https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/upcoming-lectures-workshops daily 0.75 2025-04-24 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/upcoming-lectures-workshops/blog-post-title-one-7phnt monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/upcoming-lectures-workshops/blog-post-title-two-rslrz monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ashitenma daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0d3cbcc9-667c-4d68-b07d-b42c04329ea6/Ashitenma.JPG Ashitenma The ashitenma on launch day. The young bamboo is a common decoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1bcefb00-6960-47d7-a491-21890cf76fbb/mortises_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma Mortises for the edge-nails that join the two planks that make up the plank keel (kawara) of the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1918ae4f-e30e-4eed-98c0-579ccd6080f0/scarf_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma The bite scarf, called a kama tsugite, that fastens the stem and keel plank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a0a4dd51-7d5e-4185-b9b3-4181a6128a27/workshop_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma We worked in a temporary shelter put up by the Festivale in the Port of Takamatsu, Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3a131c95-2e48-4b12-aea8-e1b582d06aac/chisel_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma Using the tsubanomi, a special chisel for piloting nail holes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e2a35a7c-0958-4c2c-83e0-1ae2fb8d2d62/planks_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma Bending the garboard planks (kajiki) over wood fire. Japanese boatbuilders pre-bend their planks off the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3385094c-897a-4655-92d8-c2885eeeba5d/fastening_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma The first plank fastened on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/678957ea-5314-41ae-93f6-fef9c2df30d2/apprentice_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma My apprentice Takumi Suzuki fitting first plank to the keel using a special saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9c07b5d4-c021-4ed3-b754-3ec455b5dfd6/sheer_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma The sheer plank being wrapped around the boat before tracing its shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/91750e38-48c8-4292-a202-809fb7663f30/uwadana_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma Clamping and propping both sheer planks in place prior to fastening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/80ca4433-136b-4c34-b8cd-ab3fa06e2621/apprentice_working.jpg Ashitenma Japanese boatbuilders use props in lieu of clamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5f34ac0e-633e-4e4f-bb98-361a5b0ba38a/nail_head_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma Nail heads were set in shallow mortises that were then covered with copper plate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/fdebc3a8-8250-4fc6-b871-6918f644f8ba/stern_ashitenma.jpg Ashitenma The view from the stern showing how the planks run past the transom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835586705-8K4GUQH0CNT17FNA8ZNE/baptising_the_ashitenma.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ayubune daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f9fa34db-8d9d-43f9-9cc6-7724b6a71a92/ayubune_front_beam.jpg Ayubune Detail of the forward beam, showing the half lap shouldered dovetail joinery used in these boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d9b95224-d764-4bad-a4c1-b9d38d164d59/ayubune_first_plank.jpg Ayubune One plank fitted to the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/38a9ade6-605a-4fba-8ff9-b99b9ad99d30/ayubune_museum.jpg Ayubune View of the boat in the Mizunoki Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9827fcc1-c7ef-440a-8ddc-d6ea6586cc00/ayubune_complete.jpg Ayubune The completed boat. Note the lack of frames and the plugs along the inside planking where the planks were edge-nailed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cb43f4f9-4a01-4faf-b37b-81d0404eecb5/ayubune_mortises.jpg Ayubune The mortises for the edge-nails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6c7a3516-dd5a-46d8-b4a1-f94bf70f8e26/ayubune_historic_five_metre.jpg Ayubune A historic five meter ayubune found in the Hozu neighborhood of Kameoka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1234bed2-ab39-4d56-b57e-a5dea51d605f/ayubune_fibreglass_mould.jpg Ayubune The lines were taken from this old fiberglass mold, made from an original six meter ayubune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0b43efd9-43c9-4aea-a173-24f0c5443c92/ayubune_three_bottom_planks.jpg Ayubune The three bottom planks propped in place for fitting seams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b0485067-cb00-4f48-a26a-a695644c4ba8/ayubune_temporary_braces.jpg Ayubune The planks are shown supported by temporary braces, posts and various props, typical of the Japanese boat shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/009d8361-d042-4313-86d8-00e419685649/ayubune_tourist_boats.jpg Ayubune Kameoka is famous for the Hozugawa Kudari, a downriver trip through a mountain gorge to Kyoto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2460abf4-cb0b-429b-be1e-8a2188a2be2c/ayubune_launch_day.jpg Ayubune The ayubune on launch day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/df33a5b6-a4b9-4d7d-bee7-de50ee77cfb4/ayubune_eight_metre_derelict.jpg Ayubune An eight meter ayubune, fiber-glassed and derelict near the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835645047-D19ZUHMH8TSJDNH9YGQG/ayubune_finished_credit_Omote_Nobutada.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/bekabune daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5360d563-74ec-4d0e-9532-25739de83ba7/10057IMG.jpeg Bekabune The backbone of the bekabune completed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/81428a40-2d43-425c-9989-88e52b72fdb4/10089IMG.jpeg Bekabune Launching at the Urayasu Folk History Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9812f9b1-9c72-4612-8bc4-1079a71b3e4e/Bekabune-enhanced.jpeg Bekabune The bekabune planked up. Note the extensive use of props in lieu of clamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a1b5a590-ab31-47d0-a256-f0d0b3151846/Udagawa+and+Douglas.jpeg Bekabune Douglas Brooks works saw-fitting a plank under the strict gaze of his teacher, Mr. Nobuji Udagawa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f8279afa-9bf4-4233-8e28-62a373e799be/Bekabune-enhanced.