Neophyte here...need help identifying.
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This looks like an Adirondack Guideboat as described in the first link below. These are very similar to canoes and have their own part of this forum as shown in the second link below. This should be a great winter project. Have fun,
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Adirondack guideboat - Wikipedia
Adirondack Guideboats
Michael Grace
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You definitely have an Adirondack guideboat. These are designed to be rowed (hence the oarlocks on the sides of the boat. Most, like yours, have two sets of oarlocks so they can be rowed from different positions. Despite their apparently massive form, guidebooks are designed to be light and easy to carry by a single person. Yours may be missing a pair of longitudinal pieces of wood that would be screwed along the center of the boat, inside, up near the gunwale. These were for the placement of a carry yoke. If you search guideboats, you'll see this setup.
This guidebook may look pretty rough at a glance, but it appears to be largely all there and intact, and though it has a number of problems and old repairs, it is certainly restorable. That said, they are built in painstaking fashion with ribs sawn from source stumps (not steam-bent), and planking put on very precisely in "smooth lap" fashion, meaning that the planks overlap each other. The joinery was so precise that no filler was used between the planks and the boat had no covering material - just the hull and varnish or paint - many were painted originally.
There are some good books out there on guideboats. Among them are:
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Hope this helps,
Michael
You definitely have an Adirondack guideboat. These are designed to be rowed (hence the oarlocks on the sides of the boat. Most, like yours, have two sets of oarlocks so they can be rowed from different positions. Despite their apparently massive form, guidebooks are designed to be light and easy to carry by a single person. Yours may be missing a pair of longitudinal pieces of wood that would be screwed along the center of the boat, inside, up near the gunwale. These were for the placement of a carry yoke. If you search guideboats, you'll see this setup.
This guidebook may look pretty rough at a glance, but it appears to be largely all there and intact, and though it has a number of problems and old repairs, it is certainly restorable. That said, they are built in painstaking fashion with ribs sawn from source stumps (not steam-bent), and planking put on very precisely in "smooth lap" fashion, meaning that the planks overlap each other. The joinery was so precise that no filler was used between the planks and the boat had no covering material - just the hull and varnish or paint - many were painted originally.
There are some good books out there on guideboats. Among them are:
The Adirondack Guide-Boat
The Adirondack Guide-Boat (2015 Reprint)By Kenneth and Helen Durant First published in 1980, The Adirondack Guide-Boat details the history and design of a double-ended, planked wooden workboat unique to one region of Upstate New York. The model was constructed by the thousands in small...
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Boats and Boating in the Adirondacks
A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the waterways of the Adirondacks.
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Books + Plans - Adirondack-Guideboat
Order a signed copy of “Tale of an Historic Adirondack Guideboat and How to Build One” for $18.95 + $3.05 shipping and handling via PayPal. Order a signed copy of “Guideboat Paddles: An Adirondack Treasure” for $24.95 + $3.05 shipping and handling via PayPal. Order both books and...
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The Adirondack Guideboat: Its Origin, Its Builders, and Their Boats: Sulavik, Stephen B., Comstock Jr., Edward, Woodward, Christopher: 9780872332607: Amazon.com: Books
The Adirondack Guideboat: Its Origin, Its Builders, and Their Boats [Sulavik, Stephen B., Comstock Jr., Edward, Woodward, Christopher] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Adirondack Guideboat: Its Origin, Its Builders, and Their Boats
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Hope this helps,
Michael
