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Chine bLog is a collection of thoughts and opinions on the greatest of boats - the small, the traditional / tradition-inspired, the wooden, and the naturally powered - brought to you by lifelong boater and dabbling designer / builder Tim Shaw. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, May 15. 2007
Stunning traditional boat images by San Francisco's Lisa Kristine
I recently had to go to a conference in Sonoma, CA. It was a rough assignment, what with all that wine tasting, but I managed to pull through. Along the way I stumbled on the gallery of Lisa Kristine, a San Francisco-based photographer. Ms. Kristine specializes in images of indigenous peoples and the nice thing about this subject is that one tends to capture great boats in the process of studying the people. And that Ms. Kristine has done. I offer some samples below, but go to her site to view them all (select the Water image) - you will not be disappointed (and may be moved to buy one - I am looking into it...).
First up, a nice sail in a lanteen rigged boat off Zanzibar, Tanzania... get in before that weather comes, fellas!
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Wednesday, October 4. 2006
Kayaking the magical waters of China
I loved this piece about kayaking the Li River in the region around Guilin in China. This one is high on my to-do list.
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Tue, 11.11.2008 17:49
Fair enough - I stand corrected.
Tue, 11.11.2008 02:24
That is not an IC, it is a 16/30 decked sailing canoe.
Wed, 29.10.2008 13:11
Hi, got steered here by a post on 70.8%. He had an image of a basket shaped Malay boat, which reminded me of a trip I [...]
Fri, 24.10.2008 23:00
Hi Chris- Excellent-looking blog. I will add it to my blog roll and start checking out your feed. Looks like I'll [...]
Fri, 24.10.2008 22:49