The Bear Mountain Boat Shop

My Father is building one for me, we cut the red cedar and made the beads and coves this weekend ended up with about 75 1and 1/8 strips, planning cherry gunnuls and ash stems. Stong back and molds are all set up just waiting for his barn to warm up in Maine.The 3hp outboard sounds good at 30lbs have...

My father has started my skiff, drove home to Maine thursday with my router table, to help make the planking. He had all the molds and the strongback done. We cut 5 2x6x16 planks of Western Red Ceder into1/4x1and 1/8 strips in about 4 hours not counting setup time ended up with 75 strips.Dad found a...

I am thinking of building a Rice Lake Skiff, my reasons are, its rated as very stable, it can be rowed or have a small engine mounted, plan to use it on the Ct river and its coves with my wife,my dog, and myself we total about 330lbs, it will fit in the back of my pickup for the 3/4 mile drive to th...