2025 Concours D’Elegance

~ Best Of Show ~

Won by Newfound Woodworks

Professionally Built

Manually Powered

15′ Sporting Lake Boat

“Rangeley” designed Newfound Woodworks

Built by Newfound Woodworks

Top: Kayak – Sea Wolf 17′

Center: Canoe – Kruger 17′

Bottom/Back (Behind Rangeley): Abenaki 17′

Foreground: Rangeley Lake Boat 15′

“The Rangeley Boat is a distinctive American sporting boat that has been in use on the Rangeley Lakes of Maine for well over 100 years, and was well known to past generations of fishermen for its numerous excellent characteristics. It was not limited to the Rangeley’s, for by 1900 it was in common use by fishermen on the Belgrade Lakes, on Sebago Lake, and on other lakes in western and southern Maine.” from Building Classic Small Craft, Vol. 1 by John Gardner.

This Rangeley was designed by the Newfound Woodworks. It is based on offsets from the John Gardner book, Building Classic Small Craft. The original Rangeley boats were cedar lapstrake construction with ribs on the inside. Our version is cedar strip-built with epoxy resin and fiberglass cloth providing strength and protection. The Rangeley Lake boats are very stable.

Available are 3 different sizes: 15′, 16.5′ & 17′.
Also offered is a double-ended Rangeley!

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Thank you to those who stopped by and visited with us,
as well as those who attended Saturday and Sunday’s Skills Demonstrations
to watch our presentation on Cedar Strip Building with Fiberglassing!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at 2026 WoodenBoat Show

Mystic, CT ~ June 26 – 28, 2026