Building A Boat, And A Friendship In Upstate New York

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October 16, 2015

Bill Smithers has worked in wood for more than 30 years, as a master furniture maker and as the Antique Boat Museum's resident boat builder in the late 1980s and early 1990s. (David Sommerstein)

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, David Sommerstein of North Country Public Radio takes us out on the St. Lawrence River with an angler who wanted a perfect boat rooted in history, and a craftsman who agreed to make it.

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David Sommerstein, reporter for NCPR. He tweets @davidncpr.

This segment aired on October 16, 2015.