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/chokkibune daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/febc2b81-e5db-4259-8ada-f7ba466e047f/Chokki_stern.jpg Chokkibune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/02b497b2-0d16-4d63-b53b-9f4a43bc3300/Chokkibune_backbone.jpg Chokkibune The first planks were bent over an open fire. You can see the charring in this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2299d742-282f-4e25-9dc6-00ad0bb5e0b3/Chokki_tsuzu.jpg Chokkibune Props hold the planks against the transom prior to fastening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3946d83b-9ec7-4ed1-b5ad-5896b66f08b0/Chokki_and_Fujiwara.jpg Chokkibune Mr. Kazuyoshi Fujiwara was a fourth generation Tokyo boatbuilder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/013f4b5f-26be-4db7-aeb1-6494eb4087cb/Chokki_rowing.jpg Chokkibune Like most traditional Japanese boats the chokibune is powered by the ro, or sculling oar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835690862-B0GBFCDF676OKJM1SLAV/Chokki_launch.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/isobune daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/76360d4d-affc-4a80-bd8f-0d48359b9d5a/angela-robins.jpg Isobune Angela Robins using an axe to remove the bark from a chunk of cypress which will be used for the outer stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/80e1e4f6-4399-4b74-8b37-193c9e41c1e8/murakami.jpg Isobune Mr. Murakami adzing the back of the outer stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/07e56286-f13d-4e7d-8462-21f2ec938923/pounding-edge.jpg Isobune Pounding the edge of the bottom prior to fastening the side planks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c0e5fc7b-4324-47bb-b279-d3ccd8775b14/bending-bottom.jpg Isobune Bending the bottom, composed of three thick planks edge-nailed together. The bottom was propped under the house and weighted with stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1a38a34c-6358-4ebf-a061-309425308d5a/fitting-planks.jpg Isobune Mr. Murakami fitting the planks using the circular saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d76e9481-5746-4041-b364-f65a1a2c45cd/four-angles.jpg Isobune Four principal angles used in the construction of the isobune, recorded on the wall of the shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/768d85a3-8b7f-446e-8ea5-a46de6b87dff/beam-tenon.jpg Isobune The beams are through-tenoned and lock in place with a wedge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693864484330-1W3X4D2L8S2L1VJR38YB/isobune-launch.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ritsurin-garden-tour-boat daily 0.75 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/232a8a79-0e9a-404b-a299-56eacf653bfd/Ritsurin_lumber.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat Cypress and cedar prepared for the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/02287f92-8fb0-44ed-9ec0-578cd876cf3f/Ritsurin_bottom.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat The bottom is cypress. The plugs fill the edge-nail mortises and get trimmed flush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b08c0efd-2dbe-423e-a7f6-7205fee35218/Ritsurin_nail_plug.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat A plug trimmed flush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/83599a48-39fc-4b2b-a222-36d717612f2f/Ritsurin_planking_sides.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/eaf90d33-b337-4ff7-92ef-d97d86f40216/Ritsurin_bulkheads.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/bff5297f-0bb8-4b03-abef-ba332cf14961/Ritsurin_side_planking.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat Mortises along the sides which are composed of two planks edge-nailed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6015e108-db49-4f0d-88d0-661aada28c17/Ritsurin_rub_rails.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/55949cc6-8ae3-421b-b41b-181d1e482781/Ritsurin_completed.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/388e4f6c-5463-4d72-8594-05716fab1f27/Ritsurin_garden_tour1.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2fe2281c-1775-4e80-8113-76dfc5fc6b0f/Ritsurin_garden_tour2.jpeg Ritsurin Garden Tour Boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835724515-KP3SM5ANMWT8LYK0ZRFT/Ritsurin_garden_tour3.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/sabani daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1738192268617-L8BSN55QWJQEMCLRT50K/DSC_8020%2B2.jpg Sabani A view of the bow of the sabani, showing the huundu fastenings, along with cedar trunnels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/aee617f0-e407-4664-b5f4-2e1cce9bc79f/DSC_8880.jpg Sabani The completed boat, seen from the bow. The huundu fastenings are visible along the seam between the side planking and bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c8c9e7cd-0090-439d-887e-a5d0a07b08e0/DSC_7683.jpg Sabani The huundu fastenings are visible along the seam between the side planking and the bottom. The boat has been oiled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/38e8dfda-6e0c-4b4c-9c7d-d560509ca5fa/sabani_race.jpg Sabani Up to forty-five boats participate today in sabani races throughout Okinawa. (All sailing photographs by Mr. Asato Hiroyuri) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1738192286468-BASEJEVEZS3LFM501CWZ/sabani_race1.jpg Sabani Racers use paddles and sails, and most boats have outriggers. Capsizings are common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0765ecd9-82a9-4cd7-95b5-19137a3606b4/sabani_race2.jpg Sabani Only the most expert sailors have the skills of the generations of men who made their livings fishing from these boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2eadf962-0992-4359-b908-6c829219e7b1/sabani_race3.jpg Sabani (All sailing photographs by Mr. Asato Hiroyuri) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835742405-ZGEU8JH7AQ44W2P9QL4N/101_0635.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/shimaihagi daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c1ff1e21-a5fc-4a53-b101-6828a7e5b62b/Shimaihagi_backbone.jpg Shimaihagi The first two planks fastened to the backbone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b6129091-c94d-4a48-a30c-3c850e29a930/shimaihagi_3.jpg Shimaihagi Saw fitting the seam between the first plank and the keel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/667d36d2-b1d6-47ba-bfed-4b337edcb32e/shimaihagi_4.jpg Shimaihagi Mr. Ando at the sculling oar on launch day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835758614-480675XOGOCZVYPBXMIO/Shimaihagi_done.