Chine bLog » 5. Boat Media http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Heads-up Aussies – Melbourne Wooden Boat Festival is coming up http://www.chineblog.com/2010/02/heads-up-aussies-melbourne-wooden-boat-festival-is-coming-up/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/02/heads-up-aussies-melbourne-wooden-boat-festival-is-coming-up/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:37:10 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=993 No, no one has invited to fly me down under to report (though I am still willing to negotiate!), but, since I know folks from the South-side check in, I wanted to make sure folks knew about this cool-sounding event: the Wooden Boat Festival, held this year in Melbourne, Australia on February 20-21. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/02/heads-up-aussies-melbourne-wooden-boat-festival-is-coming-up/feed/ 2 Catching up with the traditional boat blogosphere – recent stuff from some peers http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/catching-up-with-the-traditional-boat-blogosphere-recent-stuff-from-some-peers/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/catching-up-with-the-traditional-boat-blogosphere-recent-stuff-from-some-peers/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:56:04 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=954 I have so engaged in designing and building that I haven’t been on the computer as much in the PMs. I have clearly been missing out on what some of our traditional boat peeps have been putting up. In case you missed it directly, here is some stuff to check out:

Indigenous Boats Bob over at Indigenous [...] Related posts:

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Last Winter we finally read one of Tim Severin’s books, The China Voyage: Across The Pacific By Bamboo Raft and posted some reactions, all positive. One of our friends said, at the time, that if we liked that book, Severin’s The Brendan Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat was better still. [...] Related posts:

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Thanks to Bowsprite for stopping by and prompting us to return the favor. What a great blog. Its author is apparently a nice sketch artist with an affinity for the maritime comings and goings in greater New York Harbor. Great stuff here and well worth scrolling through the portfolio.

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No [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/02/bowsprite-a-very-cool-new-maritime-blog-2/feed/ 1 Deliciously “crazy” design concept from Proafile http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/deliciously-crazy-design-concept-from-proafile-2/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/deliciously-crazy-design-concept-from-proafile-2/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 03:08:15 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/334-guid.html

I just popped over to Proafile, where I don’t spend enough time, and was rewarded with a really nice piece of small boat design mind-candy. Michael Schacht, who writes the blog, has a concept that is one-part heresy and one-part genius – the stuff we need more of. He has taken a “sacred” [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/deliciously-crazy-design-concept-from-proafile-2/feed/ 0 Interesting new small boat blog on the scene: Small Craft Advisor http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/interesting-new-small-boat-blog-on-the-scene-small-craft-advisor/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/interesting-new-small-boat-blog-on-the-scene-small-craft-advisor/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:01:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/333-guid.html Thanks to the Small Craft Advisor blog for picking up Chine bLog. This looks like a nice resource for small craft adventurers. Welcome and fair winds to ya!

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Our series on the Delaware Ducker at Chesapeake Bat Maritime Museum, part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4, because first person accounts are always best. The visit [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/the-best-of-the-rest-from-2008/feed/ 0 Chine bLog’s favorite post of 2008 http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/chine-blogs-favorite-post-of-2008/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/chine-blogs-favorite-post-of-2008/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:41:15 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/326-guid.html So we are a wee bit tardy on this, but I plead quality time with my young family over the holidays. Anyone going to argue now?! :^) I thought not…

As some of our colleagues in the boat blog world noticed, Tillerman over at Proper Course posted a challenge to pick out your [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/01/chine-blogs-favorite-post-of-2008/feed/ 1 Chine bLog’s favorite RSS feeds – read what we are reading http://www.chineblog.com/2008/10/chine-blogs-favorite-rss-feeds-read-what-we-are-reading/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/10/chine-blogs-favorite-rss-feeds-read-what-we-are-reading/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:20:34 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/315-guid.html You know it has happened… you are browsing the web, finding the usual junk, and it hits you… you need to know what Chine bLog reads. We consume much of our info via RSS feeds, so let us make it easy for you to check out what we check out. In the new [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/10/chine-blogs-favorite-rss-feeds-read-what-we-are-reading/feed/ 2 “Shadow Divers” – a fantastic read http://www.chineblog.com/2008/10/shadow-divers-a-fantastic-read/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/10/shadow-divers-a-fantastic-read/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:55:04 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/313-guid.html

I recently read “Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II”, by Robert Kurson. It is a well-known book at this point and you may have read it. If not, you really ought to – it is fantastic. [...] Related posts:

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