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Deer Isle Koster "KDI" Kit Version
Hull #3 of the KDI will soon be cut on the CNC machine and built. The computer model is a refined version of the first two built out west for designer Bruce Elfstrom. The modeling was done in...
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Deblois Street Dory
Now that Deer Isle Koster kits are shipping and and I have moved shop back to the home based-shop, I am enjoying some new found time to carry on with the newest, refined version of the Deblois Street...
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I am still active designing and building boat kits. The currrent project is still the Deblois Street Dory.I post often on my Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/clintchaseboatsYou can see up-to-date progress...
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Making of the ultimate sail-and-oar boat: The Deblois Street DoryFor the past few years, I have been working on a dory design, the Deblois Street Dory. Hull #1 was built and launched in 2010. The...
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The Deer Isle Koster (KDI) is a 14' double-ender that we kitted and have available for sale. The KDI was originally designed by Bruce Elfstrom, a friend and fellow boat nerd who lives and does business...
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Update on the Deblois Street Dory
A couple months ago I was entering the final stages of modeling the Deblois St Dory. I am excited to report that the work is complete and a plans package, full size patterns, and CNC cut kits are now...
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A Fabulous 15-foot Rowboat
One of the most unique aspects of the St. Lawrence River Skiff (SLRS) is its hull shape which we believe derives from the bark canoes, at least partly. Both hull forms feature a very fine entry and...
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We are excited to announce the cutting of the first Jewell kit of many in the US and Canada. This kit is going not to an amateur but to French & Webb boatbuilders in Belfast, Maine to be custom...
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The Jewell Project: Virtual Reality becomes Physical Reality
These days I spend more time building boats in the computer than in real life. So, it is highly satisfying when I see a boat becoming the real thing.A Mainer from Norway, Maine has commissioned his own...
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Last week I finally got up to the Belfast area to see Jewell. This one is the first US built hull, so it is exciting for me having spent the last couple years collaborating with the designer, Francois...
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Changes in Website
This July 4th break from teaching has me working in the website. I will be porting over completely to my blog. In other words, when finished www.clintchaseboatbuilder.com will lead the web surfer to...
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Jewell is progressing at French & Webb for their Maine based client who will use her on lakes and ocean. I'll be heading up to video the turnover in a week or so. The kit we cut is going together...
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Growing this Blog
I've always liked black backgrounds to websites...the pictures really pop. But the lettering is not great. I'll be trying different looks.Note the tabs along top. The boat pages from my website will be...
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Jewell Wrapping UpFrench and Webb is in the final couple weeks of the Jewell project. I look forward to getting up to Belfast to see her. Judge for yourself: how does she look from where you sit?Jewell...
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Small Reach Regatta 2013Sailing and Rowing Elyssa, a 22' dory in Muscongus BayHog Island, MaineThis year's SRR is much anticipated. After several years at Lamoine State Park, the venue has moved to the...
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Report from the Small Reach Regatta 2013Beautiful weather, wonderful people, and a humbling locationHog Island, Muscongus Bay, MaineThe photos herein are mostly others' pictures shared amongst the SRR...
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Sneaking up on Perfection
For the first time in my short design-build career, I am finally in the stage I have longed for, that is, to be working on mk II and mk III+ versions of already successful boat models. Thus the blog...
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This video was made by Voiles et Voiliers in 2010 after my visit there to meet and sail with my friend Francois Vivier. We sailed from Pornichet to the Gulf of Morbihan in his 25' gaff-sloop called Pen...
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How to Sail the Lug Yawl: REPOSTED
My friend and fellow boatbuilder in the Northwest, James McMullen, created a very useful set of drawings to help people learn how to use our favorite sailing rig, the Lug-Yawl. For sail & oar boats...
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A Deblois Street Dory
to The Compass Project in Portland, Me is building a DSD with a group of kids and they are doing a great job.The boat is built like dories have always been built, using the bottom to erect stem,...
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