Fretwater Lines
Dory Moon Labyrinth Stillwater Cataract and Lake Puddle Extravaganza, August 2022
Tapestry Wall. Glen Canyon Emerging, photo Dawn Kish Each year for the last I forget how long, several of us dory fanatics have been chartering a trip on some western river with an outfitter that is willing to go farther and take longer than any sensible person would [...]
Doryak Building Class!
Hey, all you folks that have been asking about building a Doryak: Reservations for the Doryak Class at WoodenBoat School back in Brooklin, Maine, will open January 3. I think class is limited to twelve students, and if it fills we plan to build two of the adorable little things. [...]
Reinventing Ouzel
Back in 1994 I made an inventory of the known Briggs Grand Canyon Dories. The last one built and delivered to Martin Litton had a serial number indicating it was hull #36 of that design. At that time I could only come up with 29 of them, and rumors of [...]
Doryak triplets again
We hit the ground running on November 5 with three doryaks to build. As usual, the hulls come together deceptively fast. Hannah's lovely bouquet of bronze screws. Bottoms up! We dedicated the new hulls in proper fashion with some Arizona-made sake. Delicious. We also kicked off the winter with a [...]
Summer fades to fall
I got back home in mid-August in time to see the biggest flood of the Rio de Flag in local memory. This was but one of several floods in this summer astonishing monsoon season. Unfortunately these sudden localized blasts do little to alleviate the drought. Back in the shop I [...]
Book-learnin’ at WoodenBoat School
In late July I dropped Cricket and Pat off at the airport to return to the West and, what with the Canadian border being closed, I took my free week and headed back toward Ithaca, New York, where my Odyssey began 68 years ago. On the way I visited Douglas [...]
Speed-birthing McKenzies
Most classes at WoodenBoat School are either process oriented or product oriented. If you're going to learn the skills and processes of boatbuilding, it's unlikely that you'll finish complete boats. Whereas if the goal is to complete a boat, you're not likely to learn all the skills of starting from [...]
Drowning in Boatishness
I headed back to Maine July 8 for an extended stay, trying to make up for missing last year, when Covid prevented me from my annual addiction. United Airlines wasn't really interested in getting me all the way there, cancelling my final leg in Washington DC with no offers of [...]
Fretwater Lines
Dory Moon Labyrinth Stillwater Cataract and Lake Puddle Extravaganza, August 2022
Tapestry Wall. Glen Canyon Emerging, photo Dawn Kish Each year for the last I forget how long, several of us dory fanatics have been chartering a trip on some western river with an outfitter that is willing to go farther and take longer than any sensible person would [...]
Doryak Building Class!
Hey, all you folks that have been asking about building a Doryak: Reservations for the Doryak Class at WoodenBoat School back in Brooklin, Maine, will open January 3. I think class is limited to twelve students, and if it fills we plan to build two of the adorable little things. [...]
Reinventing Ouzel
Back in 1994 I made an inventory of the known Briggs Grand Canyon Dories. The last one built and delivered to Martin Litton had a serial number indicating it was hull #36 of that design. At that time I could only come up with 29 of them, and rumors of [...]
Doryak triplets again
We hit the ground running on November 5 with three doryaks to build. As usual, the hulls come together deceptively fast. Hannah's lovely bouquet of bronze screws. Bottoms up! We dedicated the new hulls in proper fashion with some Arizona-made sake. Delicious. We also kicked off the winter with a [...]
Summer fades to fall
I got back home in mid-August in time to see the biggest flood of the Rio de Flag in local memory. This was but one of several floods in this summer astonishing monsoon season. Unfortunately these sudden localized blasts do little to alleviate the drought. Back in the shop I [...]
Book-learnin’ at WoodenBoat School
In late July I dropped Cricket and Pat off at the airport to return to the West and, what with the Canadian border being closed, I took my free week and headed back toward Ithaca, New York, where my Odyssey began 68 years ago. On the way I visited Douglas [...]
Speed-birthing McKenzies
Most classes at WoodenBoat School are either process oriented or product oriented. If you're going to learn the skills and processes of boatbuilding, it's unlikely that you'll finish complete boats. Whereas if the goal is to complete a boat, you're not likely to learn all the skills of starting from [...]
Drowning in Boatishness
I headed back to Maine July 8 for an extended stay, trying to make up for missing last year, when Covid prevented me from my annual addiction. United Airlines wasn't really interested in getting me all the way there, cancelling my final leg in Washington DC with no offers of [...]