When his boat was out of commission, David Reiter had the chance to run a buddy’s classic downeast skiff. After driving it, he had to have one and went down the rabbit hole, landing atop a set of decades old hull molds in a Maine backyard. When he took the molds to Dragonfly Boatwork’s legendary Mark Castlow, the stunning Tashmoo Boatworks 18 was born. Check out this newly reborn classic with Senior Editor, Chris Dixon.
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Senior Editor, Power & Motoryacht
Chris Dixon is the author of Ghost Wave and The Ocean, The Ultimate Handbook of Nautical Knowledge. His writing has appeared in The New York Times bestseller The Southerner’s Handbook. His writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Outside, Popular Mechanics and Garden & Gun. He grew up boating, fishing and surfing along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, once spent a year working and traveling with Jimmy Buffett and today lives in Charleston with his wife, son and daughter.
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