Coos Bay Workboat

Coos Bay Workboat

A spring break road trip down to San Francisco with the wife and kids. My wife plans the itinerary and it does not include boats. If I pushed it, I could probably squeeze a stop in here or there but it would always be under the shadow of a stopwatch. “How much...
Museum of Stories

Museum of Stories

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,...
Leathering oars

Leathering oars

https://youtu.be/qhcPSfrmVXc Leathering Oars One of the things that I have always found fascinating about wooden boatbuilding is how many different material manipulation disciplines it pulls you into.  Of course there is the woodworking itself but coming right up...
Caulking 101 – On Canada’s Oldest Sailboat

Caulking 101 – On Canada’s Oldest Sailboat

https://youtu.be/j85wdSNMEkE 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 it is given how difficult it is to even find the tools...
Cutting Carlin Joints

Cutting Carlin Joints

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...
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