Located in Eel Town on Shelter Island, Shelter Island Boat Works is a small boat shop established in 2019. Concentrating on small wooden boats under 20 feet, repair work has also included larger wooden boats. The first blog posts focus on the Seaford Skiff build. It is a 14′ shallow draft, wooden duck hunting boat designed in the 1870s. There were many variations of this boat that sailed the waters around Seaford, Long Island.

Earlier work includes an Annapolis Wherry and the restoration of a 1960s Dyer Midget. The next build of a Herreshoff Coquina has started.

… in the beginning