16 ft

This is a fir boat finished natural with a clear UV varnish on the outside. Classic for a day on the lake.

This is our largest and newest rowboat model. All things being equal, the longer the hull form of a boat, the easier it is to row. Add that to the room that the larger rowboat gives for gear and an extra grandchild or two. It's interior is the same configuration as the other rowboats on this page.

Complete kit in 3 ply AB Marine Fir........ $2,240.00
Complete kit in BS 1088 5 ply Meranti... $2,240.00
Complete kit in BS 1088 5 ply Sepele...... $2,890.00

14 ft

The boat above is made from BS 1088 Meranti plywood with a Bristol polyurathane exterior and oiled interior.

Sometimes you want to get out on a small lake for an afternoon and a classic rowboat is the way to do it in style. Using the same free-form boat building techniques as our white water boats we designed a little rower for the lake.

The final product has been a rousing success! The boat is light (about 175 lb.), can fit in the back of a pickup and can handle a small trolling motor. Best of all, it rows like a dream. Its main seat can be made adjustable for more than one oarlock position and its interior parts could, in a pinch, be made removable to make it lighter, easier to mount on top of a vehicle. We've found that 7 1/2' Oars work the best for the 14'.

Complete kit in 3 ply AB Marine Fir........ $2,090.00
Complete kit in BS 1088 5 ply Meranti... $2,090.00
Complete kit in BS 1088 5 ply Sepele...... $2,690.00

12 ft

This little fir boat is just the right size to leave at your cabin by the lake.

Don't you sometimes want to sneak off to a small, secret lake for a bit of solitary fishing? In that situation a boat that is too large can be as out of scale as a eight weight fly rod on the other end of an eight inch cutthroat. On a recent trip through the Rockies I took my new 12' rowboat which I found useful in a couple of small Wyoming lakes. It was small enough to easily load and unload from the back of my pickup, yet stable enough (with its flat bottom) to stand up and fish. To store the boat I sometimes lean it on its side against a wall.

On occasion it's just fun to go out for a nice row in the park. The 12' rowboat is small enough for my wife and me to carry a short distance from the parking lot to the landing.

Complete kit in 3 ply AB Marine Fir........ $1,930.00
Complete kit in BS 1088 5 ply Meranti... $1,930.00
Complete kit in BS 1088 5 ply Sepele...... $2,480.00