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Skin on Frame St. Lawrence River Skiff

I love what Ethan is doing here. Builds skin-on-frame St. Lawrence Skiffs. I thought they were guideboats when I first saw them.

No bottom board, and steam bent ribs instead of laminated. Keel is nailed/screwed on at first, then looks like the stringers are lashed.

Not having to laminate those ribs would save a heck of a lot of time. I wonder if we can make a hybrid style between the St. Lawrence and ADK Guideboat.

Said I could call him 8am-5pm during the week to chat. Check my IG messages for number.

See also: Notes on building a skin-on-frame Adirondack Guideboat

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Ethan Niederer on Instagram: “I love the first view of the inside of a new boat right after the skin goes on. 15’ St. Lawrence Skiff almost done. #skinonframe #stlawrenceskiff #maineboats #boatbuilder”
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November 4, 2023

woodworking

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Grog Log
An ongoing list of the tiki drinks we’ve made at home.

⭐ = favorites!
- ⭐ Quarantine Order (Easy Tiki)
  - lime, grapefruit, cinnamon, passionfruit, Jamaican rum
- ⭐ Shaken Missionary’s Downfall (Easy Tiki)
  - Unaged Blended rum, lime, pineapple, peach liquor, honey syrup, mint
- Missionary’s Downfall (Classic)
  - Unaged blended rum, honey syrup, peach liqueur, lemon, pineapple cubes, mint
- Trader Vic’s Grog
  - Lemon, pineapple, passionfruit, Jamaican rum
- ⭐ Jungle Bird (Classic)
  - Rum, pineapple, Campari, lime, demerara syrup
- ⭐ Lost Voyage (Easy Tiki)
  - Martinique rum, amontillado sherry, cinnamon, lemon, orange
- Bolo
  - Rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, passion fruit syrup, honey syrup, bitters
- Jasper’s Jamaican
  - Rum, allspice dram, lime juice, simple syrup, nutmeg
- Bermuda Rum Swizzle
  - Black rum, gold rum, orange, pineapple, grenadine, bitters
- Painkiller
  - Navy strength rum, pineapple, orange, coconut cream, nutmeg
- Zombie, simplified version from Beachbum Berry (Easy Tiki)
  - rum, cinnamon syrup, grapefruit juice, falernum, lime juice
- Fog Cutter
  - Rum, gin, brandy, amontillado, Cointreau, Orgeat, lemon juice
- Donga Punch
  - Aged Martinique rum, Donn’s mix, lime juice
- ⭐ Kris Kringle Colada (Sippin Santa)
  - Dark Jamaican rum, Cynar, allspice, lime, pineapple, coconut cream
- Sippin Santa (Sippin Santa)
  - Demerara rum, Averna, lemon, orange, nutmeg syrup, ginger juice
- ⭐Yule Log Grog
  - Gin, ginger liqueur, falernum, lime, cranberry syrup
- Christmas Eve of Destruction
  - Overproof rum, Benedictine, lime juice, nutmeg syrup
- ⭐ Jingle Bird (Sippin Santa)
  - Bourbon, pineapple rum, nutmeg syrup, cinnamon syrup, lime juice, Campari
- ⭐Jet Pilot
  - Lime, grapefruit, cinnamon syrup, falernum, Jamaican rum, gold rum, overproof rum, absinthe, bitters
- Amaro di Cocco
  - Jamaican rum, black rum, Campari, sweet vermouth, pineapple, coconut cream
- ⭐Mai Tai (1944)
  - Jamaican rum, aged Martinique agricole, orgeat, orange curacao, lime
- Aku Aku Lapu
  - Lemon, pineapple, grapefruit, orange, falernum, moderately aged rum, Jamaican rum, Lemon Hart 151
- Angostura Colada
  - Jamaican rum, Angostura bitters, pineapple, coconut cream, lime juice
- Scorpion
  - Lime, orange juice, rum, brandy, orgeat
  - If you use blood oranges it turns pink!
- ⭐ Iron Ranger
  - Bourbon, lemon, pineapple, falernum, simple syrup, bitters
- Golden Wave
  - Light rum, pineapple, lemon, triple sec, falernum
  - Would be better with a nice funky Jamaican rum.
- Toucan Dance
  - Light Rum, Overproof Jamaican Rum, Lime, Orange, Red Fassionola, coconut cream
  - From Minimalist Tiki
- Hurricane
  - 2oz each of: Lemon juice, Red Fassionola, OFTD, Smith and Cross
- Chartreuse Swizzle
  - Chartreuse, Lime, Pineapple, Falernum
- ⭐ Captain’s Grog
  - Smuggler’s Cove recipe. Maple syrup, falernum, orange curacao, vanilla extract, almond extract, lime, grapefruit, dark rum, light rum, black rum.
- Corn ‘n Oil
  - 2:1 Rum and Falernum, then a few dashes of bitters. I used Blackwell and homemade Falernum #10
- Navy Grog
  - Jamaican rum, demerara rum, grapefruit, lime, honey mix, soda
- Lost Lake
  - Lime, Jamaican rum, Campari, Maraschino, passion fruit
- Planter’s Punch
  - Lime, syrup, rum, falernum, allspice
- Ti’Punch
- Saturn (frozen version)
  - Gin, lemon, orgeat, passionfruit, falernum
- ⭐ Rum Barrel Remix
  - In Minimalist Tiki.
  - Lime, pineapple, fassionola, Falernum, allspice, aged Jamaican, aged rum, OFTD
- ⭐ Commando Grog
  - In Minimalist Tiki
  - OFTD, Jamaican rum, falernum, cinnamon syrup, orgeat, allspice, lime, grapefruit
- Pearl Diver
  - Gardenia Mix, unaged rum, lime, peach brandy, Jamaican rum
- Bitter Mai Tai
  - Campari, Jamaican rum, lime, orgeat
- ⭐ Humuhumunukunukuapua’a
  - Gin, lemon juice, orgeat, pineapple juice, Peychaud’s
- ⭐️ Eastern Sour
  - Lemon juice, rye, orgeat, orange juice, simple syrup.
  - Original is fine, but it is better with more orgeat and less lemon juice.
- ⭐️ Mai Tai Planter’s Punch
  - bitters, rum, orgeat, Donn’s spices number 2, orange curacao, lime
- ⭐️ St. Lucian
  - Dark rum, orange shrubb, Averna, cinnamon syrup, bitters
- Coconaut
  - Dark Jamaican rum, Coco Lopez, lime juice
- False Idol
  - By Chad Austin
  - pineapple and navy strength rum, orange, lemon, orgeat, coconut cream, cinnamon syrup
- Breakfast Mai Tai
  - Jamaican rum, banana liqueur, orgeat, lime, cinnamon syrup
Want to try
- Ancient Mariner
- Frozen Planter’s Punch – SC
- Royal Hawaiian
- Agricole Guava cooler – SC
- Mammoth Tusk – MT
- https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/juke-cup-cocktail/
- https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/just-friends-a-jungle-bird-riff/
- Bumboat – SC
- Doctor Funk
June 12, 2022

