Tom's Boatshed

In 2019 I spent a summer in a cabin in the wood in Maine. I was between years of study at the Landing School in Arundel, Maine, and it was a lovely quiet corner where I could relax and find some peace. When I wasn’t “out and about” kayaking, hiking, or cycling, I sat on the porch and doodled in a sketch pad.

These boats evolved from a few of those sketches.

The intent was to create a pair of smaller, uncomplicated, traditional lapstrake power boats – well suited for smaller lakes and protected waters such as the ponds and smaller lakes of inland Maine, the Kawarthas, or any number of smaller lakes where larger powerboats might be overwhelming. I think they would make excellent fish camp livery boats – this is where an enterprising builder has to take up the challenge!

They have been drawn as traditional builds, with narrow lapped planks on steam bent frames. However I imagine a glued lap plywood method may be possible; and, while doing a bit of research, I can across a few other possible methods which I will try to look at more carefully . In any event, I imagine that I will continue to complete some construction details and a table of offsets – to the inside of plank. Sufficient detail & instructions will be provided for a capable, skilled amateur boatbuilder, and enough opportunity for a professional boatbuilder to be creative – everything is visible!