DORIES
2007 Juan
2009 Dui
2012 Blacktail
2015 Papa Juan
2015 Painted Desert
2016 Made in the Shade
2016 Ashley
2016 Brother’s Keeper
2017 Katie Lee
2018 Seedskeedee
2021 Acadian Driftwood
2021 Joanie
2022 Kavitatin Katie
2022 Cricket
2023 Ophelia
2023 Lucy
McKenzies Original
All drift boats and river dories owe much of their origins to the McKenzie River drift boat formalized by Woodie Hindman in the 1940s. His 16’ Double-ender with Transom is the undisputed classic and is immortalized in Roger Fletcher’s Drift Boats and River Dories. We have used Roger’s lines for many years, adjusting them as we loft to perfect the curves. Sixteen feet is the length of the side panel—the boat is closer to 15’.
Ophelia and Lucy
Ophelia and Lucy are two class-built McKenzies from our 2023 WoodenBoat class. Back to all McKenzies [...]
Kavitatin Katie
In the fall of 2022 we built two McKenzie boats at a class at Lowell's Boat Shop in Amesbury, Massachussetts—birthplace of the [...]
Seedskadee
Kelly and our crew built this lovely semi-decked McKenzie in 2018. Kelly and Seedskadee have been on the river ever since. Back to all [...]
Brothers Keeper
Our 2017 WoodenBoat School class built Brothers Keeper. She went home with brothers Glen and Dean, hence the name. Back to all McKenzies [...]
Ashley & Made in the Shade
In my first boatbuilding course at Woodenboat School in 2016 we built two McKenzies in a week. We nicknamed them Ashley and Oakley, for [...]
Painted Desert
Painted Desert, a McKenzie, came out of my first Fretwater Boat School class in 2015. Back to all McKenzies
Juan and Dui
In 2007 Dan Dierker and I, after years of messing around with wood boats, decided to build one with Roger Fletcher’s plans. The [...]