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/taraibune daily 0.75 2025-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4c584e6c-41fe-4a62-b890-8e6872010c45/Tub_boat004.jpg Taraibune Mr. Koichi Fujii and I in the tub boat we built together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ec605974-9756-4c0e-92c8-e96e8ba5487c/Tarai_Fujii_and_DB.jpg Taraibune Mr. Fuji and I posing with a maebiki oga, or ripsaw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8a804f51-e267-45fb-b6a0-fa30da985f65/Tub_boat003.jpg Taraibune Ms. Akiko Yamamoto gathering wakame (seaweed) using a special bamboo spear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/54efaee8-81bf-4e64-9f43-d001d206b7df/tub_boat_fishing.jpg Taraibune A fisherman uses his sight box to find something to catch. His boat carries spears for several types of shellfish and seaweed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/46dc9ff4-743b-4820-9d04-0c070d6b0379/tub_boat_paddling.jpg Taraibune An elderly woman paddles into the harbor. These boats are traditionally used by women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5ec912a6-ea2a-4ca1-85ec-c45a9f25a74b/tub_boat_tourist1.jpg Taraibune On Sado Island today several companies give rides to tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835777072-GT8WN4YO2XXNQM59K7IJ/Taka_and_Douglas.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/tokyo-tenmasen daily 0.75 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/095ed7cf-b97e-4079-9d60-6b1dc30c38c4/Tenmasen_1.jpg Tokyo Tenmasen The copper pinwheel motif affixed to the bow was a Fujiwara Family tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b50e24c1-e8d5-4664-9853-e55f2122b42a/Tenmasen_2.jpg Tokyo Tenmasen The heavily-built bow before adding copper cladding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c5753390-3356-4f82-9c92-14b2cbe4ff11/Tenmasen_joint.jpg Tokyo Tenmasen The scarf joint was used in the aft end of the keel, which rises up to the transom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/efccfb90-049b-4f2c-92d0-1df6e1f457a0/Roll+22+-+28.jpeg Tokyo Tenmasen The joints covering the beam/plank connections were covered in copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/acd0f87e-4e13-4f31-a93f-4876ae040f01/Tenmasen_3.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ukaibune daily 0.75 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/13d4d36f-6701-4dd5-b586-3f3d1d3c09ab/nails-1.jpeg Ukaibune The nails are unique in Japan, with their angled heads. Called kasakugi, or umbrella nails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/15863fd8-ae4e-4ee2-bc0d-2c9d63e725e5/moji_and_nails-1.jpeg Ukaibune The moji is an ancient type of drill from China, used only in this region in Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b5472e90-cd56-4077-aa12-2b6fcd797aaa/scarf_joint-1.jpeg Ukaibune Scarf joint in the sheer planks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c86fc25b-bd69-448d-80da-137d04fe592c/bottom_scarfs-1.jpeg Ukaibune Bottom scarfs. Note the use of iron dogs as clamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ec343628-209b-4941-bce5-149ef7ab6ae8/Nasu_with_adze-1.jpeg Ukaibune Mr. Nasu using the adze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/09f987bb-8b34-4ffa-bc00-5549ca97c272/Nasu_sawing-1.jpeg Ukaibune Mr. Nasu trimming the stern planking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e31714ef-914e-49b8-840c-c81a0f87363b/Nasu_at_stern-1.jpeg Ukaibune Fitting the transom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/102de66c-7d3f-4616-8e96-ccadf6c48d93/planing_hull-1.jpeg Ukaibune The entire hull, inside and out, was planed by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b4162df4-e97d-49c0-81bc-6c89f632c9cb/planking_propped.jpeg Ukaibune Planks propped in place and large stones were placed inside to hold the assembly in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/efff2872-c9fe-41ff-9640-ed221c828469/forward_deck.jpeg Ukaibune Detail of the deck at the bow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9abbfe5b-6cdd-4cb5-aa97-c36180220680/bottom.jpeg Ukaibune The bottom vertically on its side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d3b8f0bb-06e3-4b1e-abaf-906d8c744f42/stern_planking.jpeg Ukaibune The sheer planks at the bow and stern support decks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f2062969-204e-4c72-9008-074b2b2c8320/stone_weights.jpeg Ukaibune Stone weights and props help hold the bottom to the proper shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c20f599e-7de7-4f65-a4eb-6a6380dd232c/stern_transom.jpeg Ukaibune Both transoms, fore and aft, are two-piece and peaked in the middle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e7d9e930-9c78-4b26-9966-d78557e87847/view_of_hull.jpeg Ukaibune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ea910d4a-0975-49e3-a9d9-0edc7aca22d4/boat_on_side.jpeg Ukaibune Just a single beam amidships frames the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1fa1b501-57ae-42d5-bb97-1df9d24bf5cd/copper_detail.jpeg Ukaibune Copper detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a762c53f-cf78-4316-9d50-e7a3d7d282c1/launch.jpeg Ukaibune Capsizing the boat on launch day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2f100885-bf5d-488d-b7d5-fec5d16ea1a8/boat_on_river.jpeg Ukaibune The new owner motors away from the boat as an apprentice takes a last look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c70bbee4-5291-4df0-981f-f0d25f97e174/fishing_at_night-1.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/zutta-tenma daily 0.75 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/04b26df6-2bab-4c39-a6cc-28481a01c4f4/zutta-backbone.jpg Zutta Tenma The backbone finished, with the side planks visible to the left. Note how the sides of the transom overhang the bottom. The sides will butt to the forward face of the transom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/dd9a2fa3-d72c-45fd-be2d-9e6380294d26/zutta-floor.jpg Zutta Tenma The backbone, showing the peaked bow transom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cbc4f9de-a85a-4f06-b6d1-0c05018244bb/zutta-planking.jpg Zutta Tenma The planking only needs to be bent slightly to meet the bow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ac616eb5-0b20-46d4-9106-7c1f7f731f72/zutta-finishing-planks.jpg Zutta Tenma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0bebb2e7-9c28-4f79-b785-617472fd6098/zutta-single-beam.jpg Zutta Tenma The single beam is fitted into a shallow mortise in the side