this is an amazing short documentary to showcase the art of wooden boat carpentry, as displayed at Emerald Marine, in Anacortes, Washington.
sailing is a state of blissful awareness, punctuated by sheer terror
HT: Mike Taylor (@DIY_Wood_Boat)
Posts Tagged 'boat building'
shaped on all six sides [video]
Published April 28, 2013 sailing 2 CommentsTags: boat building, carpentry, sailing, video, wooden boat carpentry, wooden boats
building Lasers: a labor of love
Published April 5, 2013 sailing 4 CommentsTags: boat building, laser, laser performance, laser sailing, sailing, united kingdom, video
this is an amazing video that shows the step-by-step process that goes into making a Laser sailboat at the Laser Performance factory in Long Buckby, UK. there is a lot of hand work, with not much automation — it is an incredible process.
HT: @LaserPerform
buzzards bay 18: uncas – by artisan boatworks
Published March 16, 2013 sailing 2 CommentsTags: Alison Langley, artisan boatworks, boat building, buzzards bay, Maine, nautical, nautical photography, photography, Rockport, sailing, sailing video, uncas, wooden sailboat
this is a great video shot by Alison Langley to show off a newly built Buzzards Bay 18 – the first built in over a hundred years. the wooden sailboat was built by Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine.
The Buzzards Bay 18 was designed by Nathanael Herreshoff in 1904 as the K Class design for Beverly Yacht Club. No original BB18 exists today. Alec Brainerd, at Artisan Boatworks in Rockport Maine, built the first one since 1904 from the MIT Herreshoff plans. This video tells the story of building, launching and sailing the BB18 “Uncas”, one of the sweetest Herreshoff day sailers you’ll ever see.
Adam’s Rib: Gull Lake Boat Works [video]
Published January 25, 2013 kayaking 6 CommentsTags: boat building, canoe, canoeing, cedar strip canoe, Gull Lake Boat Works, led zeppelin, penn & pannache, wood canvas canoe, wooden canoe, Zoso
this is an amazing look at the process used by Marc of Gull Lake Boat Works as he creates his custom wood and canvas canoes all by hand.
plus, he has a sweet set of tattoos on his forearm of the 4 symbols from Led Zeppelin’s 4th studio album (3:18 into the video).
HT: @SailvationMedia
if you want to build a ship
Published April 6, 2011 sailing 9 CommentsTags: arcadia, boat building, lake michigan, sailing
sunset on Lake Michigan (photo by my2fish)
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, (1900-1944) French writer, aviator, (The quote is attributed to Saint-Exupéry; however it appears in only one distinct American translation of “Citadelle.”)
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