Chine bLog » 6. Organizations & Education 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 Nice piece on boatbuilding helping troubled youth http://www.chineblog.com/2011/10/nice-piece-on-boatbuilding-helping-troubled-youth/ http://www.chineblog.com/2011/10/nice-piece-on-boatbuilding-helping-troubled-youth/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:45:51 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1881 I came across this piece in the Stamford Advocate on the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory’s Boat, Build and Sail program. An excerpt:

Boat, Build and Sail is a free, after-school, 13-week program each semester in which groups of 10 to 12 construct a wooden boat. Youths 12 to 18 go to the factory in Frankford [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2011/10/nice-piece-on-boatbuilding-helping-troubled-youth/feed/ 1 2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival – the complete pictures http://www.chineblog.com/2011/10/2011-mid-atlantic-small-craft-festival-the-complete-pictures/ http://www.chineblog.com/2011/10/2011-mid-atlantic-small-craft-festival-the-complete-pictures/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:59:51 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1841 I wanted to get these pictures of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival up right away; I’ll be adding captions soon.

[UPDATE] Captions are now on there. I encourage you to browse through. There were some AMAZING AMAZING boats there. I’d highlight the sailing canoe SEVEN STARS, the Melonseeds, the sailing canoe in pictures [...] Related posts:

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For those scoring at home, your 2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival sailing race winner was a Sunfish. A non-traditional, plastic boat – kinda violates my sensibilities. But well done.

I am eager to get going with the paddling race as it is COLD here in St. Michael’s, MD.

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It’s a chilly, breezy day here, but a kayak with amas and a bat-wing sail is out on the water and a few other folks and getting their boats ready. Getting ready to do a serious tour.

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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 Congratulations are in order for our friends on the Bay http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/congratulations-are-in-order-for-our-friends-on-the-bay/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/congratulations-are-in-order-for-our-friends-on-the-bay/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:13:13 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1338 A quick note with two well-deserved congratulations to two friends of Chine bLog. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is sporting a great new design for its main web site. I’d encourage folks to drop by and check it out. It is more attractive than its predecessor, better showcases the museum’s assets and activities (dawdle on [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/12/congratulations-are-in-order-for-our-friends-on-the-bay/feed/ 1 Alexandria Seaport Foundation’s Potomac River Dory Boat project http://www.chineblog.com/2010/11/alexandria-seaport-foundations-potomac-river-dory-boat-project/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/11/alexandria-seaport-foundations-potomac-river-dory-boat-project/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 02:04:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1314 Our local wooden boat education and youth development program, the Alexandria Seaport Foundation, is launching an effort to build two Potomac River Dory Boats. The boats will be built by the apprentices and the community and used for a broad array of educational initiatives. Here is a nice introduction (in a somewhat large Flash file).

[...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/11/alexandria-seaport-foundations-potomac-river-dory-boat-project/feed/ 0 More on Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival 2010… and AL DEMANY CHIMAN http://www.chineblog.com/2010/10/more-on-mid-atlantic-small-craft-festival-2010-and-al-demany-chiman/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/10/more-on-mid-atlantic-small-craft-festival-2010-and-al-demany-chiman/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:41:04 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1270 Our friend Tom over at 70.8 took a nice set of pictures at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, including this one of yours truly at the helm of AL DEMANY CHIMAN. We actually met face-to-face for the first time, which was a hoot. You get a good feel for some of the other nice [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/10/more-on-mid-atlantic-small-craft-festival-2010-and-al-demany-chiman/feed/ 1 Check out Kiva and help boat-related businesses http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/check-out-kiva-and-help-boat-related-businesses/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/08/check-out-kiva-and-help-boat-related-businesses/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:28:37 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1174 We just went back to the microlending site Kiva for the first time in a bit. There were a couple of good maritime businesses we supported.

Rodello Dingal

Oseas Acuña

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Without much trouble we found them in a resource area. Through [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/04/more-new-stuff-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian/feed/ 1 Very cool – a new finding at the National Museum of the American Indian http://www.chineblog.com/2009/04/very-cool-a-new-finding-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/04/very-cool-a-new-finding-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:05:38 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=723 OK, call me thick if you will, but I had never noticed a cool feature of the National Museum of the American Indian here in Washington, DC. As I have mentioned before in a few posts, there as a small, but spectacular, collection of four native craft displayed in the main foyer of the museum: [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/04/very-cool-a-new-finding-at-the-national-museum-of-the-american-indian/feed/ 2 I built another boat! OK, I was just ribbing… http://www.chineblog.com/2009/03/i-built-another-boat-ok-i-was-just-ribbing/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/03/i-built-another-boat-ok-i-was-just-ribbing/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:21:32 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=699 Call it a two-fer. I have been doing the Apprentice for a Day program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. I thought my Dad would enjoy it as well, I gave him a day of it for Christmas. Of course I had to join him. So he got to check it out, I scratched my [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/03/i-built-another-boat-ok-i-was-just-ribbing/feed/ 1 Wonderful detail on the viking longship Havhingsten fra Glendalough http://www.chineblog.com/2009/03/wonderful-detail-on-the-viking-longship-havhingsten-fra-glendalough/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/03/wonderful-detail-on-the-viking-longship-havhingsten-fra-glendalough/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:28:23 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=690 OK – here’s the deal: We have had some stuff going on, we haven’t been able to post in a bit, and we’ve built up a nice backlog on posts. And it JUST SO HAPPENS that two of them tonight involve the writing of Tom Jackson of WoodenBoat. Pure coincidence, folks. Let’s can those [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/03/wonderful-detail-on-the-viking-longship-havhingsten-fra-glendalough/feed/ 0 Welcome to two nice new blogs from Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum http://www.chineblog.com/2009/02/welcome-to-two-nice-new-blogs-from-chesapeake-bay-maritime-museum/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/02/welcome-to-two-nice-new-blogs-from-chesapeake-bay-maritime-museum/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:40:55 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=679 Our friends over at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum have been busy. They have launched two new blogs to highlight the activity on their working waterfront. The Apprentice for a Day blog highlights that program, in which we at Chine bLog have been proud and happy participants. There are some pictures of the building, but [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/02/welcome-to-two-nice-new-blogs-from-chesapeake-bay-maritime-museum/feed/ 0 Skin-on-frame boat treat – Inuit kayak and Ojibwe birch bark canoe http://www.chineblog.com/2008/12/skin-on-frame-boat-treat-inuit-kayak-and-ojibwe-birch-bark-canoe/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/12/skin-on-frame-boat-treat-inuit-kayak-and-ojibwe-birch-bark-canoe/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:19:47 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/324-guid.html I was able to get in a quick peek at the National Museum of the American Indian, which keeps a few traditional boats in its rotunda. I have written about the semi-traditional Inuit kayak before, but I didn’t have a shot of the completed boat. Here she is.

The boat is pretty and definitely [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/12/skin-on-frame-boat-treat-inuit-kayak-and-ojibwe-birch-bark-canoe/feed/ 2 American Rivers adds to its arsenal for building better waterways http://www.chineblog.com/2008/11/american-rivers-adds-to-its-arsenal-for-building-better-waterways/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/11/american-rivers-adds-to-its-arsenal-for-building-better-waterways/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:07:16 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/323-guid.html

I was pleased to see that American Rivers has a new blog, Blue Trails Guide, focused on helping communities make better recreational use of their waterways. Rock on, folks!

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