Chine bLog » 1B. Peace Canoe (2007)

End of [short] era: PEACE OF THE PUZZLE moves on

Tim Shaw — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:56:03 +0000

Semi-momentus occasion here at Chine bLog HQ this AM as our Peace Canoe PEACE OF THE PUZZLE shipped out for good. She will be headed for safekeeping with our friends at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum awaiting their fundraising auction in the fall. She will then be sold to raise funds for the Museum. [...] Related posts:

Quick update from the wooden boats of Chine bLog Spring is springing here in metro-Washington, DC and the waters...

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Quick update from the wooden boats of Chine bLog

Tim Shaw — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:14:30 +0000

Spring is springing here in metro-Washington, DC and the waters will soon be calling the fleet to them. I have been focused on the sailing rig for AL DEMANY CHIMAN, the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe. I gave a hint of this in a prior post. Since then, the sail arrived (yeah!) and it looks great. Its [...] Related posts:

Update on AL DEMANY CHIMAN – sail plan and leeboard For those of you that have been following the progress...

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We weathered the storm – the Del Ray microburst of 2010

Tim Shaw — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:22:57 +0000

We got a good scare yesterday here in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, VA. A front was coming through and we were expecting our usual summer thunderstorms. Instead, we now have firsthand knowledge of what a microburst is (sudden series of very strong gusts downward from a storm and then, at ground level, outward). [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The 2007 Peace Canoe project – an index

Tim Shaw — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:31:20 +0000

I decided it might be helpful for folks that are coming to see info about my Peace Canoe, PEACE OF THE PUZZLE, to have a little better overview page for the project. Below, therefore, please find a list of all the related posts, along with the topics covered.

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Successful christening and launch of the Peace Canoe!

Tim Shaw — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:36:00 +0000

Gorgeous October day here outside DC, a perfect day to be on the water. Gulls and an osprey wheeling about, gusty nor’wester keeping things clear and cool, the pleasant surroundings of Mason Neck State Park (map) – just the environment to christen and launch the Peace Canoe. So christen it we did (the kids helped), [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Initial performance thoughts on the Peace Canoe

Tim Shaw — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:33:00 +0000

So we have a short paddle in PEACE OF THE PUZZLE under our belts now. I spent a couple months building it (a few have asked me for hours – I have no idea, but it was a good many) – aftre all that work, what is this boat like? Obviously I’ll need much more [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

And that’s a wrap! The Peace Canoe is complete!

Tim Shaw — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:53:00 +0000

I have spent much of my free daylight hours over the last couple weeks putting paint on the Peace Canoe. Today, at about 10:30 AM local, I made some final touch-ups and called her done.

Obviously there are little things that make me cringe (that only I will likely notice, for the most [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Getting closer – ready to paint the Peace Canoe

Tim Shaw — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:27:03 +0000

And after a couple weeks of planing and sanding and one final clean-up, she is ready to paint. Voila!

I have also chosen the colors, not an easy task for me. She will look something like this:

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Structurally complete! The Peace Canoe gets a bottom

Tim Shaw — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:40:00 +0000

And then, after a final push, in the gathering twilight, the Peace Canoe had a bottom. And that, gentle readers, means she is structurally complete. Houston, we have a boat!

Just a whole lotta planning and sanding, plus a mother lode of plastic wood, and we will be cracking open a paint can or [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Back in business – the Peace Canoe

Tim Shaw — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:19:00 +0000

At long last, I believe I have the sheer clamps replaced in a working manner. Man, oh man, was that an mistake that added time to the project! Just getting the broken ones off took several nights of careful digging for the nails with a tack-puller and cutting the goop with a utility knife. Exhausting [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Building the Peace Canoe – time on the Moaning Chair

Tim Shaw — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:55:09 +0000

At the beginning of Howard Chapelle’s seminal tome Boatbuilding, there is a 4-page introduction in which Chapelle goes through the entire building process at a 10,000′ level. After talking through getting out molds, cutting the rabbet, and installing deck beams, Chapelle devotes the final paragraph to a subject that one must assume is of equal [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Peace Canoe gets seats and gets closer to full sides

Tim Shaw — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:53:40 +0000

Voila, the seats are ready. I have been working on them at night or during glue cures, and they have come along well. Here is the middle one. The plans specify cut-outs on the ends of the seats; I added my own flavor of these cut-outs.

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The Peace Canoe progresses – have plywood, will start cuttin’

Tim Shaw — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:59:00 +0000

So I got the plywood, some good quality, from what I can tell, marine fir. That in hand, it was time to start getting big pieces together, starting with the sides.

The plans call for five 4×8 sheets of 1/4″ plywood, 2 1/3 of which go into the sides. The Getting Started in Boats [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

More on the Peace Canoe – scarfing sheer clamps and chine logs

Tim Shaw — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:42:00 +0000

While I wait on the plywood I have been preparing the sheer clamps and chine logs, which I took out of 10′ and 12′ 1x. I thus have had to – and the write-up in Getting Started in Boats assumes this – scarf pieces together for these fore-and-aft members. I am not a very steady [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Beginning work on the Peace Canoe

Tim Shaw — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:38:45 +0000

I have begun gathering the lumber and hardware for the Peace Canoe project. It is, by the way, AMAZINGLY difficult to find appropriate plywood. Even specialty places around here – and while we are not a maritime center here in DC, we aren’t land-locked, either – seemed to have a hard time once “marine grade” [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Walking the walk – a wooden boat (Peace Canoe) for Chine bLog!

Tim Shaw — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:08:13 +0000

So here is the situation: as I have mentioned I have a family with small children. I get to go out in my kayak sometimes, but if we had our own boat, I would get out much more because it can be a family activity. Rentals are possible, but leave things to chance (availability) and [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.