Drinks

AI, art, boat, cocktail, cocktails, drinks, fruit, Garden, home, recipe, rum, tiki
Paddling the Hudson River Valley
Resources
- A Kayaker’s Guide to the Hudson River Valley: The Quieter Waters–Rivers, Creeks, Lakes and Ponds by Shari Aber
- Hudson River Greenway Water Trail
Map

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1T7t_EIvBrn8RZPTH6BG90EXlQawGWdD6&usp=sharing

My favorite Hudson launch points
- Peekskill
  - Boat launch by train station
  - Kayak floating dock in the park to the north of the train station and playground
  - Annsville Creek
- Yonkers
  - Yonkers Padding and Rowing Club
    
    Accessible via the Bezack Center on Alexander St
  - JFK Marina
    
    Charges you in the summer
- Croton Point
  - If you go after 5pm in the summer, you can get in without paying and park by the beach
- Croton River
  - Accessible from the very back of the Croton train station parking lot
- Cold Spring
  - Launch area by the Cold Spring train station
- Montrose
  - George’s Island boat launch
- Verplanck
  - Steam Boat Dock
- Piermont
  - You can launch into the marsh off of Ferndon Ave
- Beacon
  - Launch area at Long Dock Park
- Bear Mountain
  - Mine Dock Park
Lakes
- Seven Lakes Drive in Harriman State Park
  - Lake Sebago
- FDR State Park
  - Mohansic Lake
February 20, 2022

Hudson Valley, Recreation

AI, boat, guideboat, Hudson Valley, kayak, paddling
Notes on building a skin-on-frame Adirondack Guideboat
Note: This is a work in progress. Still a lot to add.

Why skin-on-frame and not 100% wood?
- Skin-on-frame is much lighter. 45lbs vs 80+ lbs. A single person can pick it up and move it, put it on the car, etc.
Required reading
- We followed John Michne’s Building an Adirondack Guideboat: Reproductions of a unique regional classic for information on building the frame, but did not plank the frame once we created it. We also made the stem thinner than Michne recommends.
- Brian Schulz’s (Cape Falcon Kayaks) notes (1 and 2) on building skin-on-frame guideboats.
Things to buy
- Hardware – Need two sets of these. $300 total.
- 840 X-TRA Tuff Ballistic Nylon and Coating Value Kit from the Skin Boat Store / Corey Freedman – $173 (skin material + 2-part urethane)
- Seats from Essex – $150
- Two 4-ft lengths of brass stem strips from Noah’s Marine – $48
- Screws – Hillman Wood screws – Brass
  - #6 screws by 1” and 1.25”
  - #7 ¾”
  - #6 exterior screws – Hillman Power Pro Exterior
Build by Stage + notes

