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The Swedish
article gave us a good laugh. Several years ago we met the young fellow at
left, Alex MacCormack. in our class at the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin,
Maine. Alex lives in Long Island and spends his summers visiting
family in Sweden. While sitting in a barber's chair in Stockholm, reading a
Swedish boating magazine, Alex turned the page and saw an article on our
boats. He couldn't believe his eyes. With his barber's permission (we hope)
Alex took the magazine home and put it in the mail to us. Until recently we
didn't know what the article said. The photo accompanying the article was
our booth at the Miami Boat Show, so we know that that's how the article
came to be. Amazing how these boats get around.
Alex's wife has translated the article for us: "No , it is not a canoe with oars but looks like one . It is an Adirondack Guide Boat with a long tradition of usage in the USA. You can only find them around Lake Adirondack in the State of Vermont. Today the classic forms are all built with modern materials . We don't know what it is and how it functions, we do know that the boat is very substantial and strong with a very light body . Steve Kaulback and Dave Rosen are behind the building .The 5 metre AGB weighs about 30 KG and is faster than the wind. " Could you fix a motor to it ?" " Yes , but why would you want to ? " laughs Steve . It is a fantastic floating object and a floating piece of art when made of wood."
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