Emerald Bay Photo News and Updates

Bend-based travel writer Tim Neville and I have been working for the past 8 months on a 4-part series of articles for Canoe & Kayak Magazine, chronicling his efforts to build a kit kayak in his garage.

Arriving at Part 3, he writes:

"You start out building a boat with all these grand, romantic visions of Man and His Craft, getting sawdust in your hair, sanding a keel that's fair and true, and then reality hits. You don't know shit and things that should take an hour take a day.

Then winter hits and it's freezing outside and you have no place to work. But you're not alone with your troubles. In fact, there's a whole community of boat builders out there with all the knowledge you need. Hit it right and not only will you have a warm place to work with an expert to guide you, but you'll become friends in the process and that means paddling buddies when it's all said and done."

And looky here - a community of saw dust, glue and cedar he found indeed:



Look for the entire story and more pics in the May or June issue of Canoe & Kayak Magazine.

Because I'm lame though and forgot to post pics of Part 1 & 2, here they are now. Better late than never, right?

Labels: boat building, Canoe and Kayak, Editorial Photography