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Two brothers handcraft cedar row boats (Adirondack Guideboats) with meticulous detail. Spruce from Maine and Western Red Cedar are painstakingly steam-bent and cut to craft the ribs and siding of a cedar Adirondack Guideboat. The hull is then given a fiberglass coating and sanded to perfection.
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Browse the complete line of custom row boats crafted by Adirondack Guideboat in Vermont. Choose from Kevlar Composite or Cedar models, with or without oars and backrests.
Our Adirondack Guideboat is internationally acclaimed as the world’s finest for its traditional hull design and space-age Kevlar composite construction process.
This site is a resource for information about the history of the Adirondack Guideboat, traditional Adirondack Guideboat construction, and the history and services of Woodward Boatshop - the sole surviving original Adirondack Guideboat shop.
The Adirondack guideboat traces its lineage back to the 1840s and the water-rich, road-poor Adirondack region of upstate New York. The myriad lakes, streams, and rivers there required slim, shallow-draft boats that were fast, performed well in a wide range of wind and wave conditions, and were capable of carrying up to three people and their gear.
24 mar 2016 · The Adirondack guideboat influenced commerce, culture and helped grow the fledgling rowing sport in the Lakes Region of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Constructed of local pine, spruce, cedar and 8,000 tiny tacks and screws, they flourished for perhaps 60 years.
During this gilded age of the Adirondacks from 1865 - 1930, the demand for guideboats gave rise to dozens of builders and shops. There are three distinct regions in the Adirondacks as it pertains to guideboats, and each region has its distinct pattern of guideboats.