Step 1: Cutting Stock

Step 2: Laminating Ribs
- 14 layups (includes two zeros plus all the rest), 6 full plus about 3 ½ per. Should come out to 105 pieces.
- Harbor Freight 11 In. Swivel Pad Locking Pliers work GREAT for clamping. Use Tin Caps with tape to keep the clamps from leaving marks.
- Mark the center line in sharpie before slicing ribs so all center lines are the same.
- Laminate enough ½ pieces to make sure the corners are covered.
- Ribs 0 – 6 ten plies, 7-9 we did all12 (definitely not less than 10 ply for 0-6), sometimes 11-13
Step 3: Bottom Board
- Maybe try a nail on both ends to find centerline. Centerline and station perpendicular lines on top all marked before cutting to shape.
- Only need station lines on the top side because we pilot our holes
- Bevel pattern on bottom, bevel
- We used marine ply stems. Cedar flat sawn boards were expensive as hell and broke.
Step 4: Mounting bottom board
- Best to try to level it at this point- side to side
- Oil everything – Ribs, gunwales, stringers, bottom board, BEFORE attaching them.
- Attaching ribs
  - Rather than relying on measurements to determine screw locations, we setup the rib in place, traced the outline, removed it, and then piloted holes from the inside to the outside to get precise screw locations.
- Ribs: Getting the shoulder to the edge is key. If it is off, attaching the stringers is difficult.
Step 5: Attaching gunwale (center mark at rib 00)
- Use airplane jig, 14” on center. Bottom of airplane wings to top of gunwales at 00.
- At rib 6 top of airplane wings to top of gunwale
- Clamp all ribs. Start at center and move fore and aft centering ribs using spacer blocks.
- Attach to stems roughly 3 3/8 inches from top of stem to top of gunwale. Cut angles, epoxy, screw and lash, in that order.
- Pilot and countersink screw ribs only in the middle of the gunwale.
Step 6: Stringers
- For the future, use the marks on the rib templates 0, 3, 7, and 10 to mark where stringers should go.
- Nailing the stringers with the boat upside down is 5x easier than crawling underneath to nail them.
- Skip the nice brass nails and use a brad nail gun. The boat will rot before the stainless nails rust.
Step 7: Stems

Step 8: Decks

Step 9: Coating
- Use Rubio Monocoat
Step 9: Skinning
- Drape over the boat, pin along the bottom board.
- Wet with a spray bottle, pull tight, and staple along the gunwale. Use lots of stapes. Every inch. Don’t worry, there will be an outerwale. This is a two-person job.
- Stapling on the stems?
Step 10: Coating with urethane

Step 11: Outerwales + seats + hardware
February 20, 2022

Project

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Woodworking project ideas
Ideas from my index cards

Done, March 27, 2022

Other ideas

Machacadora (Wooden Bean Masher) – Rancho Gordo
The most wonderful thing that you had no idea that you wanted: the best tool for making refried beans (and a fine sauerkraut masher as well). We’ve been looking for a good machacadora for years. Who hasn’t? Normally when you find them they are made of cheap pine and split even with oiling and care. This beautiful versi
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CORZETTI PASTA Stamp 1 Handle 1florentine | Etsy
Hello Italian cuisine lover !! Here my CORZETTI PASTA STAMP which is showing a beautiful traditional Florentine Motif. Whether you are just a fan of Italian cuisine or a professional Chef, my Corzetti Stamps truly handmade by me in my old lab in Florence can not miss in your collection !! Simply
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- Garden Basket
  
  Cedar Garden Harvest Basket Cedar Garden Tote Hod Vegetable | Etsy
  **PLEASE NOTE that our shipping is currently on a 3-5 day shipping schedule. As Spring and gardening season approaches, well be back to our quick 1-3 day shipping. Thanks for your business and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!** -Lovingly created out of necessity for the gardener- a harvest gathering basket- With
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- Tart Tamper
- Pie carrying box
- Pepper Mill
- Seed organization box
  
  Seed Library
  As an avid gardener, you probably have a ton of seed packets stored in your shed. Keep them well-organized with the Garrett Wade seed library box today!
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- Carving mallet
- Turned wooden necklace pendants
- Turned ring holder
- Baguette tray
  
  Baguette Tray – Wild Cherry Spoon Co.
  Handcarved baguette tray measures 33″ long x 2″ tall x 4.5″ wide…the perfect size for a baguette or French loaf. Choose from Cherry/Maple or Walnut/Maple
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Wooden ice bucket with lid.

Tiki Stirrers & Swizzles
- Oars
- Traditional swizzle sticks from branches
Tiki mugs
- Barrel mugs, either from a full block of wood, or a glueup to more resemble a barrel
- Turning a resin coconut?
February 19, 2022

Ideas, Project

boat, project, tiki, Woodworking