Boats

Every wooden boat fan on the planet should taken in the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at least once; next year’s shin dig will be 9-11 September, 2016. Image via the well-traveled boaters at Wooden Boat People.

Hell yea there are nice wooden boat builds in Georgia. Via the NON-geographically-biased boaters at Wooden Boat People.

Slide on over to the Flycraft Kickstarter page and see how the kickstarter game is meant to be played. Innovative products meet everyday Joe’s and Jane’s with some loose change burning a hole in their pockets and nifty things happen. Flycraft boats look solid and we’ve heard nothing but good things. Those boat packages look […]

Nifty build by SO out of Evergreen, CO; via Wooden Boat People once again.

SOLD! Sometimes Only a Raft Will Do As much as we’re devotees of all boats wooden, with a particular love for the McKenzie style wooden drifter, there are times – and rivers –  when nothing but a raft will do. Blake of the Gig Harbor Fly Shop in WA is selling his Aire/Outcast Puma guide […]

Here’s a nifty refit | update of a 15 foot McKenzie out of Eugene which happens to be for sale. Well done.

Damned nifty bow shelf in a 17×52 build out of Hailey, ID (builder KS). Well played.

A bird’s eye view of a group float launch at the Mac Wooden Boat Show earlier this year. Via Wooden Boat People.

From the shores of the Fulton Harbor heading back in this morning – a hard-working oyster dragger (the Shrimp Cocktail) taking a break. Long live the working wooden boats out there.

A classy build out of Wallace, ID on the banks of the Clark Fork.

Sweet build out of Eugene via Wooden Boat People.

The Colorado Wooden Boat Float is a collection of wooden boat aficionados who gather at least once a year for a group float on the upper Colorado; this year they’re meeting at 11 AM tomorrow, location – Rancho Del Rio. Details on their FB page here.

Nifty build out of Oregon; red drifters get it done. Via Wooden Boat People.

Via Wooden Boat People.

Running the Grand Canyon in wooden boats requires keeping the bow pointed straight down the line through the big stuff. Keep those tips bows up… Image via the ballsy boaters at Wooden Boat People.