WYATT LAWRENCE grew up in “herring choker” territory way Down East on the Canadian side of Passamaquoddy Bay in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. It was there at the age of 17 that he began his introduction to the world of traditional skills, hand tools, and boatbuilding during an apprenticeship with Harry Bryan. Following that, Wyatt enrolled in a twoyear boatbuilding course with Jim Day, learning the basics of design, lofting, and woodworking skills, involving the construction of bothWhitehall type craft and lobsterboats designed by Jim and Arno Day. Upon graduation from this program, Wyatt worked as a deckhand on an old Cape Island lobsterboat in the Bay of Fundy, and eventually moved to Nova Scotia. His first boat commission there was for a 36' Royal Lowell–designed lobsterboat built single-handedly in a 38' shed outside of Halifax. After numerous repair jobs, an order for a “sinking skiff” for the feature film The Shipping News, a brief stint in a California boatyard, and leading a group of over 150 volunteers (not all at once) through the construction of a 30' Sable Island surf boat, Wyatt has now returned to his home to once again work alongside Harry Bryan in his New Brunswick shop. Their most recent work together has seen the completion of a 21' Alden sloop, as well as a 23' garvey.