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Lucas Fink began building canoes in 2003, launching LucasCraft in early 2004. A fourth-generation woodworker who
grew up in a millwork shop, he purchased his first canoe at age thirteen. It was an old 13’ Allagash in need of
repair. His father built new seats, a yoke, and a black walnut paddle before it pushed off from the wooded shores
of Black Creek in Bergen, NY. Ten years later, following graduation from St. Bonaventure University, the love of
canoeing and the woodshop upbringing merged in the form of a 17’ cedar strip. Soon Lucas packed every available
space with templates, jigs, and hulls in various stages of completion: LucasCraft was born.
Lucas has since moved with his wife, Joy, to Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore, setting up his own shop on their
property near Salisbury. He and Joy find what time they can to escape to the cypress swamps of southern Delaware,
paddling with their dog, Shiloh.
Andrew Fink joined LucasCraft in 2005 upon graduating from Hamilton
College. With the same woodshop education as his brother, Andrew found boatbuilding infinitely more appealing
than his computer science degree (particularly the part about working at a desk).
Though currently pursuing other projects in Atlanta, including
learning how to sail, Andrew continues to maintain the LucasCraft website and hopes to join Lucas at some of this
summer's shows.
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