Chine bLog » 1A. Skin-on-frame Outrigger Canoe (2010) http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:06:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ideas welcome – beginning the redesign / rebuild of AL DEMANY CHIMAN’s ama http://www.chineblog.com/2011/11/ideas-welcome-beginning-the-redesign-rebuild-of-al-demany-chimans-ama/ http://www.chineblog.com/2011/11/ideas-welcome-beginning-the-redesign-rebuild-of-al-demany-chimans-ama/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:21:37 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1891 As I have noted before, one of the biggest issues I have found with the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN is that the ama isn’t working out. The shape is a bit off and it ships too much water. Having completed a number of smaller maintenance items since calling an end to the season, [...] Related posts:
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As I work away on refinements to the sailing rig for my skin-on-frame outrigger sailing canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN, I wanted to show off a few more details of the rig as it is. I posted a variant of this view before, but I think this is a better picture. It gives a sense [...] Related posts:

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She’s all ready for show…

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I finished up the spars for the sailing rig on my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe, AL DEMANY CHIMAN today. That meant setting the sail for the first time. Some kinks to work out, but good progress.

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There were a few items I thought it would be useful to touch upon in summary.

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I have added a boom from the original conception. It is now [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2011/03/update-on-al-demany-chiman-sail-plan-and-leeboard/feed/ 9 Leather – where can one get it? http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/leather-where-can-one-get-it/ http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/leather-where-can-one-get-it/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:26:17 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1657 High boat peeps. I am having a hard time tracking down leather for use in anti-chaffing capacities on AL DEMANY CHIMAN. I have found oar leather kits, but I need it less pre-prepared than that. Anyone have any good sources?

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Here is your host, applying polyurethane. This was a bit of annoying process, all [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/09/close-to-the-end-of-phase-1-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-gets-its-skin/feed/ 0 [Triumphant horns] The frame of the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe is D-O-N-E!!! http://www.chineblog.com/2010/09/triumphant-horns-the-frame-of-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-canoe-is-d-o-n-e/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/09/triumphant-horns-the-frame-of-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-canoe-is-d-o-n-e/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:51:40 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1225 And then the drill went silent, the sawdust settled, and there, before us, lay a completed frame for the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe.

It’s hard to believe that a) its been about 10 months in the making to complete the main hull frame and b) that I thought I’d be done in June! It [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/09/triumphant-horns-the-frame-of-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-canoe-is-d-o-n-e/feed/ 0 The first true look – fitting together the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/the-first-true-look-fitting-together-the-sik-on-frame-outrigger-canoe/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/the-first-true-look-fitting-together-the-sik-on-frame-outrigger-canoe/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:20:16 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1203 It was a nice day, I had the whole morning, and, frankly, it was time. Today I put the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe together for the first time: wa’a, iakos, and ama – the whole shebang.

My assessment is that things fit pretty well, though I need to sand down the pegs at the end [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/the-first-true-look-fitting-together-the-sik-on-frame-outrigger-canoe/feed/ 2 We weathered the storm – the Del Ray microburst of 2010 http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/we-weathered-the-storm-the-del-ray-microburst-of-2010/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/we-weathered-the-storm-the-del-ray-microburst-of-2010/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:22:57 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1180 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.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/we-weathered-the-storm-the-del-ray-microburst-of-2010/feed/ 0