- 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.

Gunwales-a structural key

“A fifteen foot ship that weighs only sixty pounds and carries a thousand pounds of load over rough water; which

New Shoes!

My boat has moved along so that it will soon really look like a guideboat. I’ll explain as I go.

Round 8 The last one!

At last I have arrived at the final round of planking my guideboat. It seems that it has been a

Planking Round 7- a nightmare

I expected the seventh round of planking to be easier than those before it. It was not to be. This

Floatin’ Richard’s boat

My friend Richard had a big problem. His most treasured possession, his guideboat, leaked. And not just a small leak,

Are work rowboats still in use?

Fran and I are just back from Morocco. Morocco is a country in North Africa, Part of it borders on

This year’s 90 Miler

As you might remember, the Adirondack 90 miler runs from Old Forge. NY to Saranac Lake in 3 days. It

Guideboat returns home to Long Lake.

I have learned that the Adirondack peoples are especially fond of family, town, and country. This is a story of

Fred Burns-The last of the Long Lake Traditional Guideboat Builders

I came to know of guideboat builder Fred Burns through my friend Richard Dechene. Fred was Richard’s grandfather, who Richard

John Homer-New Age Guideboat Builder

John Homer is a good friend of mine. We met while I was an interpreting at the Museum for Allison

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