: You're right, Bill. I've never seen one here in the Finger Lakes.
: In fact the only wooden boats I see are antiques. Morehouse and
: PenYann were built here.

: As far as thwarts vs. frames go, I guess the choice is between
: interference at the gunwales or on the floor.

: Ed

Ahhh, Pen Yanns :)

When I was a kid at my grandparents cottage at a small lake in NY the neighbor had a pair of those moored on the lake, looked at them fondly every day. (spent most of the summer for a number of years living at that cottage, nice memories)

Bill H.