Chine bLog » geo-afr 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 “Xebec” – your “X” word for the week http://www.chineblog.com/2008/05/xebec-your-x-word-for-the-week/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/05/xebec-your-x-word-for-the-week/#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 01:29:46 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/288-guid.html My daughter’s kindergarten class had “X” week last week. We had to find SOMETHING original for her to bring. Something struck me in the back of my mind, and a quick Google brought it to me: “Xebec.” A xebec, according to the authority, Wikipedia, is:

a Mediterranean sea sailing ship that was [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/05/xebec-your-x-word-for-the-week/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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Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/dugout-canoe-from-the-congo-river-basin/feed/ 0 The traditional Malagasy fishing boat, part deux – the rig http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/the-traditional-malagasy-fishing-boat-part-deux-the-rig/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/12/the-traditional-malagasy-fishing-boat-part-deux-the-rig/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:06:10 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/242-guid.html Thanks to Ruth from the blog VazahaGasy for picking up my last post on her partner’s building of a traditional Malagasy fishing boat. She updated her pictures to include a few of the boat under sail.

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Today I came upon an interesting post and some great pictures courtesy of the blog VazahaGasy and author Ruth Frost. The post outlines the author’s experience watching the building of a traditional Malagasy fishing boat. It is a quick read, clearly an interested, observant, non-boatbuilder’s take on the process. No matter [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/11/an-excellent-intro-to-malagasy-boatbuilding/feed/ 0 Boats of Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa), Africa http://www.chineblog.com/2007/10/boats-of-lake-malawi-lake-nyasa-africa/ http://www.chineblog.com/2007/10/boats-of-lake-malawi-lake-nyasa-africa/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:06:19 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/218-guid.html We bloggers tend to pay a great deal of attention to our web stats – page views, visitors, visits, etc. It is a tangible validation that somebody is paying attention. Or, in my case, 50-75 somebodies a month, pretty consistently (you know who you are). One area I am always eager to [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2007/10/boats-of-lake-malawi-lake-nyasa-africa/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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