Editing Adirondack guideboat

{{Short description|Rowboat style particular to the Adirondacks, US}}
[[File:ADK Museum - Guide Boat built on-site.jpg|alt=An Adirondack guideboat elevated on sawhorses|thumb|335x335px|An Adirondack guideboat]]
The '''Adirondack Guideboat''' is a rowboat that was developed in the 1840s for recreational activities in [[Adirondack Park]].<ref name="sbm">{{cite web |last1=Swanson |first1=Rodger |title=Guideboat |url=https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/the-adirondack-guideboat/ |website=Small Boats Monthly |accessdate=13 July 2018}}</ref> It was designed to have a shallow [[Draft (hull)|draft]], carry three people and their gear, and be light enough to be [[portage|portaged]] by one man, the guide. Typical dimensions are 16 feet long, with a 38 inch beam, and weighing 60 pounds.<ref name="sbm"/> While superficially resembling a [[canoe]] in size and profile, its construction methods are very different and are one of its defining features.<ref name="ag">{{cite web |title=Construction of an Adirondack Guideboat |url=http://www.guideboats.com/construction/ |website=Adirondack Guideboats |accessdate=13 July 2018}}</ref>

The [[Stem (ship)|stem]] and ribs are made from [[spruce]], a wood which has a very good strength to weight ratio. The hull is planked up with cedar [[Lap_joint|laps]], with seams tacked with copper tacks. The hull has a bottom board, like a [[Dory (boat)|dory]], typically made of pine.<ref name="ag" /> Ribs are traditionally cut from spruce roots which have a grain following the desired curvature of the rib.<ref name="Sulavik">{{Cite book|last=Sulavik |first=Stephen B. |year=2018 |title=The Adirondack Guideboat: Its Origin, Its Builders, and Their Boats |location= Peterborough, New Hampshire |publisher=Bauhan Publishing |isbn=978-0-87233-260-7}}</ref>

Since 1962 the annual Willard Hanmer Guideboat Race has been held on the closest Sunday to the 4th of July in [[Saranac Lake, New York|Saranac Lake]].<ref name="ncpr">{{cite web |last1=Kurtz |first1=Mark |title=50th Anniversary Willard Hanmer Guideboat Races |url=https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20078/20120702/50th-anniversary-willard-hanmer-guideboat-races |website=North Country Public Radio |accessdate=13 July 2018}}</ref> It is a 10-mile canoe and kayak race on [[Lake Flower]] and down the [[Saranac River]]. 

Modern hand-crafted versions can sell for about 20,000 US dollars.<ref name="bot">{{cite web |title=Building on tradition |url=https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/building-on-tradition-guideboat |website=Adirondack Explorer |accessdate=13 July 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==Gallery==
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File:ADK Museum - Guide Boat built on-site.jpg
File:Adirondack Guideboat.jpg
File:Guide boat - Paul Smiths Hotel.jpg
File:Guideboat on Upper St Regis Lake.jpg
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==Further reading==
*  {{cite book
|title=The Adirondack Guide Boat
|last=Durant
|first=Kenneth and Helen
|location=Camden, ME
|publisher=International Marine Publishing
|isbn=0877421250
|url=
|date=1980}}
*  {{cite book
|title=The Adirondack Guideboat: Its Origin, Its Builders, and Their Boats
|last=Sulavik
|first=Stephen B.
|location=Peterborough, NH
|publisher=Bauhan Publishing
|isbn= 978-0872332607
|url=
|date=2018}}


[[Category:Adirondacks]]
[[Category:Rowing boats]]