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Vermont Fishing Dory

John Gardner, the dean of small-boat-building, leaned over to Steve at a conference at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. The speaker at the podium had just said something about "...the perfect hull....."
John leaned towards Steve and whispered, "The perfect hull ain't been built."

We aren't going to tell you that the perfect hull has been built. In fact, the point that John was making was that "the perfect hull" is an ignorant concept. The question is always ....perfect for what?

There certainly are hulls more perfect for this and less perfect for that. As wonderful as the Adirondack Guideboat is....and as wonderful as its smaller cousin, the Vermont Packboat is....every boat, especially a small boat, is a collection of compromises.

When this new boat first started to emerge in Steve's imagination, it was with fly-fishermen in mind. Fishing in the flats of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas. Bonefish, redfish, tarpon. These initial photos are from the first boat on its first day on the water. Steve's test was to step off the dock and stand upright into the boat. The photo at right shows the result.

• 14-ft, 70 lbs,
• Kevlar and fiberglass hull
• 3 webbed cherry seats
• cherry gunwales
• Okume floorboard
• cherry footbrace

These boats are built in the sequence in which orders are received. Depending on the season, we may have the boat you want in stock, or the wait may be 2 or 3 months. We ask for a 50% deposit when you place your order. The balance is due when we finish working on your boat. (If you would like us to hold delivery till spring, we are happy to oblige. However, we will still require payment when we finish working on your boat.) Order early, plan ahead.

Visit for more information: Vermont Fishing Dory

Adirondack Guideboat, Inc
PO 144, Charlotte, Vermont 05445
866 425-3926

Shipping Address: 6821 RT 7 South, N. Ferrisburgh, Vermont 05473

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