Yeah Ive been thinking quite a lot about this boat

This really fired up my imagination, a little bit of good Orca news, and YOWZA...

Chimaera is obviously NOT a VolksCruiser but a lot of good ideas that could be adapted in that direction and so deserves some study.



You can find more about it here but youll need to get the current issue (#246) of WoodenBoat for the whole story.

Listening to Ronnie Fauss

So it goes...

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A lot of activity at the boat shop!

Carbon oars are in style at Clint Chase Boatbuilder! These are a pair made by Clints students. They can made at any size, shape, and part of any length oar. They make most sense on 8 or longer oars where outboard weight must be kept to a minimum.

On the Dory design front, the lines are complete. To learn about my design approach, click here.

Other news: coming into the shop will be a vintage Flying Fifteen the building of which was supervised by Uffa Fox himself in the ate 1940s. Photographs will be forthcoming. The plan is to give the boat a total restoration. Everything is orginal: oak spars, Egyptian cotton sails, laminated mahagany hull (varnished).

Quite a few inquiries into Shellback Dinghies have been coming in with one order in place. If interested in this great boat, please let us know!

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