| Posted on October 2nd,2011I wanted to get these pictures of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival up right away;I’ll be adding captions soon. [UPDATE] Captions are now on there. I encourage you to browse through. There were some AMAZING AMAZING boats there. I’d highlight the sailing canoe SEVEN STARS,the Melonseeds,the sailing canoe in pictures [...] Posted on October 1st,2011 Posted on October 1st,2011This is why we love the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival. Posted on May 25th,2011Our posts on the yacht designs of Klaus Schmitt are always popular,so I have finally gotten off my transom and am posting some more. The style is pretty consistent,which I say in the sense that one would of a favorite restaurant. First up,a lovely 32′schooner. She has extremely pleasing lines,[...] 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 [...] Posted on January 19th,2011Several months ago,we were honored,here at Chine bLog,to post two sets of designs by an amateur designer named Klaus Schmitt (post 1 and post 2). Recently we were excited-as-all-get-out to have a guy contact us looking for Klaus’s info. Yes,Chine bLog generated a well-deserved lead. It turns out we have been [...] Posted on April 25th,2010After our prior post showing off the designs of Klaus Schmitt we got some more to add to the collection. We continue to love what Klaus’eye and style. Take this launch,which Klaus calls “Pidgeon 21.”Great lines and so much classier for cruising the lake on a nice day. Another new one [...] Posted on March 28th,2010We at Chine bLog were humbled recently by an unsolicited request to post a set of traditional boat design sketches. It wasn’t clear what the requester meant,but he was speaking our language,so we asked for more details. What came back is what we expect to the tip of a lovely iceberg. The designer [...] Posted on April 10th,2009I am way behind on posting stuff and am trying to crawl out of it. One post come courtesy of my dad. Messum’s,and art gallery in London,had been selling the work of James Dodds. It looks like they are no longer,so I had to track the work down directly at Dodds’own [...] Posted on March 8th,2009Call it a two-fer. I have been doing the Apprentice for a Day program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. I thought my Dad would enjoy it as well,I gave him a day of it for Christmas. Of course I had to join him. So he got to check it out,I scratched my [...] | |