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Pacific Voyagers keep on voyaging, thank goodness!

Tim Shaw — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:19:00 +0000

Coming across the “wires” a couple months ago was news from the Dana Point (CA) Times that crews of Polynesians are still sailing traditional vakas – voyaging canoes – across the Pacfic using traditonal techniques. This was particularly interesting to me as a recently read Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging [...] Related posts:

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Douglas Brooks’s effort to save traditional Japanese boatbuilding

Tim Shaw — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:10:00 +0000

For some tie I have known of Douglas Brooks, a Vermont boatbuilder who became fascinated with traditional Japanese boats several years ago and has since traveled there a few times to study and document traditional boats and construction methods. There was a nice piece about him recently in the Japan Times Online that focused [...] Related posts:

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2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival – the complete pictures

Tim Shaw — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:59:51 +0000

I wanted to get these pictures of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival up right away; I’ll be adding captions soon.

[UPDATE] Captions are now on there. I encourage you to browse through. There were some AMAZING AMAZING boats there. I’d highlight the sailing canoe SEVEN STARS, the Melonseeds, the sailing canoe in pictures [...] Related posts:

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Races at Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival

Tim Shaw — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:57:00 +0000

For those scoring at home, your 2011 Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival sailing race winner was a Sunfish. A non-traditional, plastic boat – kinda violates my sensibilities. But well done.

I am eager to get going with the paddling race as it is COLD here in St. Michael’s, MD.

[UPDATE] It was me and four [...] Related posts:

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Rushton rowing boat, anyone?

Tim Shaw — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:49:43 +0000

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Lovely sprit cat ketch

Tim Shaw — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:04:00 +0000

This is why we love the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival.

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Skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN fully rigged

Tim Shaw — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 13:59:27 +0000

She’s all ready for show…

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More stunning yacht designs from Klaus Schmitt

Tim Shaw — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:21:44 +0000

Our posts on the yacht designs of Klaus Schmitt are always popular, so I have finally gotten off my transom and am posting some more. The style is pretty consistent, which I say in the sense that one would of a favorite restaurant.

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After too long – more fantastic, classic boat designs from the collection of Klaus Schmitt

Tim Shaw — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:19:09 +0000

Several months ago, we were honored, here at Chine bLog, to post two sets of designs by an amateur designer named Klaus Schmitt (post 1 and post 2). Recently we were excited-as-all-get-out to have a guy contact us looking for Klaus’s info. Yes, Chine bLog generated a well-deserved lead. It turns out we have been [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Nice Fusion of Tradition in a Viking ship for modern times – The Langskip

Tim Shaw — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:02:56 +0000

Here’s a lovely example of what I call a Fusion of Tradition boat. The Langskip, custom built in Iceland by the Skipavik shipyard, is a modern interpretation of a Viking longship. She is 55′ LOA with 14′ beam, yet they will scale them up or down as desired. The profile is unmistakable, as is [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Iain Oughtred kits available

Tim Shaw — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:43:07 +0000

I noted recently that Jordan Boats in the UK has started producing Iain Oughtred design kits. They have licensed the patterns to Hewes & Company of Maine in North America. I am guessing that this a quality kits, though they are for experienced builders (no materials provided other than the cut lumber). Even so, this [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Light thoughts on semantics and my boat design philosophy

Tim Shaw — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 03:20:48 +0000

This is one of those posts I am going to start writing and hope that, by the time I hit Publish, a coherent piece will have emerged. I have been thinking a bit about the kinds of boats I am drawn to draw these days, those that truly inspire me. Obviously AL DEMANY CHIMAN is [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Introducing AL DEMANY CHIMAN – the launch of the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe

Tim Shaw — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:37:14 +0000

Friday, October 1, dawned overcast and blustery and remained so as I put the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe on top of the car and headed to a protected spot for a quick launch. Or saw I thought. I arrived at the small beach at Pohick Bay Regional Park to find that there was PLENTY of fetch [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Another great skin-on-frame boat – an umiak outrigger

Tim Shaw — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:45:13 +0000

Many thanks to reader Cliff High for sharing his boat with us, one after our own heart – a delicious fusion. It is an umiak with a pair of outriggers and a crab-claw sail. Nice nice nice. Cliff says: “It sails remarkably well. Very light, very fast.”

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Design idea – a jukung-junk-schooner

Tim Shaw — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:44:48 +0000

I had this idea of taking the characteristic bow of an Indonesian jukung, which I LOVE, and marrying it to a very different hull form. In this case, what came out was a jukung bow on a pinky schooler stern with a junk rig. And I do think it has some potential.

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Design idea – ~30′-ish canoe yawl

Tim Shaw — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:27:29 +0000

I doodle in meetings. A lot. Occasionally, I’ll get inspired and an interesting boat idea emerges. As is my way, I am typically trying to blend traditional design characteristics in some sort of fusion. I have a few saved on scraps of paper, and its high time I started sharing them. Comments are, of course, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

More from the boat design collection of Klaus Schmitt

Tim Shaw — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:10:12 +0000

After our prior post showing off the designs of Klaus Schmitt we got some more to add to the collection. We continue to love what Klaus’ eye and style. Take this launch, which Klaus calls “Pidgeon 21.” Great lines and so much classier for cruising the lake on a nice day.

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Proudly presenting the traditional boat designs of Klaus Schmitt

Tim Shaw — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:12:13 +0000

We at Chine bLog were humbled recently by an unsolicited request to post a set of traditional boat design sketches. It wasn’t clear what the requester meant, but he was speaking our language, so we asked for more details. What came back is what we expect to the tip of a lovely iceberg. The designer [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Design details on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe

Tim Shaw — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:10:01 +0000

One of the aspects to designing and building my own boat is the noodling on very specific problems – how would X work, how do I need to construct Y, how big does Z need to be, etc. To think through these issues I have done some mini-lofting – full-sized drawings of pieces of the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Design tweaks getting there on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe

Tim Shaw — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:29:15 +0000

It was thrilling to hear an inquiry from our friend Bob Holtzman over at Indigenous Boats on the status of the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project. Our last update showed off a completed ama frame, and, truthfully, for various reasons, there hasn’t been any building progress since then.

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