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 Posted on May 3rd,2008I 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 wonderful,solid [...]  Posted on September 7th,2007A 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 [...] Posted on September 7th,2007I recently found some comments I had heretofore not noticed,including one from designer / builder Michael Storer,who seems to hail from Australia. Thanks for visiting,Michael! Storer has some nice-looking plans,including one I particularly like,a sailing canoe called BETH. [...] Posted on August 30th,2007One nice thing about knocking around Cuttyhunk is that there are usually a modest number of boats worth ogling. Here are a few choice ones from the trip: Posted on November 6th,2006Tonight 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 to include some [...] Posted on June 29th,2006I 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,however laden [...] Posted on June 16th,2006I 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 [...] Posted on January 23rd,2006For 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 really captured [...] Posted on November 14th,2005So 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 the not [...] Posted on November 11th,2005There is a really sweet Herreshoff cat ketch featured as the cover story for this month’s Wooden Boat. I haven’t read the piece yet,but look forward to doing so. The cover sure is captivating… WoodenBoat’s site has more info about the issue,and,since I am already talking them up,I might [...] | ||
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