WALTER BARON has been building wooden boats for over 30 years out of his Old Wharf Dory Co.shops in the Wellfleet area of Massachusetts. Originally a house carpenter, he started reading lots of books on boatbuilding, subscribed to WoodenBoat magazine, and began building simple plywood prams and doing wooden boat repairs. Throughout his boatbuilding career,Walter has constructed an impressive number of craft including prams, a wide variety of skiffs, Swampscottdories,an18' NorwalkIslandsharpie, an 18' Simmons sea skiff, a 28' Beetle whaleboat, various Phil Bolger designs,a 23' Oregon Dorystyle work skiff for the town of Wellfleet, along with numerous repairs and restorations. When not building boats, he has worked as a commercial fisherman, both on a dragger and on the flats of Wellfleet.