planking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7032ebaf-73a7-4db0-95fd-247c605e7972/zutta-mortises.jpg Zutta Tenma The mortises on the pram bow are visible. You can see where the two pieces of the bow are edge-nailed together as well as the nails connecting the bow to the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a9bc1288-719a-48c7-a69e-53cb8e3d3614/zutta-interior.jpg Zutta Tenma Like most Japanese boats, internal framing is minimal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e96efd7e-5fe4-45ee-a1ec-aafb2c10f9f8/zutta-display.jpg Zutta Tenma Display panel on the project, which was funded by the Tokyo-based Nippon Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a4d0ace8-d62d-431a-b86e-b596c3b74f38/zutta-props.jpg Zutta Tenma The whole assembly is propped in place. Here the planks are being bent to shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8f125f98-13b8-4c07-a71a-280999de09d3/465006637_8575400502552171_1747331376789841973_n.jpg Zutta Tenma The assembly has to be propped firmly so it doesn't move while nailing the sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c3e1497b-9436-4417-bffd-c25a0000fb03/464907600_8575400519218836_2852905921802121231_n.jpg Zutta Tenma A pair of temporary beams spread the hull to the proper width and plank angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ed91819a-a657-4ce5-9d64-300fb826d0ce/464855681_8575400529218835_5851050372980667898_n.jpg Zutta Tenma The use of props in lieu of clamps is a hallmark of Japanese boatbuilding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/30313438-717f-4490-ae2a-e5258813c8dc/464852219_8575400512552170_6075192100947257354_n.jpg Zutta Tenma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8d2979bb-497f-429b-8fb5-773d6a8e2341/zutta-finished.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ro-the-japanese-sculling-oar daily 0.75 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/258454db-9d8f-44d6-8432-15757318f2d3/Ro_boats_passing.jpeg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar Wasen Tomo No Kai operates a fleet of traditional boats in Koto-ward, Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/fc0e557c-c739-4f2e-9fd7-d627e8c3ca41/Ro_chokkibune.jpg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar The chokibune I built with my teacher, Mr. Kazuyoshi Fujiwara in 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9292f5c8-895b-46ef-ae3f-de6e4d0f713b/Ro_off_bow.jpeg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar Wasen Tomo No Kai takes part in many events. Here we are out on one of Tokyo's major rivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7dbda6e2-77fd-4835-a433-e4da9bd4f324/Ro_paddle.jpeg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar The chokibune is maneuvered in close quarters using the kai, or paddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cedc5484-1800-4d54-abe3-7dddc5df5705/Ro_robeso.jpeg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar The ro's socket is rounded, rotating over a pin (hardwood or iron) mounted on a softwood block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/84fa3360-5526-4a6e-868f-1a5a27b79cfa/Ro_two_men.jpeg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar One advantage of the ro is that two people can easily use it when extra power is needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/aee3b2fd-9b10-48e3-bcf4-38d1dc1d854a/Ro_under-bridge.jpeg Ro - the Japanese Sculling Oar Wasen Tomo No Kai meets weekly offering lessons to the public. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/533646c8-8f53-425c-8f55-8cedcd25ffa2/Ro_long-stroke.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/98342e12-cb15-42c3-a50a-b1738935a992/ro_drawing.png https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/japanese-boats-overview daily 0.75 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/10fd67e1-9118-4fe0-ae74-a42d127200c6/Anderson+Garden+tenmasen.JPG Overview ANDERSON GARDEN TENMASEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835586705-8K4GUQH0CNT17FNA8ZNE/baptising_the_ashitenma.jpg Overview ASHITENMA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835645047-D19ZUHMH8TSJDNH9YGQG/ayubune_finished_credit_Omote_Nobutada.jpg Overview AYUBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9619864e-ce37-4b65-b920-4f3cf858e873/Bekabune-enhanced.jpeg Overview BEKABUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693864248136-8F0Z8CXH1KV3QDZ79C99/Chokki_launch.jpg Overview CHOKIBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/39b1dcb4-cec9-4f79-a088-9ac2c75374f5/IMG_1956.jpeg Overview Disney/FX Series "Shogun" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1579adee-9ab6-4fb3-8808-9f6997681f62/109.jpeg Overview HIMI TENMASEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d378b6d6-d3f1-44f3-9c57-5e1e6b1f0259/Honryousen.JPG Overview HONRYOUSEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693864484330-1W3X4D2L8S2L1VJR38YB/isobune-launch.jpg Overview ISOBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/60058cd2-f8ea-4dda-bcc4-56a9af442089/Boat+Delivery+139.jpg Overview KUMAGAWA KUDARI RIVER BOATS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/94d4b9ac-5298-443a-b66a-4af57d4f3e7b/IMG_9350.JPG Overview LAKE BIWA TABUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5feb7f4a-d9d5-4d68-a77e-bfd77a7ee750/Meier+Garden+tenmasen.JPG Overview MEIJER GARDEN AYUBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835724515-KP3SM5ANMWT8LYK0ZRFT/Ritsurin_garden_tour3.jpg Overview RITSURIN GARDEN TOUR BOAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/533646c8-8f53-425c-8f55-8cedcd25ffa2/Ro_long-stroke.jpg Overview RO - THE JAPANESE SCULLING OAR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835742405-ZGEU8JH7AQ44W2P9QL4N/101_0635.jpg Overview SABANI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2eb74dfe-4821-45de-b64b-33889d387455/DSC_0097.JPG Overview SAPPABUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/667d36d2-b1d6-47ba-bfed-4b337edcb32e/shimaihagi_4.jpg Overview SHIMAIHAGI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f86b9b19-bd71-42fd-9c9d-926492d06c82/P1040950.JPG Overview TAKENAKA CARPENTRY TOOLS MUSEUM ISOBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/46dc9ff4-743b-4820-9d04-0c070d6b0379/tub_boat_paddling.jpg Overview TARAIBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/acd0f87e-4e13-4f31-a93f-4876ae040f01/Tenmasen_3.jpg Overview TOKYO TENMASEN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835795143-PCPUAA2QB0ZY11I8VO56/fishing_at_night.jpg Overview UKAIBUNE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1693835811143-8ZT1OFSA9G6MMPVXMQ25/zutta-finished.jpg Overview ZUTTA TENMA https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/yawl-boat daily 0.75 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d4ff38e6-d52e-46bf-94f9-ed727d69dc95/Olga001.