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Final impressions of Muscongus Bay,ME camp cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN (the introductory post and map is here).

There were a few items I thought it would be useful to touch upon in summary.

Muscongus Bay Let me start with the area I picked. Simply [...]

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Days 3-5 of Muscongus Bay,ME cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN (the introductory post and map is here).

Day 3,In which we log some miles On day 3 I awoke –still groggy –at 7:45! I didn’t get on the water until 10:00,[...]

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Day 1 &2 of Muscongus Bay,ME cruise in AL DEMANY CHIMAN

This is a continuation of the story of my 2011 camp cruise in my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN.

Day 1,In which we get our keel under us The 4th of July dawned overcast and a little foggy. Truth be told,I was pretty nervous about the voyage around Muscongus Bay in [...]

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A fantastic first camp cruise –Muscongus Bay,Maine in AL DEMANY CHIMAN,Introduction

Regular readers know all about my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project,which culminated in the launch of AL DEMANY CHIMAN last October. Her launch represented the completion of two “bucket list”items:designing my own boat and building to that design. It also represented my first true forays into longtime interests in outrigger canoes and the [...]

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