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Zip Builder Honors Mom With His Boat

Zip Builder Honors Mom With His Boat

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Apr 20th 2012

Rick brought his beautiful Zip to the Gathering of Boatbuilders in Tennessee last year. His boat has so many beautiful features that I knew we had to get a video of it. Rick has a CNC mac … read more
History Photo #7

History Photo #7

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Apr 13th 2012

Since we've been in business since 1953, there have been some designs that have been removed from our print catalog. Designs are usually removed because they just didn't sell well and space was needed … read more
True Grit Builder Upgrades Video

True Grit Builder Upgrades Video

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Mar 29th 2012

Today, Ray Macke walks us through the upgrades he made to to his True Grit. We detailed his changes in a previous blog post that you can read here, but it's so much more fun to have Ray actually show … read more
Stiletto Update

Stiletto Update

Posted by pamelalynne1 on Mar 22nd 2012

With the beautiful weather this week in upstate NY I put a final coat of varnish on the deck, a final coat of paint on the side decks, set my old Johnson 25 on the transom to lighten the tongue weight … read more
Monaco Builder Interview

Monaco Builder Interview

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Mar 16th 2012

I really love a Georgia accent! And, you'll definitely hear one in today's interview with David Barrett who built a Monaco 19 foot Classic Inboard Mahogany Runabout. David has been to all of ou … read more

Sherwood Queen Builder Interview

Posted by Gayle Brantuk on Feb 23rd 2012

  Kenneth Thomas built the Glen-L Sherwood Queen in his spare time and in spite of very serious health issues. This is another interview that was filmed at the 2011 Gathering of Boatbuilder … read more