The doryaks are taking a short vacation while we bang out an all new boat. It's basically a Briggs Grand Canyon Dory, but about a foot-and-a-half shorter and nearly a foot wider. Why? Well, over the past few decades so many gravity sports have gone shorter and wider: Skis, surfboards, [...]

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 we are preparing to put the bottom on the doryak triplets. We came up with this process a couple years ago. The traditional wooden inner chine is [...]

Each year a gang of eccentric old dory boatmen, myself included, try to orchestrate an eccentric river trip for our eccentric clientele. We look for a classic river trip, then add several more days and upstream or downstream miles. This year we are planning an extensive trip in the upper [...]

After a few days in the Lazyboy chair it was time to get back to work. Cataract had a few issues that needed attention: And Hetch Hetchy has an issue as well: We got a contract for another 1/6 scale dory and set to work on that: We encountered a [...]

Good News! For those of you that, like me, were so sad to see WoodenBoat School close for the 2020 season, I'm delighted to announce we are on track for a full season in 2021. With the good news of Covid vaccines coming online in the next few months, there's [...]

In late September Grand Canyon National Park released a few private trip permits to the first callers after 7 AM. After 387 calls, I was the first. I guess they got to the office a little late. Anyhow, we suddenly had two weeks to assemble a private trip. We decided [...]

There was a great movement of boats in the air this month. Two boats I built several years ago came up for sale. We brokered the deals to new owners and Cricket is on the road delivering them--and their trailers--as we speak. Glen Canyon has moved to Montana, and Rio [...]

  Time to get the popcorn out and watch some movies. Please join us for a fun new film by Dawn Kish and American Rivers, “Can’t Beat This Place For Fun”. This will be an on-line premiere on Monday, September 7th, 6:30PM, for the Colorado River Days events. Plus, a behind the scenes interview after the [...]