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Final impressions of Muscongus Bay,ME camp cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN (the introductory post and map is here).

There were a few items I thought it would be useful to touch upon in summary.

Muscongus Bay Let me start with the area I picked. Simply [...]

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Days 3-5 of Muscongus Bay,ME cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN (the introductory post and map is here).

Day 3,In which we log some miles On day 3 I awoke –still groggy –at 7:45! I didn’t get on the water until 10:00,[...]

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Day 1 &2 of Muscongus Bay,ME cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN.

Day 1,In which we get our keel under us The 4th of July dawned overcast and a little foggy. Truth be told,I was pretty nervous about the voyage around Muscongus Bay in [...]

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A fantastic first camp cruise –Muscongus Bay,Maine in AL DEMANY CHIMAN,Introduction

Regular readers know all about my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project,which culminated in the launch of AL DEMANY CHIMAN last October. Her launch represented the completion of two “bucket list”items:designing my own boat and building to that design. It also represented my first true forays into longtime interests in outrigger canoes and the [...]

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New design challenge from WoodenBoat and Professional BoatBuilder

I 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 [...]

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How cool is this –my Wayfarer Dinghy adventurer surfaces!

A while back I wrote about the Wayfarer Dinghy,a subject that still keeps people coming back to Chine bLog. It referenced my first knowledge of the boat,an adventure in one up the coast of Labrador. Imagine,then,my very pleasant surprise to see that the man behind that adventure found my post and [...]

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