Journal

Forty years of arguing with the water.

Hull design, weight, materials, and how to tell a good skiff from a good-looking one. Mostly things Harry has said out loud somewhere already.

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What Interfaces With The Water Is The Boat
Harry has been building poling skiffs since 1978. His whole design philosophy fits in one sentence, and it explains why two skiffs that look identical can fish nothing alike.
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Where The Technical Poling Skiff Actually Came From
Harry was guiding the Keys when the technical poling skiff was invented. Here is the short history, told by someone standing in it, including credit to the boats that got there first.
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