Tied Up

Late light on the lake and a row of Stancraft runabouts with nowhere to go. This is northern Idaho in summer — long days, warm wood, quiet water, the Bitterroots going hazy in the distance. Stancraft has been building boats here for decades, each one hand-shaped from African mahogany and finished with sixteen coats of varnish until the wood glows. Some days the best thing a boat like this can do is sit at the dock and catch the sun.