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 Posted on February 23rd,2013Chesapeake Light Craft’s John Harris had a great blog post a bit back on two faering designs he developed. The post gives a good overview of these lovely Scandinavian working boats,but the thrust of the piece is that John designed his own faering for stitch-and-glue construction. At the moment,plans to make a [...]  Posted on February 23rd,2011It has been far too long (we do I always find myself starting this way? SIGH) since we here at Chine bLog highlighted the great posts others have offered the world regarding wooden / traditional boats. Yes,believe it or not,Chine bLog is NOT the only source. Really. It’s true. If you haven’t discovered [...] Category:Boatbuilding,Boating &Boating Places,Canoes,Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mus.,Classic Yachts,Larger Traditional Boats,Paddling Outrigger Canoes,Rowing Boats,Sailing Canoes,Proas,&Sailing Outriggers,Small Sail Craft,Wooden Boat Blog |  Tags:70.8,bark canoe,cambodia,camp cruiser,canoe yawl,caribbean,chesapeake bay,craft a craft,day sailer,dory,dugout canoe,gaff rig,indigenous boats,intheboatshed,junk rig,lug rig,lugger,outrigger sailing canoes,philippines,raid,rowing for pleasure,rushton,scottish coastal rowing project,spirit of tradition,surf boats,the invisible workshop,tony dias,voyaging canoe |  Leave a comment |  Trackback this Post Posted on January 3rd,2011I noted recently that Jordan Boats in the UK has started producing Iain Oughtred design kits. They have licensed the patterns to Hewes &Company of Maine in North America. I am guessing that this a quality kits,though they are for experienced builders (no materials provided other than the cut lumber). Even so,this [...] Posted on January 2nd,2011I like that our friends at WoodenBoat and Professional BoatBuilder have launched the third in their series of design challenges. This one is inspired by the burgeoning raid movement and asks for a “fast expedition sailboat.”It must be a new design after September 1,2010 and is due on April 29,2011. The boat [...] Posted on December 15th,2009We realized that we have been running this blog for over four years now. This is the second iteration of it,as of last Winter,so our analytics are incomplete. It is the case for the last several months,however,–and we promise that it has basically always been the case –that one [...] Category:Boatbuilding,Small Sail Craft | Tags:camp cruiser,day sailer,wayfarer dinghy | 10 comments | Trackback this Post Posted on October 6th,2008I have mentioned the presence of one of Iain Oughtred’s Caledonia Yawls at the festival. I had previously only seen the design in pictures and it was a thrill to get a up-close-and-personal with the boat,one of my favorite designs. This one is REBECCA ANN,built by Geoff Kerr in 2002 and owned [...] Posted on October 4th,2008I just test-drove three Chesapeake Light Craft boats:a Wood Duck 12 Hybrid kayak,a Chester Yawl pulling boat,and an Annapolis Wherry. You may recall I have written about them before. I really like what they are doing. The Wood Duck is a pretty little kayak (the hybrid refers to it being part [...] Posted on May 3rd,2008I was pleased to be able to at least see a picture of the two-masted crabbing skiff I worked on last year during my Apprentice for a Day stint at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Here she is,and she is still for sale. A bargain at $10,500. This boat would be a wonderful,solid [...] Posted on January 4th,2008As 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. For those not in the know,Frank Dye [...] Posted on August 30th,2007And now we have the one we’ve all been waiting for (trust me,you were waiting for it):the Boat of the Trip Award,given periodically to that vessel that best encompasses the ideals of Chine bLog. And the winner is:GODSPEED,from Mason,NH! [Mad applause] I am not very good with eyeballing [...] Category:Small Sail Craft | Tags:camp cruiser,cuttyhunk,gaff rig,godspeed,ketch | 3 comments | Trackback this Post | ||
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