Rangeley Lake Boat

In 1978, Barry Thomas and Ed McClave selected Mystic Seaport's small Rangegely Lake boat as a subject for reconstruction and study with the aim of learning more about series wooden-boatbuilding.  The project resulted in a new set of plans for this boat and considerable information about Rangeley boatbuilding methods.  Rangeley boats generally were 17' long, intended to be rowed by a guide.  This 14'7" boat is better suited to a single or pair of anglers. A relatively low-deadrise bottom gives stability for cross-boat fly casting.  Ed and Barry worked out a compression stem-bending technique for the boats built at the Museum, which Ed described in "Bending Stems at Mystic Seaport", WoodenBoat 33, March/April 1984.  From 87 Boat Designs by Ben Fuller.  Lines drawn in 1973 and revised by Edward F. McClave in 1978.  Construction drawing by Edward F. McClave in 1978. 

WSP.7.45