Making sawdust again, part II – I was framed!
Yesterday was another gorgeous day, with a light breeze and a clear sky. Chesapeake Bay looked gorgeous, shimmering below me, as a crossed it on the Bay Bridge, headed East again for another day with...
View ArticleMore from Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum – a small replanking project
This skipjack is up on blocks at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. I think the planking might need a little work. Looks like it is in good hands.
View ArticleMid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival LIVE! – My collected pictures
Here are most of the other pictures I took at the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival.
View ArticleProudly presenting the traditional boat designs of Klaus Schmitt
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...
View ArticleMore stunning yacht designs from Klaus Schmitt
Our posts on the yacht designs of Klaus Schmitt are always popular, so I have finally gotten off my transom and am posting some more. The style is pretty consistent, which I say in the sense that one...
View ArticleTraditional boat restoration and maintainance at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime...
While at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum it is, of course, imperative that I cruise around and check out the fleet of boats there. There is a good deal going on with the museum’s collection of...
View ArticleAn update on the restoration of the skipjack ROSIE PARKS
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has a great fleet and will be the better for adding the restored skipjack, ROSIE PARKS. I have blogged about her before and the museum does a nice job of tracking the...
View ArticleUpdate from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum boatyard on the ROSIE PARKS
When I have been out to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum I have kept tabs on the restoration of the skipjack ROSIE PARKS. Longtime readers first saw pictures of her in tough shape in 2007 (see...
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