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New Francois Vivier designed Yawl with Clint Chase
Francois Vivier and Clint Chase are busy designing a new dayboat/weekender. This has been a fun collaboration and we have a lot more work to do. By this time next year, it is planned that we will be...
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Invitation to Fall Shop Talk & Messabout in Portland, Maine
Please join me for the 2nd annual – “It’s a tradition now” – shop talk and messabout. This year we’ll welcome our guest designer/builder Walter Wales. Also with him will be WoodenBoat’s Associate...
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The Perfect Rowboat, Sailboat, or Both?
Do you like the idea of a boat that can row and sail but they often don't like the idea of compromising on one or the other? It is a trade-off. A good sailboat's lines are not good for rowing and a...
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Dories get some attention!
I signed onto the Wooden Boat Forum the other day and to my utter delight someone else had created a post on one of my boats, the Deblois Street Dory. At the wonderful 2nd annual Fall Shop and...
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Top 5 Thanksgivings at Clint Chase Boatbuilder
We are certainly thankful at CCBB for five big things:#1: The new shop. The goal by the time we were sitting down for turkey was to be in the new shop and pretty well set up so we could get back to...
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Quality Plywood & Epoxy Encapsulation
I am a believer in epoxy encapsulation of wood; I wasn't always. Encapsulation entails coating the wood with multiple coats of epoxy, saturating the wood surface and building up a moisture-barrier. The...
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Epoxy Encapsulation & Prefinishing in Montana!
We can go one step further with epoxy encapsulation: paint some parts before they get set up on the strongback. One of our kit builders is demonstrating this nicely in his Beg-Meil build. He lives in...
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New Blog by Francois Vivier
Francois Vivier, famous boat designer of France, has started a new blog. If you are using Google Chrome you can very successfully translate the page to English and read the text with little difficulty....
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Economics of Kit Building
I receive a lot of questions and comments regarding the true cost of building a boat from scratch, full size patterns, and kits. Since I track time and materials closely, I have found that building...
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Maine BoatBuilders Show
Here is a boat moving in for the Show....it is that time of year again. The Maine Boatbuilders Show started Fri and tomorrow is day 3 already. This year has been a good show so far and tomorrow should...
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Goat Island Skiffs Rule
We have a new Facebook and Twitter presence!!!Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/clintchaseboatsLots of updates direct from boat show thanks to Chris Freeman and his social media prowess.Our Twitter...
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Back to business: boat kits and complete boats
First off, I am now in 100% complete control of my Gmail account again. Someone in Egypt hacked in because I was not careful enough about protecting my password. Upgrade passwords and never have it on...
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Rowing & Sailing in France & Finland: Part 1
I recently returned from a wonderful 2 week business trip in Europe. The 'business' in France was to sail and better get to know Francois Vivier and his designs. I felt it was a good idea as his sole...
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Family Boatbuilding at Wooden Boat Show
We (myself, Christophe Matson, Eric Risch the designer of the EBDS, and Steven Bauer) had a wonderful time guiding three wonderful families through the construction of 3 beautiful Echo Bay Dory Skiffs...
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Family & Corporate Boatbuilding
Some new photos up at my Flickr site for the two past corporate and family boatbuilding events at Mystic Seaport.One thing we love is that all our participants launch every boat on the third day and...
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Next Year's Family Boatbuilding Project?
A lot of people ask for a skiff that can take a...
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Sail rigs delivered, launched, and being shaped
Drop in Sail rig, ready to go with custom canvas sailbag.Yawldory Elyssa just launched. We built the masts and spars.Caledonia Yawl birdsmouth-hollow mast designed by Clint (giving the 'evil eye'...
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Small Reach Regatta Finishes in Drake Rowboat
This sail is right off a Shellback dinghy, but a new more efficient downwind rig is in the works when we aren't making other peoples' rigs!(photos by Christophe Matson in his Goat Island Skiff)My wife,...
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New Stitch and Glue Dinghy
Congrats to Barbara Simon, the new owner of the Willard Beach Dory (WBD), a new stitch-and-glue dory skiff drawn by Roger Long who has retired and is off cruising. Roger left behind a few gorgeous...
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A trip to sail the Deer Isle Koster aka, "KDI"
The Deer Isle Koster is a new kit that will hit the market by November. We are very excited aboutthis addition to the catalog. I finally had a chance to sail with the designer, Bruce Elfstrom, at his...
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