- 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-More on tacks

As you know already, the original guideboat builders sealed the joinery between planks by driving and clinching a double row of

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-My Favorite Tools-1

In the course of building my guideboat I find that certain tools become favorites. I seem to be always reaching

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Talking tacks

I am now fully aware of what holds a traditionally built Adirondack guideboat together. It may not be what first

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Attaching the Painter Rings

When I was a kid of six or seven my parents owned a sleep-on-board sailboat on the Chesapeake Bay. I

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-More on wales

Once the hull was off the builder’s jig and right-side up it was obvious that the wales needed attention. They

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-off the jig!

That long anticipated moment finally arrives. After months of planking, a milestone is passed. The hull is now ready to

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Installing the wales

They are called gunwales, outwales, or simply wales. They are thin strips of hardwood that run the length of the

Building and Adirondack Guideboat-Varnishing

Varnishing used to be the scourge of boat builders. First of all, one would have to sand between coats of

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Wow! It popped

I decided to start varnishing the hull while waiting for the screws I ordered so I could attach the gunwales.

Building an Adirondack Guideboat-Why use hand tools?

Visitors to the Adirondack Museum’s boat shop often are puzzled by the overwhelming use of hand tools when building a

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