A business contact of mine pointed me to an interesting article in USA Today – no, really, USA Today – on the shortage of boatbuilders in Maine. Apparently there are a number of factors driving the trend, but it threatens one of the hotbeds of boatbuilding – especially the classic kind we like here [...]
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 Posted on December 21st, 2007Category: 3. Boatbuilding |
 Tags: boat yard, education and boats, maine, the wilderness society |
 Leave a comment |  Trackback this Post Posted on June 8th, 2007I recently got back from a trip to San Diego for a wedding [side note: aside form the perfect weather, pleasant scenery, laid back lifestyle, and ubiquitous water sports, what IS the big deal about this town? ;^) ]. We were in a nice hotel on the harbor, but decided not [...] Category: 3. Boatbuilding |
Tags: boat yard, california, koehler kraft |
One comment | Trackback this Post Posted on April 25th, 2007It’s always nice to find a new blog in our little space on the old web. Welcome, then, to our new Italian friends at Sibma Navale Italiana, a wooden boat building / boat restoration shop on, as best as I can tell, the Italian Riviera. Given that seems to be where TONS of [...] Category: 3. Boatbuilding |
Tags: boat yard, italy, simba, wooden boat blog |
One comment | Trackback this Post Posted on March 27th, 2006I was just browsing the site for Gannon & Benjamin, an amazing yard on Martha’s Vineyard. Mr. Benjamin, who, if you glace at his stuff on the site, is worth some attention, had this to say: QUESTION: What is a classic yacht? ANSWER: by Nathaniel P. Benjamin After more than thirty five years of continuous involvement with [...] Category: 2. Designs & Designers, 3. Boatbuilding |
Tags: boat philosophy, boat yard, classic boat, gannon & benjamin |
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