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Update on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project – structure coming along nicely

Tim Shaw — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:45:35 +0000

Once again vacation (kayaking, windsurfing, and sailing at Cuttyhunk Island), our building project, and, alas, life have overtaken blogging. Well, Chine bLog is back. The good news is that the design and building project – the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe – is progressing well.

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Milestone reached on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe – outwales on!

Tim Shaw — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:51:30 +0000

Great news out of our little boatyard here at Chine bLog headquarters: the main hull – wa’a – of the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe now has outwales and thus shows her shape. There is still a little to do in the stern with the port outwale needing a little more coaxing to get into shape. The [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Design details on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe

Tim Shaw — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:10:01 +0000

One of the aspects to designing and building my own boat is the noodling on very specific problems – how would X work, how do I need to construct Y, how big does Z need to be, etc. To think through these issues I have done some mini-lofting – full-sized drawings of pieces of the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

My first boat – a Gloucester Light Dory

Tim Shaw — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:26:00 +0000

I was 16 and she was a Gloucester Light Dory, which is just a gorgeous design. The lines are amazing and she was beautiful to row. I am particularly proud of the transom, which my dad helped me do with leftover mahogany and finish bright. Same with the breasthook.

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