2015 Adirondack Guideboat, A distinctively beautiful boat! This boat was handcrafted in Vermont of Cherry wood and Kevlar. It has caned seats and brass hardware. It is not your typical inexpensive metal or fiberglass canoe but a functional piece of American history. Adirondack guideboats were originally created in the mid 1800s for hunting and fishing in the Adirondack region of New York. The guideboat is a hybrid rowing boat, similar to a canoe, but with 8 Maple oars. It is unbelievably fast and a pleasure to row. This boat was purchased last year and used it less than 10 times, always garage kept. It sits on a Trailex model SUT220-S aluminum trailer and tows beautifully behind my small SUV. The boat only weighs 70 lbs and the trailer 125 lbs.While I would really like to keep it, my age and bad knees now make it impractical for me. I have $ 6,340 invested and will sell for $ 3,995 complete with trailer or $ 3,295 without. $3995
For more details visit: http://www.BoatsFSBO.com/97600 Please call boat owner Larry at 518-756-3850. Offered for sale is one of my handmade, strip built , 16ft. Adirondack Guideboat. The boat weights approx. 65lbs. and can safely and efficiently transport 500 lbs. The Guideboat was a major evolutionary step in remote water travel through the mountains for both exploration and commerce beginning in the late 1820's and reaching its' peak between 1880 and 1900. It provided safe stable transport for the guide, his needed supplies and the client hunter or fisherman while remaining a craft easily managed by one man for portage from one body of water to the next. While the dimensions of my boats are very similar to those developed by H.D.Grant, considered the preeminent guideboat builder of the day, the construction technique is very different in a strip build craft. In strip building the wooden "core" of the hull is laid up over forms then fiber glassed both the interior and exterior. This fiberglass becomes transparent when epoxied. This method and eliminates the need for interior ribs and floor planks and results in making the boat a bit easier to move about in and much easier to keep clean. there are two ribs amidships to provide support for the center seat All major components are crafted on site from lumber I personally select for quality and character. In this boat Western Red Cedar was used for the hull, Ash for the gunwales and interior stems, Cherry for the seat frames and decks and Spruce for the coamings, exterior stems and accent pieces.
