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 Posted on July 24th,2011Semi-momentus occasion here at Chine bLog HQ this AM as our Peace Canoe PEACE OF THE PUZZLE shipped out for good. She will be headed for safekeeping with our friends at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum awaiting their fundraising auction in the fall. She will then be sold to raise funds for the Museum. [...]  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 August 6th,2010We got a good scare yesterday here in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria,VA. A front was coming through and we were expecting our usual summer thunderstorms. Instead,we now have firsthand knowledge of what a microburst is (sudden series of very strong gusts downward from a storm and then,at ground level,outward). [...] Posted on February 16th,2008We are thrilled here at Chine bLog to announce that our efforts have again gotten us in the pages of WoodenBoat. PEACE OF THE PUZZLE made it into the Launchings column for this month’s issue (March/April,#201). Thank you much to the team there for selecting this boat! Posted on November 16th,2007I decided it might be helpful for folks that are coming to see info about my Peace Canoe,PEACE OF THE PUZZLE,to have a little better overview page for the project. Below,therefore,please find a list of all the related posts,along with the topics covered. Walking the walk –a wooden [...] Posted on October 30th,2007We had a nice second outing in PEACE OF THE PUZZLE on Sunday. We went down to Piscataway Creek in Maryland. Its a nice,protected spot,which,given a brisk Northwesterly,was a good thing. As it was,we pretty much had to come back into the teeth of it,but at least the water [...] Category:Paddling |  Tags:maryland,peace canoe,peace of the puzzle,piscataway creek |  Leave a comment |  Trackback this Post Posted on October 15th,2007Having shown off the boat,I wanted to jot down a few thoughts on our first paddle in PEACE OF THE PUZZLE. We had been doing a bit of sailing on the Potomac nearer to DC,and paddling in this creek,Kane’s Creek,was such a pleasure. It was clean! Kane’s Creek emerges from a [...] Posted on October 14th,2007Gorgeous October day here outside DC,a perfect day to be on the water. Gulls and an osprey wheeling about,gusty nor’wester keeping things clear and cool,the pleasant surroundings of Mason Neck State Park (map) –just the environment to christen and launch the Peace Canoe. So christen it we did (the kids helped),[...] Posted on October 14th,2007So we have a short paddle in PEACE OF THE PUZZLE under our belts now. I spent a couple months building it (a few have asked me for hours –I have no idea,but it was a good many) –aftre all that work,what is this boat like? Obviously I’ll need much more [...] Category:Canoes,Peace Canoe (2007) | Tags:launch,peace canoe,plywood canoe | 3 comments | Trackback this Post Posted on October 13th,2007I have spent much of my free daylight hours over the last couple weeks putting paint on the Peace Canoe. Today,at about 10:30 AM local,I made some final touch-ups and called her done. Obviously there are little things that make me cringe (that only I will likely notice,for the most [...] Category:Boatbuilding,Peace Canoe (2007) | Tags:john harris,painting,peace canoe,plywood canoe | 2 comments | Trackback this Post | ||
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