http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.chineblog.com/2009/08/two-contests-of-note-please-check-these-out/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/08/two-contests-of-note-please-check-these-out/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:05:20 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=807 Two quick notes on contests, one germane to this blog and one which is shameless, self-serving promotion (but a good cause nonetheless). We’ll get the latter in first. My company, Forum One Communications, has entered the Sunlight Foundation’s Apps for America 2 contest. Our entry is called DataMasher, and it lets you [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/08/two-contests-of-note-please-check-these-out/feed/ 0 http://www.chineblog.com/2008/11/a-cool-design-contest-from-woodenboat/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/11/a-cool-design-contest-from-woodenboat/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:17:23 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/322-guid.html I have seen a couple design contests around. I love these. WoodenBoat has a challenge out now. It asks for a small power boat with low fuel use, a response to the rising costs of boating. Here are the specs:

16’6” to 18’6” overall length, stem to stern (transom) 25-hp maximum power Must burn [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/11/a-cool-design-contest-from-woodenboat/feed/ 0