Chine bLog » boat yard 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 Maine needs boatbuilders http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/maine-needs-boatbuilders/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/maine-needs-boatbuilders/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:52:19 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/251-guid.html 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 at [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/maine-needs-boatbuilders/feed/ 0 A room with a view… http://www.chineblog.com/2007/06/a-room-with-a-view/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/06/a-room-with-a-view/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:22:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/178-guid.html

I 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 to pay up [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/06/a-room-with-a-view/feed/ 1 Simba – a fine-looking Italian boatbuilding and restoration services http://www.chineblog.com/2007/04/simba-a-fine-looking-italian-boatbuilding-and-restoration-services/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/04/simba-a-fine-looking-italian-boatbuilding-and-restoration-services/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:31:38 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/162-guid.html It’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 key restoration [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/04/simba-a-fine-looking-italian-boatbuilding-and-restoration-services/feed/ 1 What is a classic? http://www.chineblog.com/2006/03/what-is-a-classic/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/03/what-is-a-classic/#comments Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:02:36 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/42-guid.html I 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 [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2006/03/what-is-a-classic/feed/ 0