 
Where guideboats are born
One shop, three generations of builders
By MIKE LYNCH, Enterprise Outdoors Writer
POSTED: October 10, 2009
SARANAC LAKE - A guideboat sits overturned and elevated on A-frames above a pile of sawdust. Tools, some dating back to the 19th century, are everywhere. Some hang on the walls; others are hidden under lumber.
Seated amid the tools, guideboats and scent of pine, Chris Woodward explains the building process.
"In a typical boat, the ribs and stems would be steamed and bent," he said. "Well, these aren't. They are all sawed to shape. It is known as a 'sawn rib.' But in order to get the grain to follow the curve of that rib, you need a curved piece of wood."
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