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Roger Fletcher and the river boats of the American West

There is logic to this, but I won’t get into it. Suffice it to say that I had recently been thinking about the wooden dories and river boats indigenous to the American West. I don’t know much about these boats and have never been in one, so I don’t think about them much [...]

“Canoe Rig” – an amazing way to expand the possibilities of what a canoe adventure could be

Canoe Rig: The Essence and the Art : Sailpower for Antique and Traditional Canoes, by Todd Bradshaw, is one of those books that stakes out a new piece of turf in your mind. In this case, that turf is the possibilities of adding spars and canvas to the traditional canoe. Bradshaw presents, in [...]

Great book on building skin-on-frame kayaks and other boats

One of my recent fascinations is skin-on-frame boats (and, if I read my blog stats correctly, others also have this interest). For those with this interest, I recommend Building Skin-on-Frame Boatsby Robert Morris. It is an easy read with a good mix of theory, practice, and background. Mr. Morris is a real [...]