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Rangeley Finnish Row Boat Good Skiff Herreshoff/Gardner |
Herreshoff/Gardner
This boat is built with glued lapstrake Okume plywood (Sapele can be substituted) riveted to
steam-bent Oak or Ash frames. Trim is normally Oak. Ash can be substituted for the same price. Cherry or Mahogany are offered for $200 additional.
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P.O.
Box 297 • Knife River, Minnesota 55609
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This is a wonderful double ended lapstrake rowing boat originally conceived by L. Francis Herreshoff and
drawn, then modified by John Gardner. Herreshoff was a renowned yacht designer and Gardner was the assistant
curator of the Mystic Seaport maritime museum.
It is a boat to be rowed, swiftly, even in rough water.
Gardner's revisions included broadening the flare in the bow to provide greater protection in an ample sea.
I build this boat as a compromise to his first and second revisions; greater flare than the first and less
than the second. I'm thinking that when you need the second revision you should probably stay at home or at
least in harbor.