As you all know, I promote the Traditional Small Craft Association at the drop of a hat. This time it's the Crystal River Boat Builders Chapter. These folks are very seriously recreating the documented history of locally built boats of Crystal River in western Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico. Their signature boats are completely handmade, with no power tools. Their current project, the USS WARTAPPO was used by the East Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron along the Crystal River shore during the US…