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/83278c8e-61c5-4c3f-947c-30836e2131ce/OlgaA.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/western-boats-overview daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c6ac7cd0-4564-4b1e-a561-a7e3047cd9c3/Sharpie002.jpg Overview 21' RACING SHARPIE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b997ce80-7c2b-49c7-913c-b9919ea64414/Cutter004.jpg Overview 25' ENGLISH CUTTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/93cf0403-c174-44e6-86a2-d5d92600cb9d/Sail_Ferry_sailing.jpg Overview 50' SAIL FERRY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0b480c0e-99a5-4aeb-939d-d6deea95ff27/Hercules_skiff001.jpg Overview HERCULES WORK SKIFF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2f83e81e-5936-4b52-adba-d05142933b5e/Pram002.jpg Overview PRAM DINGHY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6c2804f5-ec9b-42a5-8125-e54abe0b7ef2/IMG_0954.jpg Overview RUSHTON CATBOAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7717c4d1-d3e4-48ca-b48b-bc8691fe2e89/DSC_0916.jpeg Overview RUSHTON DINGHY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/56b033bf-bbad-48be-bc4e-b9c97595f6a7/CIMG0377.jpg Overview RESCUE MINOR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/bc43e629-f452-4645-a517-effb90e170ca/DSC_0151.jpg Overview ST LAWRENCE RIVER SKIFF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e0f55fe4-ef72-4fad-9e40-a0b2dabe93f0/Whitehall.jpg Overview WHITEHALL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d4ff38e6-d52e-46bf-94f9-ed727d69dc95/Olga001.jpg Overview YAWL BOAT AND WORK SKIFF https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/25-english-cutter daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f8525805-bb92-44f2-b63d-60eee36df9b7/CutterD.jpg 25' English Cutter The cutter at the dock in Astoria at the start of the reenactment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0cce14cc-ae1e-43fd-8cc9-e9ca24928fe8/Cutter003.jpg 25' English Cutter The cutter was planked in Port Orford cedar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2af85c1e-97db-417e-a798-1df8d7179324/CutterC.jpg 25' English Cutter Backbone of Douglas fir, bent frames of white oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ea3625b7-4fc2-41cf-9265-2ad10e30aaed/Cutter001.jpg 25' English Cutter The cutter rows past the former Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b997ce80-7c2b-49c7-913c-b9919ea64414/Cutter004.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/21-racing-sharpie daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/74220558-d84d-4329-8ff6-6cf48592758c/SharpieC.jpg 21' Racing Sharpie Sailing downwind wing-on-wing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3b07851d-e2c7-489c-b243-e9d43e907faa/Sharpie001.jpg 21' Racing Sharpie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c6ac7cd0-4564-4b1e-a561-a7e3047cd9c3/Sharpie002.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/50-sail-ferry daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cd1ad737-38ce-4ebb-8362-53a20595768c/Sail_ferry_caulking2.jpg 50' Sail Ferry I built the hull upside down, primarily to make caulking the bottom easier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/aac80645-8358-411c-bb19-130e8cf420ff/Sail_Ferry_caulking.jpg 50' Sail Ferry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/107e07f8-a6b1-41b2-b36c-699a0aa46cf4/Sail_ferry_hut.jpg 50' Sail Ferry A crane first lifted the building then turned the hull over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/52b23877-5070-4ff0-b08c-db0e472c3782/Sail_Ferry_historic.jpg 50' Sail Ferry Sail ferries operated on Lake Champlain from the 1790s through the 1920s. 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The deck beams are oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/18e8c681-8373-4429-afa2-236bc6736e96/IMG_2553.JPG Rushton Catboat The building mold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1146391e-e633-40c8-a3d0-745bad1b648e/IMG_0948.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/31c4d6c0-8359-47e3-8da7-9864a33b5d30/Rushton_lines.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/whitehall daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e0f55fe4-ef72-4fad-9e40-a0b2dabe93f0/Whitehall.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/pram-dinghy daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a96ec265-7310-448c-8fca-ae95901755a1/Pram001.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2f83e81e-5936-4b52-adba-d05142933b5e/Pram002.jpg 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Sloop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9eb1e06d-3dc2-497a-a5fc-ee0f335419ae/daisy_old_new.jpg Maine-Built Sloop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/89e5ea54-e69b-4bbf-9a42-3a312ca8325f/daisy_new_stem.jpg Maine-Built Sloop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2cb277ac-c345-4eda-94cd-9d8aa7eeac64/daisy_inside.jpg Maine-Built Sloop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e481c396-183a-48a4-a334-da62b22e3f17/daisy_detail_bow-1.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/peterborough-rowboat daily 0.75 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2b4bf740-bcfb-40d9-b85f-995c240ba6b4/Peterborough1-1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1cbbb0be-6727-4c8d-83af-09d750e10bdc/Peterborough2.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ticonderoga daily 0.75 2024-05-21 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/middlebury-college-winter-term-2018 daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/18529b53-8e3c-4798-b9a2-c3d16dfe19b3/Mainichi-Shimbun.jpeg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/63f2d13c-f531-41cb-94a1-bfae65577a69/students.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ecfb9c07-f743-4231-89c6-180e8a5f2292/preparing-planks.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a373e395-bedd-4c8c-a88b-49c21df74004/planing.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/aab11e2b-27c0-407c-b997-a52771385146/beating-edge.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5f158758-37ee-424a-ad4e-49175d190201/sawing-bottom.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/66055485-77e6-4dec-b86b-5472fadc6f44/floor.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2cd6b759-9f6e-475c-9eb5-ee2fdf89cdf0/fitting-side.