Help me identify this guide boat

[VernonT]

Hi:

I'm hoping someone might recognize a possible maker of the guide boat I own. Please see the photos below. Thank you, in advance.

 

[VernonT]

It's been a while since I measured it, but I think it's right around 16 feet long.

 

[Dan Miller]

Locate a copy of The Adirondack Guideboat by Stephen Sulavik - it is the best documentary source for identifying guideboats.

 

[Michael Grace]

Agree with Dan - Sulavik is a great book. For here and now, post good photos of the decks, stem end where it comes up above the deck (especially side profile), the stem foot where it ends on the bottom board, and the ribs in the ends of the boat. These features will really help with ID.

 

[VernonT]

Thanks to both of you who have responded. I bought the book on Monday. Just waiting for it to arrive. Yah.. I'll get better photos. I've taken a hard look at it and I do feel at this point I'm 75% leaning toward Caleb Chase, or family members. An expert I talked to said that a few of his family members also build a small number of boats. From what I've read and seen, the stem is right, the deck is right, the number of planks (or are they called strakes) is 8. The ore lock side plate exactly match the Queen Ann. I've also examined the ribs at the ends and compared with photos of a Caleb Chase guide boat. As far as I can tell, they also match. I'm a visual artist and have a very sharp eye for proportions, etc., so I don't think I'm wrong about these factors. It's just a matter of whether those are distinguishing factors or not. This is fascinating stuff!