Cricket Rust and Brad Dimock Lowell's Boat Shop [...]
Oh Wow! Wheee!
All of a sudden the Owyhee River went from way too low to just right. But probably not for long. Cricket and I [...]
Boatman’s Holiday
Vladimir takes drop shadows to the next level as we finish Duwamps. #vksigns rules! And with the paint barely dry we heap nine [...]
Double Chubble
Fretwater Boatworks is featured in this month's Arizona Highways in a beautiful story by Larry Cheek, with wonderful photographs by Dawn Kish. Grab [...]
Rock Lobster
Catch up time again. My college pal Larry brought in his old Tatman drift boat, Josie. We tried to save his original floor [...]
The Contagion Spreads: Raindog Boatworks
Justin Gallen made the mistake of walking into my shop a few years ago and ended up with a tool in his hands [...]
Tandori Number One: Vaquita
About a year ago we drew up a new variation on our wee Doryak--a two-man version Cricket dubbed the Tandori. Our friend Brin, [...]