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/108d96e7-1064-4bbb-8da1-1be57229879f/sides.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ab1242a0-d169-4a32-bbee-6bc00c577b5f/tenons.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5c9e9776-9582-4aa5-abf6-8db00ecc4dc3/moving-boats.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/66c6fd5a-0e82-477b-8920-927538745d8d/sake.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/448a0b35-e866-4500-8991-c47953b03c01/launch2.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d24fb6f7-253a-4259-a567-d81b3b834461/launch3.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1fbf8c37-a7b8-4abf-9540-9731a55aa1b2/launch-4.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e1fa3286-1e60-45f1-a88b-c37413515cfd/both-boats.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/middlebury-college-winter-term-2016 daily 0.75 2024-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c12f3ff8-967a-4504-b330-bb697b523041/agano-chisel.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 A student using the tsubanomi, or sword-chisel, used to make rectangular holes for our boat nails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8626ca96-d9b9-479f-9e63-4b71246761d4/agano-sharpening-tools.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 Students sharpening using water stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ad9d9b75-d373-44a5-a28e-51311126bbd6/agano-keys.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 In additon to edge-nailing, the plank of the boat are held together with hardwood dovetail keys, called chigiri on the Agano river. For our boat the planking was native Vermont pine and the chigiri were brown maple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cd879cdd-40bb-4cdb-aef9-ce7dda07fd4f/agano-backbone.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 The backbone completed. The pram-style bow and stern means the side planking does not have that much curve, which means we can bend the planking without using steam or fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/57e77e7e-151f-4759-bd59-060eb40e752c/agano-sawing.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/943fb1a8-4398-4e01-ab1d-44403c588305/agano-fitting-seam.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 Multiple students fitting the seam using special boatbuilding saws. We worked in the traditional Japanese manner, on the floor with the boat parts propped to the ceiling overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8179b005-08e4-4042-b2c2-45a42bdf7419/agano-finishing.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 Students put the finishing touches on the river boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/790dbcf6-6dbf-43b0-82ec-90045098fcfe/agano-moving-boat.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 At 27-feet, this is the largest boat I have built with students. I made sure before the course started that it would fit out of the classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/bf5a3dc7-37ef-464f-9e14-2584363acc2a/agano-complete.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 The class poses with the completed boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1db617d6-0edb-42ab-8159-5550a4cce7f5/agano-pool-test.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2016 Launch in the pool. The boat is propelled by a long oar set in a sculling notch (photograph by Trent Campbell). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/658265c2-b4d2-466d-be80-5fb472a6fee0/agano-drawing.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/university-of-vermont-2015 daily 0.75 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a8f3f801-f77a-4daf-8ea6-2e0d164cf228/christine-auer.jpg University of Vermont 2015 Christine (nee) Auer, age 88. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/47e377a0-c90b-4a79-ac2b-4e6c6f92e3c9/boathouse.jpg University of Vermont 2015 The Auer Family Boat House is located at the end of North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont at the mouth of the Winooski River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a0c44575-a4df-4fbe-8828-1abe0629a1ae/original-boat.jpg University of Vermont 2015 All we had of the original boat. Without the center mold it would have been impossible to determine the original shape of the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/61101500-5fee-465d-a134-92b084894ec7/student-notes.jpg University of Vermont 2015 The students' notes measuring the original skiff. The side planks were parallel-sided panels comprised of two pieces. The entire boat was pine with hardwood stems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c91ed02a-ca96-423e-9245-98d9994e57d8/student-drill.jpg University of Vermont 2015 Most of the original boat’s fastenings are common nails driven through the timbers and bent over. It may seem crude but we found it fast and effective. Here a student pre-drills for fastening the hardwood chine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5def2b14-5ab0-4d7c-a64f-f604e9a7e5db/planked-hull.jpg University of Vermont 2015 The boat fully planked, showing the center mold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/df9e0e00-6959-454a-802b-e4850708cc16/caulking-bottom.jpg University of Vermont 2015 Caulking the bottom. The seam between the two side planks is covered with an external batten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/39aef73e-df64-4b37-9218-5b2789202035/boat-off-mold.jpg University of Vermont 2015 Taking the boat off the mold to begin finishing installing the thwarts. The frame ends were left long and cut off later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6a4ada3f-adc6-47cc-af50-d31bc88a6d35/caulking-seam.jpg University of Vermont 2015 Using a caulking wheel (a dulled pizza cutter) to run cotton caulking in the seam at the chine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a7742ce8-9f53-4143-97cc-93aea487c0ce/replica-original.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/middlebury-college-2011 daily 0.75 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e5cdd214-8a58-4466-b439-67bb9ef0fc4a/trapper-interview.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Two trappers came into class and were interviewed by the students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8a463982-d636-4f0b-8f91-5b6c17852c3e/mesuring-skiff.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Measuring the skiff. We lofted both boats to derive patterns for our building molds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0fae8aac-ade3-4b0d-8cb4-c60cb5cd82eb/measuring-trapper-boat.