Sweet Herreshoff as cover story in latest WoodenBoat
There is a really sweet Herreshoff cat ketch featured as the cover story for this month’s Wooden Boat. I haven’t read the piece yet, but look forward to doing so. The cover sure is captivating…...
View ArticleCOQUINA by Cap’n Nat
So that sweet daysailer I reference turns out to be COQUINA, one of N. G. Herreshoff’s personally prized works (it seems he might have used it more than any other). She is pretty sweet and definitely...
View ArticleHall of Lame – Wayfarer Dinghy Associations
For a long time I have had a thing for the Wayfarer Dinghy. It started with a piece in the dearly departed Small Boat Journal about a guy cruising the coast of Labrador in one. I looked the look of the...
View ArticleTop designer: Iain Oughtred
I bit ago I realized I was overdue doing a post about Iain Oughtred, a man whose drawing table has produced some gorgeous small craft. I first got introduced to him vis his book on glued lapstake...
View ArticleFor Iain Oughtred fans – an interesting online forum on the Caledonia Yawl...
Tonight I ran across a small but active discussion forum about Iain Oughtred’s Caledonia Yawl, his other designs, and a transoceanic voyage in a related Shetland boat: The Caledonia Yawl &...
View ArticleBoat of the Trip Award: GODSPEED from Mason, NH
And now we have the one we’ve all been waiting for (trust me, you were waiting for it): the Boat of the Trip Award, given periodically to that vessel that best encompasses the ideals of Chine bLog. And...
View ArticleA great read: the Dyes’“Ocean Crossing Wayfarer”
As I mentioned recently, my dad gave me Frank and Margaret Dye’s Ocean Crossing Wayfarer: To Iceland and Norway in a 16ft Open Boat for Christmas and I tore through it in several days. Great book for...
View ArticleMore from Chesapeake Bay Maritme Musuem – two-masted crabbing skiff still for...
I was pleased to be able to at least see a picture of the two-masted crabbing skiff I worked on last year during my Apprentice for a Day stint at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Here she is, and she is...
View ArticleMid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival LIVE! – Test-driving some Chesapeake Light...
I just test-drove three Chesapeake Light Craft boats: a Wood Duck 12 Hybrid kayak, a Chester Yawl pulling boat, and an Annapolis Wherry. You may recall I have written about them before. I really like...
View ArticleMid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival in review – Iain Oughtred’s Caledonia Yawl
I have mentioned the presence of one of Iain Oughtred’s Caledonia Yawls at the festival. I had previously only seen the design in pictures and it was a thrill to get a up-close-and-personal with the...
View ArticleThe people are speaking: time to publish Wayfarer Dinghy plans
We realized that we have been running this blog for over four years now. This is the second iteration of it, as of last Winter, so our analytics are incomplete. It is the case for the last several...
View ArticleNew design challenge from WoodenBoat and Professional BoatBuilder
I like that our friends at WoodenBoat and Professional BoatBuilder have launched the third in their series of design challenges. This one is inspired by the burgeoning raid movement and asks for a...
View ArticleIain Oughtred kits available
I noted recently that Jordan Boats in the UK has started producing Iain Oughtred design kits. They have licensed the patterns to Hewes & Company of Maine in North America. I am guessing that this a...
View Article’round the blogs – great stuff from elsewhere in the traditional boat...
It has been far too long (we do I always find myself starting this way? SIGH) since we here at Chine bLog highlighted the great posts others have offered the world regarding wooden / traditional boats....
View ArticlePossible faering kit from Chesapeake Light Craft – do it!
Chesapeake Light Craft’s John Harris had a great blog post a bit back on two faering designs he developed. The post gives a good overview of these lovely Scandinavian working boats, but the thrust of...
View ArticleRowing and sailing on a Walkabout? Yes, please.
As of this coming August, Chine bLog will be ten years old (stay tuned for festivities). In all this time, two of our consistently most visited posts are two about the Wayfarer Dinghy and the shame...
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