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Annnnndddd my 2012 boating season is underway at last – AL DEMANY CHIMAN’s keel wet again

Tim Shaw — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:43:47 +0000

We had a nice family paddle at our standby put-in of Mason Neck State Park. Mostly overcast, but warm and calm, good for trying out the rebuilt ama. I’ll have to test it more, but my initial observations are that we working the aft end SEEMS to make her a touch zippier (biased observation noted) [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Excellent article on lug rigs by CLC’s John C. Harris

Tim Shaw — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:14:44 +0000

John Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft recently published a nice piece, “Lug Nuts,” on the virtues and characteristics of the lug rig. I’d recommend it for anyone picking a sail for a small boat (or selecting a boat to acquire.

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Completion of ama reworking for AL DEMANY CHIMAN

Tim Shaw — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:13:17 +0000

Last weekend I was also able to wrap up work on the refurbished ama for my skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN. I had noted previous progress a bit ago, and I had stalled for a while because life took over. Work crises tamped down a bit and the weather improved, I brought the ama [...] Related posts:

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Traditional boat restoration and maintainance at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum boatyard

Tim Shaw — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:51:37 +0000

While at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum it is, of course, imperative that I cruise around and check out the fleet of boats there. There is a good deal going on with the museum’s collection of historically important working boats, and I thought I’d share a bit of that (for a fuller picture, follow the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

A day of boatbuilding fun! Working on the North Shore Sailing Skiff at CBMM.

Tim Shaw — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:04:01 +0000

Excellent times Saturday as I took advantage of a Christmas gift of another day in the Apprentice for a Day program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. I hadn’t been there since the passing of Dan Sutherland, who ran the program for the past few years and a much-missed genius. Happily the program has [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Updates to Chine bLog – any comments?

Tim Shaw — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:26:36 +0000

We did some reorganizing of content this weekend, in particular, expanding and clarifying the categories of our posts. The goal is to make our content more accessible to you and help you understand what we have. Take a look and let us know if you have any comments.

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Chine bLog happily announces we’ve been acquired by Google for $331M

Tim Shaw — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:18:56 +0000

Best wishes, readers!

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Update on the rebuilding of the ama for my canoe, AL DEMANY CHIMAN

Tim Shaw — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:33:14 +0000

It seemed a good time to update you all on the status of our various winter projects on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe, A DEMANY CHIMAN. When we last checked in, I was trying to figure out how to approach the redesign of the ama, especially with respect to the problem of it shipping lots of [...] Related posts:

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New (-ish) design from Klaus Schmidt – a “great little weekender”

Tim Shaw — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:17:26 +0000

Here’s another design from our sometime contributor, Klaus Schmidt. He describes this boat as a 28′ motorsailor and “a great little weekender.” We agree she has a nice look about her, as we have come to expect from Klaus. Enjoy!

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Final Tim Severin book reviews: “The Ulysses Voyage” and “The Spice Islands Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 01:16:06 +0000

I wrote recently a couple of reviews of books by Tim Severin and promised a couple more. Well, behold.

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Time for a little boatbuilding philosophy

Tim Shaw — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:59:02 +0000

I have given my dad a subscription to Maine Boats, Homes, & Harbors Magazine for several years. Recently he sent me a couple quotes he took from an article in the recent issue (I believe the editor’s note from the March 2012 edition). Behold:

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A sad loss for the classic boat world: Dan “Danny” Sutherland, boatbuilder and teacher

Tim Shaw — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:53:04 +0000

I was incredibly distressed to see on the Facebook feed of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum today that Dan “Danny” Sutherland, who ran the Apprentice for a Day program there, passed away on Saturday. I have written often of Dan and the time I spent with him as part of the CBMM’s Apprentice for a [...] Related posts:

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My gosh – what an obit! John Fairfax, ocean rower and much else.

Tim Shaw — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:23:09 +0000

I had not heard of John Fairfax, but I ran cross a tweet (by @halliew) of his NY Times obit. What a fantastic read! The guy was first to row solo across an ocean (Atlantic) and also did the Pacific with a partner. And these were just the later adventures in his life. Check this [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Aaaaannnnd while we’re at it, Tim Severin’s “The Jason Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:01:05 +0000

I also read, in recent times, Tim Severin‘s “The Jason Voyage”, his attempt at following the mythical story of Jason and the Argonauts. He had a Bronze Age Aegean galley built using archeological evidence and historical texts. This was the real deal – it would have banks of rowers toiling away and the characteristic “ram” [...] Related posts:

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Catching up on readings past – Tim Severin’s “The Sinbad Voyage”

Tim Shaw — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:36:07 +0000

I 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 [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Memories Dept. – the check that kicked off my boatbuilding

Tim Shaw — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:49:18 +0000

One more on checks I turned up during our clean-out. Here is the check I wrote to the late Harold “Dynamite” Payson for the building manual for my first boat, the Gloucester Light Dory. Pretty momentous purchase right there.

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My wooden boat cred’ – I got proof!

Tim Shaw — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:11:22 +0000

In case anyone thinks I am some kind of wooden boat poseur… I was recently cleaning stuff out and came across a bunch of old checks, including some of the first I ever wrote. Inclued was this one, from 1985: my first subscription to WoodenBoat. Keepin’ it real…

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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 [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

‘Far From Perfect’: Authenticity at the Wooden Boat Festival (via Crosscut.com)

Tim Shaw — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:41:21 +0000

We recently stumbled across a lovely piece from the Seattle media site crosscut.com about authenticity. It stems form the author’s reflections exhibiting his self-built boats at the Port Townsend (WA) Wooden Boat Festival. He reflects on that tension we all, in the classic / traditional boat world, feel between the desire to have a boat [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Ideas welcome – beginning the redesign / rebuild of AL DEMANY CHIMAN’s ama

Tim Shaw — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:21:37 +0000

As I have noted before, one of the biggest issues I have found with the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe AL DEMANY CHIMAN is that the ama isn’t working out. The shape is a bit off and it ships too much water. Having completed a number of smaller maintenance items since calling an end to the season, [...] Related posts:

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