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WENDY

A Gartside rowing skiff made of an unusual wood

From Issue October 2015

The 6mm Vendia planking has four of its five veneers running lengthwise; it easily twisted to meet the stems.

Adrian Morgan builds traditional boats by the shores of Loch Broom, a long inlet on Scotland’s west coast. He does business as Viking Boats of Ullapool, and has devoted himself to preserving traditional forms and methods, so it was quite a departure for him to use a recently developed laminate for planking instead of locally harvested larch and oak to build a rowing skiff for his friend Jan.

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Alan says:

October 1, 2015 at 8:28 pm

Gorgeous boat and exceptional craftsmanship! I was one of the people who read the article about Vendia in the September/October 2015 issue of WoodenBoat and was really excited about using it, only to visit the Vendia website and discover that they were shutting down the operation. I hope they figure out how to hand off the business to someone else, because it’s an exciting-sounding product.

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