Early Boatmaking Projects
(1991–2002)

In 1991 I built a small aluminum rowboat and started exploring the network of canals underneath downtown Providence Rhode Island. Since then I have built over 20 boats to explore cities in the U.S. and around the world. I dug up all the photographs I have, and together they make a kind of history of my exploration and boat building – or a history of the Tide and Current Taxi.
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The first boat
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Tiber River, Rome
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Providence Canals 1991-2002
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San Fransisco Bay
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Neva River, Russia
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Savannah, Georgia
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Salzach River, Austria
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New York