Chine bLog » dory http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:06:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Memories Dept. – the check that kicked off my boatbuilding http://www.chineblog.com/2012/01/memories-dept-the-check-that-kicked-off-my-boatbuilding/ http://www.chineblog.com/2012/01/memories-dept-the-check-that-kicked-off-my-boatbuilding/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:49:18 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=1918 One more on checks I turned up during our clean-out. Here is the check I wrote to the late Harold “Dynamite” Payson for the building manual for my first boat, the Gloucester Light Dory. Pretty momentous purchase right there.

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Indigenous Boats Bob over [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/catching-up-with-the-traditional-boat-blogosphere-recent-stuff-from-some-peers/feed/ 0 Nice recent piece on drift boats http://www.chineblog.com/2009/05/nice-recent-piece-on-drift-boats/ http://www.chineblog.com/2009/05/nice-recent-piece-on-drift-boats/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 02:14:43 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=755 Those who fly-fish (I don’t) and want to do it like the classy folk of the American West should check out this nice piece from Vida, Oregon about the McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival. The piece quotes “class” expert Roger Fletcher, who I wrote about a couple years back:

The combination of beauty and usability [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2009/05/nice-recent-piece-on-drift-boats/feed/ 1 The Center for Wooden Boats – Part 1: Sailing the Cape Ann Dory Q’ONA http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-center-for-wooden-boats-part-1-sailing-the-cape-ann-dory-qona/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-center-for-wooden-boats-part-1-sailing-the-cape-ann-dory-qona/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:26:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/289-guid.html

I was in Seattle for business last week, which allowed me to make a pilgrimage to the Center for Wooden Boats, a place so cool I cannot contain it to a single post, nor even two. In fact, friends, a roughly two-and-a half-hour visit gave me four interesting posts to lay out for you. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-center-for-wooden-boats-part-1-sailing-the-cape-ann-dory-qona/feed/ 1 Cuttyhunk for Memorial Day – boats, but no boating http://www.chineblog.com/2008/05/cuttyhunk-for-memorial-day-boats-but-no-boating/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/05/cuttyhunk-for-memorial-day-boats-but-no-boating/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 02:09:50 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/285-guid.html I got out to Cuttyhunk Island for Memorial Day to open the house there. No boats to play with, but I did get a chance to snap a few pics. Enjoy!

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Nice article in the Newburyport (MA) Daily News on Lowell’s Boat Shop, which turns 215 – that would be two hundred and fifteen years old – on May 5. Not impressed yet? Chew on this: This makes it the oldest continuously operating boat shop in the U S of A. Not yet? The founder, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/04/happy-birthday-lowells-boat-shop/feed/ 0 Roger Fletcher and the river boats of the American West http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/roger-fletcher-and-the-river-boats-of-the-american-west/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/roger-fletcher-and-the-river-boats-of-the-american-west/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:08:58 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/253-guid.html

There is logic to this, but I won’t get into it. Suffice it to say that I had recently been thinking about the wooden dories and river boats indigenous to the American West. I don’t know much about these boats and have never been in one, so I don’t think about them much (of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/roger-fletcher-and-the-river-boats-of-the-american-west/feed/ 0 The Wooden Dory – another blog in the family http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/the-wooden-dory-another-blog-in-the-family/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/the-wooden-dory-another-blog-in-the-family/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:36:45 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/246-guid.html I ran across a new (to me) blog in our little circle: “The Wooden Dory – Dedicated To The World’s Best Wooden Boat”. It is small and gets infrequent attention, but I hope that will improve. Time was when I would have backed the subtitle wholeheartedly, at least for small boats. My tastes have now [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/the-wooden-dory-another-blog-in-the-family/feed/ 0 Christmas tree day – time for the return of my favorite ornaments http://www.chineblog.com/2006/12/christmas-tree-day-time-for-the-return-of-my-favorite-ornaments/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/12/christmas-tree-day-time-for-the-return-of-my-favorite-ornaments/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:34:32 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/112-guid.html

Holiday time – its Christmas for us – means the annual pulling out of our set of Christmas tree ornaments, some of which go back many years. I never think about them during the year; it is always a surprise to open the boxes and find what is there. The other day this happened [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2006/12/christmas-tree-day-time-for-the-return-of-my-favorite-ornaments/feed/ 0 My first boat – a Gloucester Light Dory http://www.chineblog.com/2005/10/my-first-boat-a-gloucester-light-dory/ http://www.chineblog.com/2005/10/my-first-boat-a-gloucester-light-dory/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:26:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/12-guid.html I was 16 and she was a Gloucester Light Dory, which is just a gorgeous design. The lines are amazing and she was beautiful to row. I am particularly proud of the transom, which my dad helped me do with leftover mahogany and finish bright. Same with the breasthook.

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