Some 15 years ago composites pioneer Andrew Green was convinced by a sailing friend to try rowing in these historical designs. Andy fell in love with the ease of rowing and beauty of the river skiff. Ultimately some molds were built off Andy’s one off carbon 72 pound boat and a run of boats was produced. While Andy still rows his boat every day, and others are enjoying their fiberglass and Kevlar boats, production ceased and the molds were set aside.
San Cristobal Boat Works, acquired the molds that were stored in a back yard. We used the original hull mold to build a prototype that we used for testing and entered in the Texas Water Safari. Using the original mold we made some small design changes and built a new master plug and hull mold with features required to support modern clean ultra low VOC build processes.
The St. Lawrence skiff is the perfect platform for fitness, family fun, adventure, fishing, waterfowl hunting and perhaps even a little down river racing. It is easily rowed by one, but will carry three.
This design evolved over many years to easily handle the kind of weather that can pop up on the St. Lawrence River between the US and Canadian shores. So a little weather on your local lake or bay won’t put a stop to your day on the water.
Our ultimate skiff will be 18′ long, 43″ wide at midships with a target dry weight of 72 lbs or less. While best rowed, it can also be efficiently paddled and will also support a small electric outboard motor. Primary materials will be carbon fiber, Kevlar-aramid fiber, glass fiber, epoxy, and specialized foams made from recycled PETE bottles. A series of development boats will be built as we work to tune our build process and materials mix. These development boats will be available for purchase or will go into our rental fleet.
What and Where is Lake San Cristobal?
Andy Green on the St. Lawrence Skiff (Video)
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