Building Elf will have the race memory juices that Jung hints at running on all eight. There will be times in that workshop where the moaning chair has been taken, because some joint or other would not fit right. And you look over the boat, the Elf, as she takes her shape in front of you. The hair creeps on the back of your neck, and for tiniest moment you suspect that you are not alone.

Judith Wright, a loved Australian poet once wrote about our obligation to the past. We are, she said, the living vision of dead men's eyes. And in that moment, we know what she means. Soon you will go back and fit that joint, perfectly. You will know, as you later see this special boat's reflection in the waves, that you will have done credit to and become part of the continuum of that ancient past.
Two oarsmen, tandem wise.

Gorgeous.

Her 3 plank aside hull sports a balanced lug rig, and is rowed the traditional way (using kabes for rowlocks). You can make traditional faering oars, held in place by rope bands.

Woodfish has no centreboard, although one has been drawn should you wish to improve upwind performance.

This first Woodfish built by Adrian Morgan at Viking Boats, near Ullapool, UK.