| Brooks Townes has been writing about boats for WoodenBoat
Magazine, Professional Boatbuilder, National Fisherman and dozens of other
magazines for the past 30 years. What we find astonishing is...... he still has the same
zest about boats and water and the people who build them as he did when he was a cub
reporter trying to figure which end of the pencil goes into the pencil
sharpener. |
| We first met Brooks
when he was driving from Maine over to the Adirondack Museum to research these boats. As
he drove past our shop, from the corner of his eye he saw a guideboat being built in the
parking lot. You know the people who brake for flea markets? Well, Brooks brakes for
boats. He turned around and came inside to see what was going on.
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| One thing led to
another and Brooks wrote an article on our boats, and then bought one for himself. It's a
dark blue kevlar boat, 15-ft with cherry trim. Every week or two we receive an e-mail
telling us of his next or his just-completed guideboat-adventure. He's working on flying a
kite from his boat, using the kite for propulsion. If you happen to see a dark blue
guideboat overhead, with a rower and kite attached, we can probably assume that,
"Brooks, you made the kite too big." |
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