Repairs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

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

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 [...]