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Students measuring the original trapping boat, built by Gerald Hatch of Panton, Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7717e606-e020-4a1d-ae8e-82a9c16dbfc1/student-build.jpg Middlebury College 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b6441447-a2bd-4e54-9c69-f3119e27ff34/bending-planks.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Bending planks around the molds of the skiff, on the left, and the trapping boat, right. We used a single mold building the trapping boat because our research showed that is what the original builder used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5a6db07a-29d7-42ba-95fb-52c0df3dd369/both-boats.jpg Middlebury College 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a34c9da8-c0e6-4493-837c-eb059b1afdcc/student-hike.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Bud Smith of Middlebury, Vermont leads the students on a hike to his family’s trapping camp. All the men of the Smith Family would spend several weeks in the spring at the camp trapping and skinning muskrats. This was an important source of cash for the family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7e5242e7-35ee-48de-81b6-9c0e21f8c566/trapper-camp.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Smith and students at the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/231cf8c3-9d19-4f39-bb47-d14500f0cce5/boat-in-stairwell.jpg Middlebury College 2011 Taking the completed boat down the classroom building’s stairwell for launching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/254da1c9-70fb-4ac6-aa64-3aadaf230a8e/test-in-pool.jpg Middlebury College 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/91101cee-4e81-4a46-accd-ca5b29fda9c9/two-boats-in-pool.jpg Middlebury College 2011 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0a2962a3-6516-4b2b-8216-7876376c4ad5/on-display.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/middlebury-college-winter-term-2015 daily 0.75 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/90aac4d1-88c4-4c85-9fea-7b1c770f9ad5/kyoto-newspaper.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4e22be60-742a-4f13-a06b-27bad62d1bd2/supports.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Fitting planks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1c822184-3bf1-462d-b0d0-712410be63ba/student-adze.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 A student using the chona, or Japanese adze, to shape the joint in the bottom of the Kessengawa boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c70679d6-34ba-4c8e-92ac-d393efc86ab8/blacksmith.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 The class meets James Fecteau of Huntington, Vermont, the blacksmith who made our boat nails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0e68dd78-2e2a-4eed-820b-ca82dde2d710/nails.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Our Japanese-style boat nails, made of flat steel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cfb1ecd0-c080-4071-b715-3b5b6e67e723/keel-laying.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 A student prays in the traditional Shinto keel-laying ceremony, called a dianose or shikizue. The tool in front of him represents his request for good workmanship from the spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a35e3a25-37f5-4ea4-82b1-f440d909051f/handsawing-planks.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Students fitting planks using handsaws. This technique is called suriawase and is central to Japanese boatbuilding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2f3ebdee-72ea-4920-8a32-5796b65aecb2/pounding-edges.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Students pound the plank edges, a technique called kigoroshi, just prior to edge-nailing. The mortises for the nails are clearly visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/0a8a9c3d-70b0-43de-b8ba-81490dfe83eb/bending-planks-1.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Planks bent to the sides of the ayubune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ac9803be-8b2a-4642-afa7-f5f79b5dc5aa/kessen-river-boat.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 The Kessen River boat is very straightforward. There were over one hundred of these boats but all but six were destroyed in the 2011 tsunami. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/aeeb4578-ff4d-491d-8985-9767f069669d/clamping.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Propping and clamping the side planking of the ayubune into place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/00fdad0e-2901-4f2d-b076-b00da9947014/beam-mortice.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 The beams of the ayubune are half-lap dovetails set into the side planks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c97d4d80-0010-40cc-930f-076d279c8c8c/cutting-chigiri.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Cutting off the chigiri which fasten together the bottom planks of the Kessengawa boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b21b167d-eb17-4e77-9525-70d19e8ea625/student-hammer.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/604a11aa-633e-4557-9e53-1ab87ae3d682/student-ayubune.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 Students stand with the Hozugawa ayubune. These boats were used on the Hozu River to fish for ayu, a popular sweetfish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ccdedb43-23bc-461e-984a-d3ea457e5cec/sake-baptising.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 A student pours sake (rice wine) on the bow of the boat as part of our launching ceremony (photo by Trent Campbell). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5d805927-9803-48b4-a0b8-b954f21501cc/pool-test.jpg Middlebury College Winter Term 2015 The ayubune in the pool (photo by Trent Campbell). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/13a9faa4-e5f8-478c-b477-b0ccea95e11c/finished-ayubune.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/lake-champlain-trapping-boats daily 0.75 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/910cd08a-f014-4ba4-9b88-10094ed12f91/Hatch-lofting.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats An example of the students’ CAD work, here the Hatch trapping boat. Since 2014 the research project has produced drawings of seven historic boats, the first detailed documentation of Lake Champlain small craft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7c750fd6-84f3-4927-9797-030e540e10a9/2pointers_cover-only.