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Aaaaannnnd while we’re at it, Tim Severin’s “The Jason Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:01:05 +0000

I also read, in recent times, Tim Severin‘s “The Jason Voyage”, his attempt at following the mythical story of Jason and the Argonauts. He had a Bronze Age Aegean galley built using archeological evidence and historical texts. This was the real deal – it would have banks of rowers toiling away and the characteristic “ram” [...] Related posts:

Catching up on readings past – Tim Severin’s “The Sinbad Voyage” I have had some time to sift through the back...

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Catching up on readings past – Tim Severin’s “The Sinbad Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:36:07 +0000

I have had some time to sift through the back catalog here at Chine bLog headquarters and noted that I never covered a few key books I read in the last couple years. In particular, after knocking off Tim Severin‘s The China Voyage and then his The Brendan Voyage, I moved on to his some [...] Related posts:

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Fantastic read: Tim Severin’s “The Brendan Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:18:08 +0000

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. Well, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Phil Bolger, 1927-2009 – A sad, sad loss for boat design

Tim Shaw — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:04:47 +0000

This is certainly the best design I ever made… When I come up for judgment and they stop me at the gate and ask, ‘What’s your excuse?’ I’ll tell them I designed the Gloucester Light Dory and they’ll have to let me in.

- Phil Bolger (taken from his obituary in the Boston Globe)

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Thinking about a ocean voyage on a bamboo raft? Read “The China Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:32:58 +0000

I actually had the crazed idea to read a book recently. Doesn't happen much - I am lucky if I can clear my magazine rack in a given month. Long on my to do list, though, had been reading some of Tim Severin's works. Severin is an Irishman (at least he lives there) with an fascinating joint interest in history, archeology, and epic voyages, mostly maritime ones. Sound intriguing? It gets better. Severin's shtick has been to identify an unproven or poorly understood historical journey, build a traditional boat, if a maritime one, that represents the type of that era, and then recreate the journey to see if it could have happened as theorized. Oh yeah, I am IN! I have known about him for a while and only just got around to checking him out. I began with The China Voyage: Across The Pacific By Bamboo Raft. Apparently there are a group of archeologists who believe (or believed, as of the early 1990s) that there was contact between East Asian cultures and Central American cultures within the last couple millennia. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

“Shadow Divers” – a fantastic read

Tim Shaw — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:55:04 +0000

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. It tells [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Great children’s reading: “The Island-below-the-Star”

Tim Shaw — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:19:41 +0000

I recently picked up a great book for my kids: The Island-below-the-Star. It a wonderful story / “myth” about Polynesian discovery of Hawaii in a double-hull canoe and the navigation skills that help the voyage. Worth grabbing for fellow traditional boat lovers with size-small crew floating about.

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A great read: the Dyes’ “Ocean Crossing Wayfarer”

Tim Shaw — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:03:56 +0000

As I mentioned recently, my dad gave me Frank and Margaret Dye’s Ocean Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in a 16ft Open Boat for Christmas and I tore through it in several days. Great book for those liking adventure or those liking nice wooden boats.

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Roger Fletcher and the river boats of the American West

Tim Shaw — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:08:58 +0000

There is logic to this, but I won’t get into it. Suffice it to say that I had recently been thinking about the wooden dories and river boats indigenous to the American West. I don’t know much about these boats and have never been in one, so I don’t think about them much (of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

“Canoe Rig” – an amazing way to expand the possibilities of what a canoe adventure could be

Tim Shaw — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:02:35 +0000

Canoe Rig: The Essence and the Art : Sailpower for Antique and Traditional Canoes, by Todd Bradshaw, is one of those books that stakes out a new piece of turf in your mind. In this case, that turf is the possibilities of adding spars and canvas to the traditional canoe. Bradshaw presents, in great, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Top designer: Iain Oughtred

Tim Shaw — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:41:00 +0000

I bit ago I realized I was overdue doing a post about Iain Oughtred, a man whose drawing table has produced some gorgeous small craft. I first got introduced to him vis his book on glued lapstake building: Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual. Yeah, he’s a Brit, so he used “clinker,” which, however laden [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

A second shout-out to Messing-About.com

Tim Shaw — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 18:38:00 +0000

Many thanks to my new friends at Messing-About.com, which I profiled a little while back. They immediately linked to my blog here upon request and sent a good number of visitors my way. Folks, I hope you enjoyed it and return again!

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Great book on building skin-on-frame kayaks and other boats

Tim Shaw — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:53:10 +0000

One of my recent fascinations is skin-on-frame boats (and, if I read my blog stats correctly, others also have this interest). For those with this interest, I recommend Building Skin-on-Frame Boatsby Robert Morris. It is an easy read with a good mix of theory, practice, and background. Mr. Morris is a real seat-of-the-pants builder [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Latest book – part II – Mighty Fitz

Tim Shaw — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 16:14:00 +0000

I am a huge fan of Gordon Lightfoot’s The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I have always loved it – it might be my favorite song. Given this longtime obsession of sorts I naturally grew interested in the story of the ship. I have been to The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Recent read: At the Mercy of the River

Tim Shaw — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:34:00 +0000

I recently completed At the Mercy of the River: An Exploration of the Last African Wilderness, an account of the first decent (by kayak) of the Lugenda River in Mozambique. It was written by Outside contributor Peter Stark, who was invited on the five-person trip to document it.

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