{"id":283,"date":"2012-04-02T12:22:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T12:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=283"},"modified":"2021-01-17T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:49:06","slug":"return-of-a-classic-for-the-pandora-clan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Return of a classic for the Pandora clan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prior to sailing big boats (larger just actually, not BIG like the .001% boys), Brenda and I traveled for vacation to Lake Clear<\/a> in the Adirondacks as I had with my parents for many years. \u00a0 During the many summers at Lake Clear, near Saranac, I fell in love with the sweet lines of the classic Adirondack Guide Boat, a style of pulling boat designed for hunting guides to take their customers (sports) out on the lakes in the area to hunt and fish.\u00a0 It was important for me to find a good boat supply store<\/a> who are reliable and provide quality products. Due to the fact that the many lakes were close to one another and yet required frequent portages or “carries” where the guide would have to carry the boat from one lake some distance over land to the next launch area, these boats had to be very light so that they were manageable and easy to handle. \u00a0 While traditionally built out of wood, many of the modern day versions of these boats are built in kevlar, again to ensure that they are as light as possible.<\/p>\n

Years ago, nearly 30 actually, I purchased a bare kevlar hull of a 16′ guide boat and finished it myself. \u00a0The decks, fore and aft, and side rails are made of \u00a0a combination of cherry, ash and walnut and the seats are caned. \u00a0I even got ash blanks and made my own 8′ \u00a0oars or sweeps, to match the design. \u00a0The hull shape was taken from a wonderful boat Ghost <\/em>built by a well known boat builder, Durant back in the 1800s and now in the collection of the Adirondack Museum<\/a> in Tupper Lake which can be found, who would have ever guessed, in the Adirondacks.<\/p>\n

Once we got into cruising Long Island Sound, the guide boat went into storage hung up high in my parent’s garage and for the last few years jammed under our front porch. \u00a0As our new home is just one mile from the Connecticut River, we will once again be able to use our guide boat and for the first time since our boys were toddlers. \u00a0 Now our boys are 26 and 28 years old so it’s been a lot of years since the boat has touched water.<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, after so many years in storage, the guide boat was pretty nasty looking as is witnessed by this shot. \u00a0The under porch storage was very tight and while protected from much of the weather, it was a pretty humid place. \u00a0Fortunately, the wood chucks that live under the porch hadn’t “chucked wood” or damaged the boat in any way. \u00a0I did find some leaves tucked up under one of the decks that looked like a comfortable nest, perhaps for some mice.<\/p>\n

Pretty nasty but there is beauty in there somewhere.\"\"<\/a>After a bit of scrubbing, beauty… \u00a0Actually, a lot of elbow grease on this baby.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As I mentioned, walnut and cherry decks. \u00a0Oh, \u00a0if it wasn’t clear, this wasn’t a kit, just a bare hull and a pile of locally purchased lumber. \u00a0Not bad for a beginner. \u00a0I must have been in my late 20s when I finished her. \u00a0Amazingly, the varnish hasn’t been touched in all the subsequent years. \u00a0Nice when you can keep a boat out of the weather.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No, I didn’t weave the cane seats. \u00a0They are machine woven. \u00a0CHEATER, CHEATER!!! \u00a0Yes, don’t be too tough on me, we all make compromises. \u00a0 I was even able to fine hardware true to the original design of Ghost. \u00a0It’s great to have nice hardware on a great boat. \u00a0GOD is in the details as is the case in all of life.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>What amazing lines this boat has. \u00a0She really moves through the water.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One thing that this boat has in common with our SAGA 43 Pandora, is a fine entry. \u00a0 They both move through the water very easily.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Straight on you can really see how this boat would track on the water. \u00a0Like a knife…\"\"<\/a>Fine, really fine…\"\"<\/a>No, I won’t be distracted from Pandora this summer but what better way to kill a few hours on the CT River than aboard a classic guide boat. \u00a0 There’s even a caned seat back (alas, packed for the move and not shown) for \u00a0Brenda to lounge against,\u00a0parasol\u00a0in hand as we head out on the river.<\/p>\n

Perhaps we will want to avoid the whole “dead deer in the bottom of the boat thing” as is in the case here.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No, and I am confident that Brenda will be good deal more attractive and a lot less smelly than the guy who is a passenger in this classic photo from Guide Boats.com<\/a>. \u00a0There’s a lot of great information here on the history of this unique North American craft.<\/p>\n

In about a week we will be moving out of our NJ home and will be able to begin enjoying this great boat again after what seems like a lifetime ago. \u00a0So much to look forward to.<\/p>\n

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Prior to sailing big boats (larger just actually, not BIG like the .001% boys), Brenda and I traveled for vacation to Lake Clear in the Adirondacks as I had with my parents for many years. \u00a0 During the many summers at Lake Clear, near Saranac, I fell in love with the sweet lines of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,32,29,31,3,4],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-adirondack-museum","tag-connecticut-museum","tag-guide-boat","tag-kevlar-guideboat","tag-pandora","tag-saga-43"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11592,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/11592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}