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Category Archives: boatbuilding
Tolerance and Precision
Lufkin…Starrett…Brown & Sharpe…The Holy Trinity Skeat: … Continue reading
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blue sky
The Russian Bantry Bay Gig, Penetanguishene, 1994 If you can find a copy of Barns, Beams, and Boats online, it is the foundation story behind this boat. Lance Lee, fresh out of the Marine Corps. in the 60’s, went to … Continue reading
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The Decline of Craft
Every one is different… As winter wears on, I spend more time scheming and planning than building. My building ideas are just on the margin of convention, and we have implemented them freely in our own house. Mostly, to be honest, … Continue reading
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Looking for Water
I went for a drive on a recent summer afternoon, looking for a place to fish. Out of town on Hwy. 45 to Goshen, we passed Twin Bridges, the first possibility. Headed up Blue Spring Road, there are several places to … Continue reading
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Design and Workmanship
Before the “Maker Movement”, there was David Pye. If you make things, or design things, and ever feel the need to communicate about making or designing, you should read these books. In 1964, David Pye published The Nature of Design, … Continue reading
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Piñata of Ideas
Ever have a really good idea, and when you float it out there, someone just can’t wait to knock the stuffing out of it. Yeah! Just think of it as a piñata, a little out of reach but interesting enough … Continue reading
Learning Curves 11
Swamped Not exactly sitting pretty, I swamped and soaked myself. Even worse, I lost my balance getting aboard, and slammed my foot so hard into the bottom that it split the hull. This is the sort of thing that the … Continue reading
Learning Curves 10
“…and there were also with them other little boats.” Mark 4:36 We spent the past four days day-tripping around the Ozarks, trying out the canoe, car-topping on our latest BMW, a 1987 325e. Found a set of vintage Thule brackets … Continue reading
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Learning Curves 8
To escape the rain, I moved the canoe into the painting studio, and proceeded with fiberglass and epoxy. The sealer coat was a bit tacky, positioning the fiberglass cloth was tedious, and it was late Tuesday afternoon before I … Continue reading
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Learning Curves 7
Back outside with a sealer coat of epoxy, ready for fiberglass. Which I ended up sanding down to bare wood again Sunday morning. The few drops of rain that hit the uncured epoxy left white streaks and spots, and … Continue reading
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Learning Curves 6
We finally stitched the bottom into the hull this afternoon, and all those pieces of spruce have become a singularity. We might have cleverly taken apart a tree and made it into a boat, pieces of several trees more likely, at … Continue reading
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Learning Curves 4
Today, I went ’round the bend. Actually, there are several problems with the material I chose. Spruce is much stiffer that either Atlantic cedar or western red cedar, and I cut the strips 1/4″ x 15/16″. There are more scarf … Continue reading
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Learning Curves 3
Once lost, the information on primitive watercraft cannot, as a rule, be recovered. “It might be said fairly that those who had the best opportunities to observe, including many whose profession it was to record the culture of primitive … Continue reading
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Learning Curves 2
Progress, like peace, comes dripping slow. Running in and out of spring showers to get tarps on everything, I conceded to the weather gage and moved upstairs. Lighting is much better; windows for daylight, ample incandescents for night work, and my … Continue reading
Learning Curves 1
For the past couple of weeks, I have been busy building a small wooden canoe. The prototype is J. Henry Rushton’s 10’6″ Wee Lassie. Every part of this boat is salvaged wood, the actual planking is from a pallet discarded … Continue reading
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tiny boats
Waking or sleeping, I dream of boats—usually rather small boats… If a man must be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most. A small sailing craft is not only … Continue reading
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