Part Two: A canoe marathon, the hard way

This is Part Two of a story that first appeared in Vermont Sports magazine. Part One appeared in our Monday, July 22, edition. ADDISON — In 2013 Addison boatbuilder Peter Macfarlane celebrated his 50th birthday in a way probably only a veteran of many a kayak and canoe marathon race in his native England would dream of. Late that spring Macfarlane became one of only slightly more than 100 people to through-paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail from its western end in Old Forge, N.Y., to Fort Kent, Maine. T … (read more)

This is Part One of a story that first appeared in Vermont Sports magazine. ADDISON — Peter Macfarlane is not someone who does things the easy way. Stepping into his Addison barn workshop, where two chairs and a book of fiddle tunes sit out, left over fro … (read more)