The Rowboat Hall
Ever since winemaking took off in the Finger Lakes, especially around Keuka Lake, the need for personal boats for leisure and fishing increased in popularity and demand. Normally fishing and winemaking don't seem to strike very many similarities in people's minds. Yet the tourism brought to this area by the increasingly popular wines of the area emphasized a need by many tourists to "experience" the waters through small boats. Thus began the industry of small "pleasure-craft" boat building -- the trout boats and rowboats.
The Boats
Each boat on display has either been donated to our museum, or has been put on loan from its owner to be displayed inside the galleries of the museum. We are truly grateful for the support the museum receives through boat donations and loans. Boats restored by the Museum will be underscored.
Inside Building 9 [Clockwise]

Two Photos of Building 9 Before the Boats
2014-2020

1925 Skaneateles Boat & Canoe "LXL"
- Rowboat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Donated by Douglas McIlroy Etna, NH

[Restored] George Hall Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Single seat
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- FLBM

1948 Fred Lacy Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Double seat
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- Donated by:
Tom Dinse
Fairport, NY

Seymour Smith Rowboat
- Rowboat
- Double seat
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- Donated by:
Scott Dewey

Seymour Smith Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Double seat
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- Donated by:
Don Palmatier

1905 Henry Sutherland "Double-Ender"
- Rowboat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Clarence Wiley Branchport, NY

Ernest Sutherland "Double Ender"
- Rowboat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Leslie Rolfe

[Replica] 1990 Dan Sutherland Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Sylvia Wightman Eaton

Charles Ernst Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Carl W. Long
Martinsburg, WV

Wright Built Boats Rowboat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Loan:
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
Hammondsport, NY

Penn Yan "Solo Fishing" Boat
- Trout boat
- Single seat
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- Loan:
Jeff Mckee

1944 George Pragel Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat

[Replica] 2019 Adelbert Todd Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- FLBM

Ben Reno Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Loan:
Art Parsons

1952 Penn Yan Boat Co. "Kingfisher"
- Fishing Boat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Elaine Galdarone
Ashway, RI

Ben Reno Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Stuart Komer

Ben Reno Rowboat
- Rowboat
- Triple seat
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- FLBM

1925 Charles Pilgrim Rowboat
- Rowboat
- Triple seat
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- Loan:
Lois Allis
Bath, NY

Charles Pilgrim Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Don Pilgrim

Mitchell Rowboat
- Rowboat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Dick Shorts
Canandaigua, NY

Mitchell Trout Boat
- Trout boat
- Triple seat
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- Donated by:
Joan A. Hall