https://youtu.be/S6OT-IRtCHc A Qayaq for a Museum of Stories Museums began as collections of a particular person’s fetish. While the largest of these collections have been largely nationalized, there are still a healthy assortment of personal museums around the world,...
Swimming Scow Re-design Part 1 I’ve certainly expounded on the value of model making before but I’ll stress it again.In round bottom craft, a half model is usually the go to and I would say it will suffice in delivering a sense of shape and perhaps even dimensional...
Cutting Carlin Joints Sometimes just watching someone do something is enough to figure it out yourself The carlin joint is possibly one of the most interesting of all joints to tackle. It is both intimidating at first glance and dead simple in geometry and layout. The...
Caulking 101 – on Canada’s oldest sailboat Caulking or “corking” as it is often pronounced is arguably one of the darkest arts in the wooden boatbuilding world. It’s no wonder, given how difficult it is to even find the tools and materials these days. Corking...
Building the Bouchie Dory – Part 37 – Sea trials Launching a new boat and getting to put it through its paces is actually something I don’t get a lot of chances to do. There are a number of reasons for that but an overwhelming one is that after all the...
