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 Posted on August 12th,2012It took longer than I had hoped to rebuild the lateen yard so that I could get my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN under sail again. Recently,though,I finally completed that task and yesterday morning life and the weather gave me an opening to get “the sail canoe”under sail for the second [...]  Posted on January 15th,2012I have had some time to sift through the back catalog here at Chine bLog headquarters and noted that I never covered a few key books I read in the last couple years. In particular,after knocking off Tim Severin‘s The China Voyage and then his The Brendan Voyage,I moved on to his some [...] Posted on October 25th,2011As I work away on refinements to the sailing rig for my skin-on-frame outrigger sailing canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN,I wanted to show off a few more details of the rig as it is. I posted a variant of this view before,but I think this is a better picture. It gives a sense [...] Posted on October 1st,2011She’s all ready for show… Posted on September 1st,2011So much for being more active with Chine bLog this year…but again,my absence often means there is interesting content. I have,indeed,delved into the sailing rig for my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe,AL DEMANY CHIMAN,and have made good progress in recent weeks after stalling for a while. A tour of recent work,[...] Posted on April 26th,2011Spring is springing here in metro-Washington,DC and the waters will soon be calling the fleet to them. I have been focused on the sailing rig for AL DEMANY CHIMAN,the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe. I gave a hint of this in a prior post. Since then,the sail arrived (yeah!) and it looks great. Its [...] Posted on March 1st,2011For those of you that have been following the progress of my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe,AL DEMANY CHIMAN,I thought I’d provide an update. I have gotten a sail-plan more or less in place,working with Todd Bradshaw of “Canoe Rig”fame. I have added a boom from the original conception. It is now [...] Posted on February 22nd,2011I had not been aware that in the Persian Gulf region they sail modern racing dhows. Imagine a sandbagger crossed with a traditional lateen rig crossed with modern construction and rigging. These look fun fun fun! Fusion of Tradition-y too. Thanks to WoodenBoat‘s My Wooden Boat of the Week blog for the link and [...] Posted on January 14th,2011We cross the Indian Ocean from the last post to the Maldives. By sister,Rebecca Shaw Kelly,was able to grab a couple nice pictures of local boats for me. Behold our “exclusive”,here at Chine bLog. She got this one especially for me,diverting the dive boat accordingly. Awesome boat,awesome picture. [...] Posted on December 21st,2010I have started inquiring about sailmakers for AL DEMANY CHIMAN’s rig. I have much less comfort with this process,so I am looking forward to working it through with someone. My inquiries turned up a consistent recommendation in this area:Dabbler Sails,on Virginia’s Northern Neck. I have an email in to proprietor Stuart Hopkins,[...] | ||
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