Wednesday, November 24, 2010

A Visit to the Hearst Museum

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No, not the Hearst Castle, the Hearst Museum at the UC Berkely campus. Named after Phoebie Hearst, philanthropist mother of William Randolph...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

the wolfgang boat school

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Maiden Voyage of Culture camp Iqyax^

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What we built this year at the APIA culture camp was an open cockpit baidarka that would be easy for people to get into and paddle. On the ...

Russian Aleut Accordion

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The 2010 APIA culture camp had some Aleut visitors from Russia. When Alaska was still a Russian colony, the Russian transported a number o...

How to say kayak in Yupic

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This is a test of my ability to add videos to the blog. If it works, you may get more. The video was taken at the APIA culture camp. Not e...

Monetization

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The blog people, that is Google which owns blogspot have a monetization scheme. I don't really know what that looks like, but its a way...
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The Post-Apocalyptic Boat Builder, #3

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I am reading a pamphlet by Howard Chapelle on the Chesapeake bateaux, also knows as skipjacks. These had hard-chine hulls which are easier ...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Portable Boat Ramp

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I just moved into my new shop location. The good news is that there is water a mere hundred yards from where I store my boats. The bad new...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

The Post-Apocalyptic Boat Builder, contd. some more

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Long as I'm on a post-apocalyptic streak here, let me post two more pictures. The first one, above shows one of those WWII era steel lif...

The Post-Apocalyptic Boat Builder, contd.

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I couldn't find my waterproof camera for a while. But the other day I did. It was in a bag in the front hall closet where the kitty li...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

The Post-Apocalyptic Boat Builder

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Kevin Kostner, Hollywood's version of the post-apocalyptic builder Every once in a while I feel the need to examine why I build skin on ...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Andrew's boat

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This year, Andrew Abyo built an Alutiiq kayak with us. He decided to take the urban kayak approach and go with the plastic ribs. That's...
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The urban baidarka

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This year at culture camp, we built an urban kayak. The idea for this boat was hatched by Mike Livingston. The premise was that a modern A...
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Speed vs. Comfort

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Lately, I have been building wider kayaks, both for reasons of comfort and for potential use in sailing. If you want to hang a sail off a b...

Did you say wood?

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Yeah, wood. I'm starting to be of the opinion that with world population pushing on toward 7 billion people, wood is no longer a renewab...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Appropriate Technology???

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Every year, the magazine Scientific American puts out a special issue devoted to a single topic. This year's issue is entitled the end....
Monday, August 23, 2010

Shark Bites

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Duane Strosaker, our paddler friend down in Southern California had a run in with a great white shark. Go here for pictures and Duane'...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Mask Burning Ceremony

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The people of Kodiak had a mask burning tradition which like most things native was at one time suppressed in an effort to force the native...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Aleut Bent Wood Hat Making

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Bent wood hat making at the APIA Culture Camp was once again being taught this year by Patty Lekanoff-Gregory. Bent wood hats come in many ...
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