Hilary Russell
BERKSHIRE BOATBUILDING SCHOOL
PO Box 578
Sheffield MA 01257
413-229-2549
Email: hemlockgrange@earthlink.net
Website: berkshireboatbuildingschool.org
Director of the Berkshire Boat Building School, Hilary Russell has refined and taught skin-on-frame boat construction since 1998. In addition to the course, he offers boats for sale. He currently teaches at his shop in Sheffield, MA and has taught at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, ME, the Lloyd Center in So. Dartmouth, MA, IS183 Art School, Stockbridge, MA, The Heartwood School in Washington, MA, the Ship Building Museum in Essex, MA, Great Camp Sagamore in Raquette Lake, NY, the Adirondack Folk School in Lake Lucerne, NY, the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont, Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield, VT, The annual Northern Wilderness Paddlers Gathering in Lake Fairlee, VT
Publications:
Articles in Adirondack Life, Messing About in Boats, and WoodenBoat
Book Building Skin-on-Frame Double Paddle Canoes
Book reviews:
"Your book is inspiring.... very clear and concise but comprehensive within the subject. And the elegant simplicity of the canoes. — Iain Oughtred
"We appreciate the logical progression of the text from material and tools… to building, skinning … finishing up. …a good bibliography… and a list of sources…"— Nim Marsh, Editor, Points East
"... step-by-step instructions guide the neophyte in the construction of these graceful and beautiful craft." — Matt Murphy, Editor, WoodenBoat Magazine
Hilary Russell ... has demonstrated , with admirable clarity ... how to build a vessel that combines beauty and practicality to a degree that is rarely achieved.— George Dyson, Author of Baidarka
"The helpful thing is that the author relates the instructions to actually using and caring for the canoe, so you always benefit from his experience both building the boats and using them" — Jo Moran, Water Craft [UK]
