A little over a week ago, MaineBoats.com featured us in their blog…
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Ann Flannery, one of the first women to attend The Apprenticeshop, has been teaching young people how to build boats…
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A runaway at the age of 19, Mary Lacy found herself in men’s clothes entering a man’s world…
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The boat launching ceremony in Japan is typically called shinsuishiki (literally, "enter water ceremony")…
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Here is a little compilation of some of the interesting techniques Bansho san uses to measure or mark…
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In Japan, many boatbuilders use open fire to bend planking…
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One of the most important elements of our work is recording the design of the tenmasen…
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Ben Meader produced to following video of the Honryousen project we recently completed with Nakagawa san.
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After a beautiful trip into the mountains and then a long trek from Tokamachi, which involved changing trains three times, we arrived in Himi late last Tuesday…
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People often ask me what Japanese boatbuilders use as bedding or seam compound. Traditionally, many boatbuilders used raw lacquer, urushi…
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He kneels in the shadow cast by the planking of the boat, bent over the fine, ink-soaked thread. The light is almost palpable in the dust-soaked atmosphere…
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It was sailing distilled – the only instruments were a few handheld compasses, a dated, numbers-only black and white display handheld GPS, and our trusty bin of charts and chart tools…
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We have a new two-year apprentice. He’s been here now for 3 weeks, lofting, building molds, and sailing around Penobscot Bay on expedition…
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We received the following email this morning. It’s always nice to know where our boats end up…
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We are excited to share this new video produced about our Maritime Skills program…
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Douglas Brooks recently came to the shop to teach a week-long course in traditional Japanese boatbuilding. Students in the course built a 21-foot long traditional river boat…
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If you’ve been keeping up with our newsletter, you’ve probably seen something about the Sea Rocket project our Maritime Skills students have been working on…
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Many of you have already heard about Break the Anchor, perhaps from attending the fundraising auction the Shop held last March. Well, the project is finally underway…
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