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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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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 http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/nice-malagasy-outrigger-canoe/ http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/nice-malagasy-outrigger-canoe/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:25:54 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1620 I confess to an act of embezzlement against my employer, Forum One Communications. In passing through the kitchen a saw a stack of holiday cards and one caught my eye, for obvious reasons, so I pilfered it for my office wall:

The card came from a client of ours, the MacArthur Foundation (of “genius [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/nice-malagasy-outrigger-canoe/feed/ 5 http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/iain-oughtred-kits-available/ http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/iain-oughtred-kits-available/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:43:07 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1603 I noted recently that Jordan Boats in the UK has started producing Iain Oughtred design kits. They have licensed the patterns to Hewes & Company of Maine in North America. I am guessing that this a quality kits, though they are for experienced builders (no materials provided other than the cut lumber). Even so, this [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2011/01/iain-oughtred-kits-available/feed/ 0 http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/starting-part-ii-of-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-canoe-project-al-demany-chimans-sails/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/starting-part-ii-of-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-canoe-project-al-demany-chimans-sails/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:58:25 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1342 I have started inquiring about sailmakers for AL DEMANY CHIMAN’s rig. I have much less comfort with this process, so I am looking forward to working it through with someone. My inquiries turned up a consistent recommendation in this area: Dabbler Sails, on Virginia’s Northern Neck. I have an email in to proprietor Stuart Hopkins, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/starting-part-ii-of-the-skin-on-frame-outrigger-canoe-project-al-demany-chimans-sails/feed/ 0 http://www.chineblog.com/2010/11/trans-pacific-in-a-strip-built-kayak/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/11/trans-pacific-in-a-strip-built-kayak/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:16:05 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1317 I found this piece from several months back (via My WoodenBoat of the Week) about a couple paddling from Phuket, Thailand to San Francisco via the Bering Sea. I concur with one other reader that it is a nicely-built Nick Shade design. Anyone heard tell of this voyage?

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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 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