Chine bLog » geo-na http://www.chineblog.com Messing about in wooden, traditional, and tradition-inspired boats Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:39:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A couple classic wooden working boats at the Maritime Museum of San Diego http://www.chineblog.com/2008/07/a-couple-classic-wooden-working-boats-at-the-maritime-museum-of-san-diego/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/07/a-couple-classic-wooden-working-boats-at-the-maritime-museum-of-san-diego/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:37:51 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/295-guid.html

I had an opportunity to stroll briefly past the Maritime Museum of San Diego this weekend. Looks like a nice spot for those interested in ships. I did find a couple nice-looking local wooden work boats. The first is a little fishing boat that apparently traces its roots to the Mediterranean, courtesy of [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/07/a-couple-classic-wooden-working-boats-at-the-maritime-museum-of-san-diego/feed/ 2 The Center for Wooden Boats – Part 2: Real Haida dugout canoes! http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-center-for-wooden-boats-part-2-real-haida-dugout-canoes/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-center-for-wooden-boats-part-2-real-haida-dugout-canoes/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:47:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/293-guid.html Hopefully you enjoyed my last post on my first rental experience at the the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle. Let me now step back to some of the other treasures I saw there.

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 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 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:26:00 +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/ 0 The first boats – they may be older – a lot older – than we think http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-first-boats-they-may-be-older-a-lot-older-than-we-think/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-first-boats-they-may-be-older-a-lot-older-than-we-think/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:42:00 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/286-guid.html It has been an exciting few weeks for anyone interested in the origins of boats and boating, as we are here at Chine bLog. It turns out that humans may have discovered the ways of the maritime life long before science generally believed. First, I read a great article in the next to last [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/06/the-first-boats-they-may-be-older-a-lot-older-than-we-think/feed/ 1 MISTER JIM, a nice Chesapeake Bay workboat http://www.chineblog.com/2008/04/mister-jim-a-nice-chesapeake-bay-workboat/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/04/mister-jim-a-nice-chesapeake-bay-workboat/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:05:09 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/274-guid.html On my most recent trip to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum I took a quick wander around to check out the other beauties. Among the beauties was this one: MISTER JIM. “Mister Jim” just screams beauty, no?

Location: St. Michaels, MD, USA

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For Christmas this year, Mrs. Chine bLog again gave me a four-pack of days apprenticing with Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Apprentice for a Day program. You may recall my very happy time doing this last year. This is SUCH a sweet deal. For $25 ($15 if you do the right thing and join [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/04/introducing-myself-to-the-delaware-ducker-apprenticing-again-at-chesapeake-bay-maritime-museum/feed/ 2 A great honor for a great designer: Lifetime Achievement Award for Phil Bolger http://www.chineblog.com/2008/01/a-great-honor-for-a-great-designer-lifetime-achievement-award-for-phil-bolger/ http://www.chineblog.com/2008/01/a-great-honor-for-a-great-designer-lifetime-achievement-award-for-phil-bolger/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:22:12 +0000 Tim Shaw http://www.chineblog.com/archives/259-guid.html It is as simple as this: say what you want about appearances, if you like messing about in small boats you have to regard Phil Bolger as a true boat design genius. And it isn’t like all of his work tilts to the purely practical. He did the Gloucester Light Dory. Period. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> http://www.chineblog.com/2008/01/a-great-honor-for-a-great-designer-lifetime-achievement-award-for-phil-bolger/feed/ 1 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 03:08:58 +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 [...] Related posts:

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It also covers kayaks, umiaks, birchbarks, and other flavors of dugout. [...] Related posts:

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