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Final story from the 2011 Mid-Atantic Small Craft Festival – John Harris in the cocktail class racer

Tim Shaw — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:47:39 +0000

Toward the end of the day Saturday, I happened to be on hand when John Harris, father of Chesapeake Light Craft, took a spin in one of the two cocktail class racers that were about. For those who don’t know, these boats are 8′ plywood outboard boats that barely hold a single man. They go [...] Related posts:

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Support a boatbuilder and rower’s quest to defeat autism

Tim Shaw — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:46:11 +0000

As a father of a child afflicted with autism and as a avid supporter of boatbuilding and boat adventures I was in love with news in Chesapeake Light Craft’s e-newsletter today of a great new voyage. Neil Calore is a Philadelphia firefighter who built a CLC Northeaster Dory as part of a CLC class last [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Congratulations are in order for our friends on the Bay

Tim Shaw — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 03:13:13 +0000

A quick note with two well-deserved congratulations to two friends of Chine bLog. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is sporting a great new design for its main web site. I’d encourage folks to drop by and check it out. It is more attractive than its predecessor, better showcases the museum’s assets and activities (dawdle on [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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

Tim Shaw — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:07:00 +0000

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.

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Structurally complete! The Peace Canoe gets a bottom

Tim Shaw — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:40:00 +0000

And then, after a final push, in the gathering twilight, the Peace Canoe had a bottom. And that, gentle readers, means she is structurally complete. Houston, we have a boat!

Just a whole lotta planning and sanding, plus a mother lode of plastic wood, and we will be cracking open a paint can or [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Back in business – the Peace Canoe

Tim Shaw — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:19:00 +0000

At long last, I believe I have the sheer clamps replaced in a working manner. Man, oh man, was that an mistake that added time to the project! Just getting the broken ones off took several nights of careful digging for the nails with a tack-puller and cutting the goop with a utility knife. Exhausting [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Building the Peace Canoe – time on the Moaning Chair

Tim Shaw — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:55:09 +0000

At the beginning of Howard Chapelle’s seminal tome Boatbuilding, there is a 4-page introduction in which Chapelle goes through the entire building process at a 10,000′ level. After talking through getting out molds, cutting the rabbet, and installing deck beams, Chapelle devotes the final paragraph to a subject that one must assume is of equal [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The Peace Canoe gets seats and gets closer to full sides

Tim Shaw — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:53:40 +0000

Voila, the seats are ready. I have been working on them at night or during glue cures, and they have come along well. Here is the middle one. The plans specify cut-outs on the ends of the seats; I added my own flavor of these cut-outs.

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The Peace Canoe progresses – have plywood, will start cuttin’

Tim Shaw — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:59:00 +0000

So I got the plywood, some good quality, from what I can tell, marine fir. That in hand, it was time to start getting big pieces together, starting with the sides.

The plans call for five 4×8 sheets of 1/4″ plywood, 2 1/3 of which go into the sides. The Getting Started in Boats [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

More on the Peace Canoe – scarfing sheer clamps and chine logs

Tim Shaw — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:42:00 +0000

While I wait on the plywood I have been preparing the sheer clamps and chine logs, which I took out of 10′ and 12′ 1x. I thus have had to – and the write-up in Getting Started in Boats assumes this – scarf pieces together for these fore-and-aft members. I am not a very steady [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Beginning work on the Peace Canoe

Tim Shaw — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:38:45 +0000

I have begun gathering the lumber and hardware for the Peace Canoe project. It is, by the way, AMAZINGLY difficult to find appropriate plywood. Even specialty places around here – and while we are not a maritime center here in DC, we aren’t land-locked, either – seemed to have a hard time once “marine grade” [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Walking the walk – a wooden boat (Peace Canoe) for Chine bLog!

Tim Shaw — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:08:13 +0000

So here is the situation: as I have mentioned I have a family with small children. I get to go out in my kayak sometimes, but if we had our own boat, I would get out much more because it can be a family activity. Rentals are possible, but leave things to chance (availability) and [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Hmmm – Guillemot Kayak / Chesapeake Light Craft partnership

Tim Shaw — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:07:17 +0000

I see in Nick Shade’s blog that he has been talking to Chesapeake Light Craft about partnering on a sit-on-top boat. Interesting alliance. Nick seems to be playing with downmarket options (not meant to be pejorative – I speak in terms of access for builders) and CLC probably needs some fresh ideas. I wonder if [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

An important player: Chesapeake Light Craft

Tim Shaw — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 02:56:00 +0000

I found myself thinking about Chesapeake Light Craft recently. Here is an organization that is bringing good-looking wooden boats – and boatbuilding – to a wider audience but marketing an array of kits. How can I not love this idea? There boats are mostly plywood stitch & glue deals, and the results are good, if [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

A recent project – a wooden kayak paddle

Tim Shaw — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:50:46 +0000

Here is a recent project of mine – a wooden kayak paddle. The shaft is white cedar and the blade is cherry, basswood, and walnut. I added the ferrule later. I love it – in addition to looking great, it is light and a good size for me.

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