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Fancy Backrest
This backrest adds a flourish
and a degree of comfort to your boat from an elegant
bygone era. "Like fishing from an arm chair," said Willem Lange on Vermont
Public Television. The seat back has
snap-apart brass hinges (which we import from New Zealand), leather
straps and brass buckles. With the extra set of
hardware, the backrest can be easily mounted in the bow seat also. Most every
guideboat gets at least one. Some, if they're going to have three people in the boat, and
plan to do some sitting, will order two of the fancy backrests. Each
fancy
seatback, with hardware for two seats, $230
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Sliding Seat Some of our customers, particularly those coming from the world of sculling, feel that rowing just doesn't make any sense unless you are on a sliding seat. Think power as you push through the entire stroke of the oars with all the large muscles of your legs, arms and back. It's simple. It's cherry. And the boat doesn't require any outriggers, so you can come alongside any dock or boat with ease. Convert your boat in less than a minute by fastening directly to your inside 'duck boards.' A web strap is provided to hold you feet at the footbrace. Guideboats: $275 Packboats: $200
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Boat Cart This boat cart makes moving your boat an
effortless task. It is light, well-made and strong. It also comes apart
with the push of 4 buttons, which makes for easy storage if you want to
take it with you on back-country trips. Some folks who live near the
water but not on the water roll their boats a few blocks to the water.
Pneumatic tires make for easy rolling. A strap holds the boat to the
cart. $135
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Kevlar Skid Plates If you are going to be using your boat on rocky coastlines or other places where the bow and stern are going to get rough treatment we strongly recommend these Kevlar skid plates. They are highly abrasion resistant and don't add noticeable drag to the progress of the boat. $150 per boat. |
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Fiberglass reinforced seats Some who feel their seats are going to be getting a particularly tough workout like to add a sheet of fiberglass to the underside of the seat for strength. We use the same cane and cherry seat and add the nearly invisible cloth to the underside and bond it with epoxy. $30 per seat. |
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Oar Bag: Our two-slot Cordura oar bags protect your oars from scuffing against each other in transport. They also keep the black brass and lubricant residue from dirtying your clothes and car. Specify 7-ft or 8-ft oars. (Note: the 8-ft oar bag comes with a slot for a sneak paddle.) $110. |
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Boat Cradles: Our ash boat cradles, with carpeted slings, protect your boat, whether sitting in a garage, boathouse or dock. When stored outside, your boat would be overturned and tied to the cradles. (We also recommend that the cradles be secured to the dock or lawn...our boats are light and the wind sweeping off of a lake or the ocean can be strong. If you catch our drift.) $200 per pair. |
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Boat Cover Our Cordura boat cover will protect your boat when outside or when being towed upright on a trailer. Nylon straps secure the cover to the boat. Note: the cover can only be used when the boat is out of the water. Also, the boat needs to be on cradles or a boat rack so that the straps can be clipped under the boat. $350 for our 12' boat, $400 for our 15-ft boats. |
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Traditional Carry Yoke If you plan to portage your boat, this lovely yoke is a comfortable necessity. Laminated from select spruce and red cedar, it has brass ferrules at the ends of the arms and rubber bumpers to protect the hull from contact during use. Alone, it is a piece of sculpture worthy of display on the mantle or wall. (This yoke only fits our wooden boats.) $350 |
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Modern Carry Yoke If you plan on carrying your boat any distance, a yoke is a necessity. It's made from cherry and sculpted to fit your shoulders. This yoke will fit our 12-ft and 15-ft Kevlar boats. $90 |
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Packbasket:
Often, when we go to shows,
folks notice the baskets we carry our various supplies in (raingear, sweaters, extra
fliers, pretzels, etc) and ask if the packbasket is for sale. In the past they haven't been, now
they are. They are light, strong, easily packed, easily carried...and they have a
timeless beauty. $250
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Sneak Paddle: Each guideboat builder had a signature sneak paddle. It was used to navigate in water to narrow for easy transit with oars. A passenger at the stern can assist the oarsman, or use the paddle as a rudder for steerage. As its name implies; this finely dimensioned paddle was used in silent pursuit of game, particularly deer, during the hunt. This was called 'floating for deer.' Frequently the paddle would not even be lifted from the water, stealth being key. And the graceful lines of the paddle made this maneuver all the easier. Mostly, of course, we use oars in our boats. Recently Steve was giving a boatbuilding class at the Great Camp Sagamore when a Canadian Free-Style canoeist took up the paddle and admired it's lines. "Give it a try," Steve said. Upon returning, the canoeist pronounced, "About the finest I've ever tried." Cherry $150
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Guideboat Oars: Guideboat oars are pinned to the rowlocks to prevent accidental loss in heavy seas or with the excitement of a fast strike by an aggressive fish. The oars flex with each stroke, like shock absorbers on a rough road. If you row with stiff oars for a few hours you'll discover the toll it takes on your body. Flexible oars are not only gentle, ('low impact' before the phrase was fashionable) but they are also efficient. Energy is stored and then released at the end of the stroke. Guideboat oars cross past each other at the hand grips to give greater mechanical advantage. Crossed armed rowing is easily mastered and remarkably efficient. Traditionally, guideboat oars were made of soft maple. We include the soft maple version in the prices of our boats. Priced alone they are $450 per pair. The same oars in cherry are $650 per pair. There is no mechanical difference between the maple and the cherry oars, some folks just like the beauty of cherry |
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Packboat Oars 7' Packboat Oars Designed by Steve to be the perfect companion for our packboats. They cross at the grip and are pinned to give the feel of the larger guideboat oar. They flex, just as their larger cousins, the guideboat oars. We include the soft maple version in the prices of our boats. In soft maple these oars are $300 per pair. In cherry, $450. There is no mechanical difference between the maple and the cherry oars, some folks just like the beauty of cherry 7' Spruce, spoon blade oar. A nice, lightweight oar, made by our friends Shaw & Tenney in Maine. Pinned, and crossing over at the grip, just like our guideboat oars, and for the same reason, leverage. $175 pr
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Dory Oars 7 1/2-ft designed expressly for our 14-ft Vermont Fishing Dory. They have the same flex as our guideboat and packboat oars but are more square on the inboard, allowing them to be joined together for greater fishing stability. We include the soft maple version in the prices of our boats. In soft maple these oars are $400 per pair. In cherry, $550. There is no mechanical difference between the maple and the cherry oars, some folks just like the beauty of cherry. |
