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 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 August 29th,2010Good use of 3 minutes. Trust me. Category:4A. Paddling,7. Destinations &Voyages |  Tags:adirondacks,canoe,new york |  2 comments |  Trackback this Post Posted on August 24th,2010At one point I came across a picture of a dugout canoe from India with these amazing,carved stemheads,not unlike this one. I am not sure why,when I started playing around with how these might get used in other contexts that I thought to do a Maine lobsterboat with them (plus a rounder [...] Posted on May 17th,2010Thanks to colleague @cvonspiegelfeld for the heads up on this:actor Nick Offerman (currently of NBC’s Parks &Recreation) was on comedian Adam Carolla’s podcast talking about woodworking in general and,in particular,Nick’s recent canoe-building projects. Warning –it’s for mature audiences only. Actually,Carolla seems to be a bit of an arse [...] Category:3. Boatbuilding | Tags:bear mountain boats,canoe,strip building | One comment | Trackback this Post Posted on January 22nd,2010I have so engaged in designing and building that I haven’t been on the computer as much in the PMs. I have clearly been missing out on what some of our traditional boat peeps have been putting up. In case you missed it directly,here is some stuff to check out: Indigenous Boats Bob over [...] Category:2. Designs &Designers,3. Boatbuilding,4. Boating,5. Boat Media | Tags:70.8,anayak kayaks,bark canoe,beothuk,canoe,dhow,dory,dugout canoe,galway hooker,kayak,mid-atlantic small craft festival,outrigger canoe,proa,sailing,scottish coastal rowing project,shaman kayaks,skin on frame,tlingit,traditional boat,voyaging canoe,wooden boat blog,work boat | Leave a comment | Trackback this Post Posted on October 14th,2009Just a quick note to call out another skin-on-frame resource:The Berkshire Boat Building School. They seem to build a couple nice-looking canoes and rowing boats and offer kits and classes. Worth checking out further. Posted on April 21st,2009OK –its best I admit it. They say that is the first step. I am thinking about a new boat already. I want to build to my own design. I have some ideas coming together –I’ll share more when there is more to share. The key point is that every time I [...] Posted on April 12th,2009OK,call me thick if you will,but I had never noticed a cool feature of the National Museum of the American Indian here in Washington,DC. As I have mentioned before in a few posts,there as a small,but spectacular,collection of four native craft displayed in the main foyer of the museum:[...] Posted on January 16th,2009Nothing quite like an academic article on a Friday night to really get you going…and yet,its true. I just was reviewing a piece from a year ago in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Deborah S. Rogers and Paul R. Ehrlich contributed the piece “Natural [...] Category:2A. Canoes &Kayaks | Tags:anthropology,canoe,outrigger canoe,pacific,polynesia,proa | 2 comments | Trackback this Post Posted on January 10th,2009Others have picked up on the post by Caro’s Choice about the launch of a new canoe on Lanyu,or Orchid Island,off Taiwan. I had to pile on because these are some amazing-looking boats. They are 10-seat rowing canoes with flared sides and elaborate carving / painting. Oh,and the ends are [...] Category:2A. Canoes &Kayaks | Tags:canoe,caros choice,fishing boat,orchid island,rowing boat | 3 comments | Trackback this Post | ||
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