Description

For a century and a half, Adirondack Guideboats have been regarded as the highest example of the boat builder’s art. A fishing boat, a hunting boat, a hauling boat; it was a boat a man could carry for a mile or row for a week. The boats became lighter, faster, prettier, and easier to row. Guides were pursuing game, but also they were pursuing customers. The stories a guide might tell, the game or fish his ‘sport’ might bag, the meal he might cook, they were all part of what brought the sport back year after year. The beauty and grace of the Cedar Guideboat was also part of the wilderness experience.

We blend contemporary materials and techniques with the traditional form of the guideboat. In designing our boats, Steve says he borrowed the ends of his boat from J. Henry Rushton’s, the middle from Dwight Grant. He then smoothed everything to his own sensibility. The woods are carefully selected and joined one to the next. The exterior of our wooden boat is covered with a protective layer of nearly invisible fiberglass. Strong, elegant, beautiful… if given a modest degree of care, each boat is designed to last many lifetimes.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PURCHASE PRICE IS FOR THE BOAT ONLY. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DELIVERY OPTIONS WHICH ARE AN ADDITIONAL COST.