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 [...] Related posts:

1. Catching up with the traditional boat blogosphere – recent stuff from some peers I have so engaged in designing and building that I...

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 [...] Related posts:

1. Design details on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe One of the aspects to designing and building my own...
2. Design tweaks getting there on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe It was thrilling to hear an inquiry from our friend...
3. What’s been keeping us from blogging – Chine bLog’s skin-on-frame outrigger canoe Our loyal readers – yes, both of you – may...

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 [...] Related posts:

1. Another skin-on-frame resource: The Berkshire Boat Building School Just a quick note to call out another skin-on-frame resource:...
2. What’s been keeping us from blogging – Chine bLog’s skin-on-frame outrigger canoe Our loyal readers – yes, both of you – may...
3. After a drawing-board and holiday hiatus, we are making sawdust again on the skin-on-frame outrigger project So we went back to the drawing board for a...