Richard Cook says his new fishing boat feels right in the water.
Cook’s is the most recent wooden vessel crafted by Haines boatbuilder Joey Jacobson, a 20-foot Danish herring boat Cook chose from a book of classic designs. The sprit-rigged sailboat has been in the works at a Letnikof shop since January.
Cook, an engineer on the ferry Kennecott, said he was looking for something different to take out on the water.
“I spend so…