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The people are speaking: time to publish Wayfarer Dinghy plans

Posted on December 15th, 2009

We 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 – [...]

Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival in review – Iain Oughtred’s Caledonia Yawl

Posted on October 6th, 2008

I 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 [...]

Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival LIVE! – Test-driving some Chesapeake Light Craft boats

Posted on October 4th, 2008

I 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 [...]

More from Chesapeake Bay Maritme Musuem – two-masted crabbing skiff still for sale

Posted on May 3rd, 2008

I 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 [...]

A great read: the Dye's

Posted on January 4th, 2008

As 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 began [...]

Boat of the Trip Award: GODSPEED from Mason, NH

Posted on August 30th, 2007

And 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 [...]

For Iain Oughtred fans – an interesting online forum on the Caledonia Yawl and others

Posted on November 6th, 2006

Tonight I ran across a small but active discussion forum about Iain Oughtred’s Caledonia Yawl, his other designs, and a transoceanic voyage in a related Shetland boat: The Caledonia Yawl & Voyage of The Aegre. I’ve talked in the past about the Caledonia – its a great design. This forum seems [...]

Top designer: Iain Oughtred

Posted on June 29th, 2006

I bit ago I realized I was overdue doing a post about Iain Oughtred, a man whose drawing table has produced some gorgeous small craft. I first got introduced to him vis his book on glued lapstake building: Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding Manual. Yeah, he’s a Brit, so he used “clinker,” which, [...]

Hall of Lame – Wayfarer Dinghy Associations

Posted on January 23rd, 2006

For a long time I have had a thing for the Wayfarer Dinghy. It started with a piece in the dearly departed Small Boat Journal about a guy cruising the coast of Labrador in one. I looked the look of the boat – and it was a wooden one – but the adventure [...]

COQUINA by Cap’n Nat

Posted on November 14th, 2005

So that sweet daysailer I reference turns out to be COQUINA, one of N. G. Herreshoff’s personally prized works (it seems he might have used it more than any other).
She is pretty sweet and definitely looks like a boat to have adventures in. I will definitely be using this as inspiration in [...]

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