Moqui Steps
Tatahotso
Tombigbee
Sandra
Josie
Mille Crag Bend
Surprise Canyon
Wild Thing
Columbine Falls
Eilean
Skagit

Repairs

REPAIRS

2020-10-12T19:18:39+00:00

Skagit

Skagit Skagit is one of the last Briggs boat (1981) and was “my” boat for the last seven years that Martin Litton ran [...]

2020-10-12T19:12:22+00:00

Columbine Falls

Columbine Falls Tim Cooper built Columbine back around 1985 for our mutual friend Larry. Larry later sold it to my then wife Jeri, [...]

2020-10-12T19:01:34+00:00

Eilean

Eilean Tim was a regular in my boat school, taking oarmaking, bronzecasting, and Briggs boat building. He went home and slowly put together [...]

2020-10-12T18:59:15+00:00

Wild Thing

Wild Thing Mike brought this beast by in 2018 to spruce her up for resale, as we planned to (and did) build him [...]

2020-10-12T18:28:06+00:00

Surprise Canyon

Surprise Canyon Surprise Canyon was built by Jerry Briggs in 1974 for Jim Deveny, and private boater that palled around with a group [...]

2020-10-12T18:24:27+00:00

Mille Crag Bend

Mille Crag Bend Mille Crag Bend is a 1978 Briggs dory from Martin Litton’s fleet. In 1986 she had a dreadful ride through [...]

2020-10-12T18:21:33+00:00

Josie

Josie My old college buddy Larry has an old Tatman drift boat that needed some work. Her name is Josie. I spent way [...]

2020-10-12T18:19:25+00:00

Sandra

Sandra Sandra is one of the last boats built by Norman Nevills back in 1947. Her grandson Greg wanted to get her running [...]

2020-10-12T18:17:00+00:00

Tombigbee

Tombigbee Tombigbee was built by Paul Butler in Montana back in 1985. She’s a big stitch-and-glue dory and served many years in Grand [...]

2020-10-12T18:14:06+00:00

Tatahotso

Tatahotso Tatahotso is another old private Briggs boat that ran with Betty Boop and Surprise Canyon. When Jim Hall worked at Fretwater in [...]

2020-10-12T18:11:57+00:00

Moqui Steps

Moqui Steps In 1973 One-armed Willie Illingsworth built Moqui Steps and her sister ship Ootsa Lake for Martin Litton. They are oversized McKenzie-style [...]