Fisgard Skiff FISGARD SKIFF We built this skiff for Parks Canada to use as a permanent exhibit at the Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. The lighthouse, built in 1860, was the first on Canada’s west coast and is still in operation. The skiff is a lengthened...
Vesper Vesper This decked canoe, originally designed and built by R.W. Gibson in 1885, can be used as an alternative to a tandem kayak or can be rigged out as a sailing canoe. We modified this design for a local kayak tour company, Lotus Land Tours. Renamed Lotus 18,...
Athapaskan Canoe ATHAPASKAN CANOE This is a skin-on-frame interpretation of an Athabaskan bark canoe. Indigenous to the upper Yukon River region, these boats were the standard for muskrat trappers. This narrow, flat-bottomed canoe was developed for solo paddlers to...
Canadian Ugo The Canadian Ugo Canoe This is an example of a classic Canadian canoe form fashioned using the lapstrake or clinker-construction method. The individual planks overlap each other by 1/2″ and are fastened together with small copper tacks that are...
Swampscott Dory SWAMPSCOTT DORY Designed by Iain Oughtred, Amberjack and John Dory are sleek, modern interpretations of the Swampscott dory. The Swampscott family of dories was developed by fishermen who worked off the beach. They needed a seaworthy boat that could...
