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Sad loss: RIP Mau Piailug

Tim Shaw — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:54:38 +0000

I don’t generally go to the Washington Post’s obituaries section to find blog post ideas, but lo and behold I was struck the other day to read about the life of Mau Piailug of Satawal in Micronesia. Mr. Piailug was one of the last master navigators of the Pacific, knowledgeable of the art of wayfaring [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Update on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project – structure coming along nicely

Tim Shaw — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:45:35 +0000

Once again vacation (kayaking, windsurfing, and sailing at Cuttyhunk Island), our building project, and, alas, life have overtaken blogging. Well, Chine bLog is back. The good news is that the design and building project – the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe – is progressing well.

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The skin-on-frame outrigger canoe gets her ribs!

Tim Shaw — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:41:46 +0000

We took the deep plunge into the world of steam-bending and came out of it… with ribs! Ribs that look pretty good! Ribs that seem to be pretty fair! Woot!

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Comedy + canoe building: actor Nick Offerman talks strip-building with comedian Adam Carolla

Tim Shaw — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:41:18 +0000

Thanks to colleague @cvonspiegelfeld for the heads up on this: actor Nick Offerman (currently of NBC’s Parks & Recreation) was on comedian Adam Carolla’s podcast talking about woodworking in general and, in particular, Nick’s recent canoe-building projects. Warning – it’s for mature audiences only. Actually, Carolla seems to be a bit of an arse [...] Related posts:

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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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Milestone reached on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe – outwales on!

Tim Shaw — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:51:30 +0000

Great news out of our little boatyard here at Chine bLog headquarters: the main hull – wa’a – of the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe now has outwales and thus shows her shape. There is still a little to do in the stern with the port outwale needing a little more coaxing to get into shape. The [...] Related posts:

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Significant progress on skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project – the pieces are coming together

Tim Shaw — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:55:00 +0000

The skin-on-frame outrigger canoe has been coming together in the last week or so. The pieces I formed over the winter months were ready for the keel, which got all its rib mortises. With a first coat of linseed oil on, I began tying the major structural elements together. The arrival of spring is clearly [...] Related posts:

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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 [...] Related posts:

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Skin-on-frame outrigger frames, take 2: I am proud of these

Tim Shaw — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:05:47 +0000

Thanks to the help of a friend in the neighborhood (he owns a nice table-saw), I was able to mill some much better stock for laminating the frames. You may recall I had taken a whack and not been happy with the results. Well, better stock and a little practice brought great results the second [...] Related posts:

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Need some advice – managing a wide board

Tim Shaw — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:36:55 +0000

Friends, I need a bit of quick advice. I bought a nice Spanish Cedar board for the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe, but it is about 10″ wide and seems like it is cleaned-up flitch-sawn – the grain runs in a nice wide arc through it. I have two pieces that will come out of it that [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The skin-on-frame outrigger comes along, as best it can, indoors

Tim Shaw — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:37:29 +0000

I believe I have mentioned that I work in sub-optimal conditions for a boat-builder, even one focusing on small craft. Our house is modest and my workshop is in the basement, overrun by stuff in storage. I count on being able to work outside, but this gloriously snowy winter (yes, I said “gloriously” – snow [...] Related posts:

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Heads-up Aussies – Melbourne Wooden Boat Festival is coming up

Tim Shaw — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:37:10 +0000

No, no one has invited to fly me down under to report (though I am still willing to negotiate!), but, since I know folks from the South-side check in, I wanted to make sure folks knew about this cool-sounding event: the Wooden Boat Festival, held this year in Melbourne, Australia on February 20-21. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I was thinking of going for a paddle this week…

Tim Shaw — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:00:25 +0000

… orrrr maybe not…

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Catching up with the traditional boat blogosphere – recent stuff from some peers

Tim Shaw — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:56:04 +0000

I have so engaged in designing and building that I haven’t been on the computer as much in the PMs. I have clearly been missing out on what some of our traditional boat peeps have been putting up. In case you missed it directly, here is some stuff to check out:

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After a drawing-board and holiday hiatus, we are making sawdust again on the skin-on-frame outrigger project

Tim Shaw — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:14:41 +0000

So we went back to the drawing board for a bit on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe project, as we noted last month. It was a productive venture – we made some improvements, got a lot of problems solved, and got some useful planning in. We confess, though, that we were eager to get back into [...] Related posts:

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It’s a blustery weekend…

Tim Shaw — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:42:45 +0000

She’s comin’ in hard, boys, she’s comin’ in hard here in the northeast of the old US of A today. I felt obliged to tie in a second reef to get across the back yard. Be safe out there!

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Thanks to all our readers!

Tim Shaw — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:39:23 +0000

We have just finished, after much delay, the import of all the comments from the old version of Chine bLog into the new one. A lot of busy work, but we think it is well worth it. Our readers have contributed some great insight over the years and added greatly to what we [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

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Design details on the skin-on-frame outrigger canoe

Tim Shaw — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:10:01 +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 [...] Related posts:

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“Paddle Making (and other canoe stuff)” – a nice-looking blog

Tim Shaw — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:52:45 +0000

Thanks to Bob over at Indigenous Boats for his recent post highlighting Paddle Making (and other canoe stuff), a blog by a Canadian canoeist / paddlemaker / artist named Murat. The site has a gallery tool to view paddles Murat has made – they are almost universally stunning. Well worth keeping this one [...] Related posts:

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

Tim Shaw — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:29:15 +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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