- Adirondack-Guideboat

Welcome! This is a blog about the Adirondack guideboat. It includes whatever strikes that author’s fancy. For example, you might follow his progress building such an iconic craft, or go along on a 90 mile guideboat race, or learn about some particularly interesting person or happening involving these magnificent wooden boats. Enjoy.

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Bow and Stern Seats

The bow seat’s reason for being is provide the guide (or rower) a place to sit while rowing from the

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-The “furniture” part 1

My friend Andy at the Adirondack Museum knows just about everything there is to know about boats. He grew up

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Finishing the decks

One would think that fitting a rather thin sheet of wood into the triangular shape at the bow and stern

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Starting the decks

The decks on an Adirondack guideboat are a clever way of hiding the carrying handles. With canoes there is no

Building and Adirondack Guideboat-Varnishing-Ugh!

The inside of the hull is finally ready for varnishing. This is an onerous task for several reasons. There is

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Favorite Tools-3

This tool is a true “old friend”. It has stayed the course for two guideboats and some light weight canoes.

Building an Adirondack Guideboat- Odds and Ends

There are some clean-up details before I can varnish the inside of the hull and truly head for home with

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Visit to Blue Line Hardwoods

While I am in the North Country I want to drop in on Keith Austin, owner of Blue Line Hardwoods

Building an Adirondack Guideboat- A visit to the Adirondack Museum’s Collection Center

While I was in the North Country this time I wanted to take some measurements off the sister ship of

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Back from the North country

Every February my wife, Fran and I head to the Adirondacks for a two to three week stay. Our neighbors

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