Chine bLog » dugout canoe 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 Catching up with the traditional boat blogosphere – recent stuff from some peers http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/catching-up-with-the-traditional-boat-blogosphere-recent-stuff-from-some-peers/ http://www.chineblog.com/2010/01/catching-up-with-the-traditional-boat-blogosphere-recent-stuff-from-some-peers/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:56:04 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/?p=954 I have so engaged in designing and building that I haven’t been on the computer as much in the PMs. I have clearly been missing out on what some of our traditional boat peeps have been putting up. In case you missed it directly, here is some stuff to check out:

Indigenous Boats Bob over at Indigenous [...] Related posts:

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Without much trouble we found them in a resource [...] Related posts:

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I thought they might have a Haida dugout canoe there, and I was itching to see a real one. [...] 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-2-real-haida-dugout-canoes/feed/ 1 Traditional boat lovers are in the house! Welcome Indigenous Boats! http://www.chineblog.com/2008/02/traditional-boat-lovers-are-in-the-house-welcome-indigenous-boats/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/02/traditional-boat-lovers-are-in-the-house-welcome-indigenous-boats/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:16:21 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/265-guid.html Our good friend Gavin over at intheboatshed.net has score another great find. Thanks muchly, Gavin, for introducing us to Bob Holtzman and his new (I take it) blog “Indigenous Boats – Small Craft Outside the Western Tradition.” All of a sudden we find our selves with lots of company here, but heck, if [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/02/traditional-boat-lovers-are-in-the-house-welcome-indigenous-boats/feed/ 0 Dugout canoe from the Congo River basin http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/dugout-canoe-from-the-congo-river-basin/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/dugout-canoe-from-the-congo-river-basin/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:52:33 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/247-guid.html One of my favorite web sites is that for the African Wildlife Foundation (full disclosure: it was designed and build by my company, Forum One Communications). It is packed full of gorgeous images, but I kept running into one that stuck with me, for obvious reasons.

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The [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/06/relief-the-smithsonian-folklife-festival-delivers/feed/ 0 Stunning traditional boat images by San Francisco’s Lisa Kristine http://www.chineblog.com/2007/05/stunning-traditional-boat-images-by-san-franciscos-lisa-kristine/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/05/stunning-traditional-boat-images-by-san-franciscos-lisa-kristine/#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 01:13:48 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/168-guid.html I recently had to go to a conference in Sonoma, CA. It was a rough assignment, what with all that wine tasting, but I managed to pull through. Along the way I stumbled on the gallery of Lisa Kristine, a San Francisco-based photographer. Ms. Kristine specializes in images of indigenous peoples and [...] Related posts:

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This is apparently a floating market, and, while no doubt somewhat touristy, this is still a country with emerging tourist infrastructure – its probably not too far off traditional maritime life. I like that there’s quite a diversity of boats, with small [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2006/11/postcard-from-vietnam-literally-a-panorama-of-traditional-boats/feed/ 2 More from Rare – traditional dugout canoes for Honduran ecotourism http://www.chineblog.com/2006/10/more-from-rare-traditional-dugout-canoes-for-honduran-ecotourism/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/10/more-from-rare-traditional-dugout-canoes-for-honduran-ecotourism/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:12:57 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/84-guid.html

My new client, Rare, who had a project I blogged about recently, has redone their web site and now includes, among many other nice features, some nice photos from its work supporting an ecotourism venture in Honduras. Such work is always exciting because it tends to be such a win-win-win-etc. proposition. One highlight [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2006/10/more-from-rare-traditional-dugout-canoes-for-honduran-ecotourism/feed/ 1 Canoes bring democracy in the Congo http://www.chineblog.com/2006/07/canoes-bring-democracy-in-the-congo/ http://www.chineblog.com/2006/07/canoes-bring-democracy-in-the-congo/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:21:23 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/65-guid.html

I love these stories, like this one from Reuters or this one from the UN about dugout canoes bring ballots to parts of the Congo. Who says traditional boats don’t still have important geopolitical roles to play?

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