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Cover of our monograph, published January, 2017 and based on three years of student research and work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/da80aa97-56b0-4123-a41e-aca8fa336343/off-molds.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Replica of a trapping boat from Putnam Station, New York after coming off the molds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7bef4629-be94-4c37-b8ab-8359e35bd504/interesting-boat.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats One of the most interesting trapping boats we’ve found, very finely-built by the late Harold McDurfee of Ferrisburgh, Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/40bca665-39ef-44d4-b96c-84ec83a9ff4f/students-planking.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Students plank their replica with single, wide pine planks like the original. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/18d243b2-4776-4e2d-9390-8385a95275d4/replica-original.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Replica and original, side by side. Inside the original boat are traps and a “duck-billed” push pole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/82af7243-b6ae-4763-a09d-03fa24749cc8/earl-bessette.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Earl Bessette points at the trapping boat he built in the 1960s, which students replicated in 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/688d87c6-7838-4856-9a42-9e0549a65744/largest-boat.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats The largest boat we have documented to date is this one, on the left, built by Orville Mulliss of Bridport, Vermont about seventy-five years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/88fee78e-f8eb-4da3-a374-2c343d5bfe3a/hatch-boat.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats The Hatch trapping boat on the mold setup, bottom planking complete. These boats were cross-planked on the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f19840a7-23b9-4d2a-ad17-d64a47b8f0ad/three-launched.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Three replica boats on launch day with their builders. Drone photo by Will Wormer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e3ef3fe6-39b7-4969-a941-0bda3c207279/lofting-hatch-boat.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats Students measuring and lofting the Hatch tapping boat, from a farm in Panton, Vermont. Note the tin wrapping the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/600f7b7e-09f7-481b-9cc1-090b04ac0e87/trimming-planks.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats A student trims a plank at the transom. Wide pine was commonly used on local boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2312da25-f72f-45a0-87e9-3cf4775628df/hatch-off-mold.jpeg Lake Champlain Trapping Boats The Hatch trapping boat comes off the mold setup. Most builders of these boats used just a single center mold like the students did here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8421622d-4ac0-438f-aff8-e8a6a616da7e/two-student-boats.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/lofting-workshops daily 0.75 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f8821901-ac3b-45a5-8774-72bbc7ece6c8/lofting-large-rolls.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops I loft on large rolls of paper, which makes it easy to roll up one lofting and start another. We also work at table height. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d6ff592d-7677-4ff1-8a5a-65d93c33c522/lofting-north-house.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops I’ve taught lofting at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d9418571-2058-4764-b965-e1d43f430b6a/lofting-north-house-students.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops In a multi-day class my students will loft a more complex boat at the end of their workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e6b58701-84ac-41af-a084-71f612e73ba9/lofting-carpenters.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops Starting in 2010 I’ve taught lofting intensives to apprentices at the Carpenter’s Boat Shop in Pemaquid, Maine. Here we began by measuring a boat which we then lofted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/abc50a25-d9bf-49a8-94aa-4e73a4a0ec5b/lofting-simple-skiff.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops I like to start my workshops lofting a very simple, straighforward boat like this small skiff. It introduces students to the basic principles of lofting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b9dd5aa5-fe61-4c45-a707-44235268752e/lofting-sahrah.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops Former Carpenters Boat Shop instructor Sarah Highland helping students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/66ba70bd-3df9-4be4-9b4a-f463d693237f/lofting-students.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops Lofting is a great way to begin understanding boat shape and design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/948f9014-8f1c-41b3-9d8c-b3e05f833ac3/lofting-half-model.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops Time permitted, I allow students to build half models. Here a set of lifts is being glued up. Each lift represents a waterline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a7b7a5f1-2c36-4701-91c5-39d8e20f5e09/lofting-finished-model.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops The finished model, next to the drawing the student used to cut the lifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5be7ac6d-4997-4a8e-bfb7-1eae6b92ccaa/lofting-japan.jpg Boatbuilding Workshops In 2007 I taught a lofting workshop at the Wooden Boat Center in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d519a7c4-ba53-4cee-9b06-19d8e55d135b/lofting-trapping-boat.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/lofting-and-lines-taking daily 0.75 2025-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/fb0709b4-eed2-48c0-b8ec-6e11e5a2f2dd/CIMG0598.jpg Lofting and Lines-Taking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6834b240-d597-4101-9b99-7f8f161de0a0/CIMG0622.jpg Lofting and Lines-Taking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/164e7e60-aa14-47ea-ba8d-e0ec63ea9de2/CIMG0696.jpg Lofting and Lines-Taking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e577cec5-6a91-44db-91b9-31ee69a5cb1b/construction_drawing.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/15feed2f-30bf-4721-add1-bc35c732df90/gig_lines.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/56b033bf-bbad-48be-bc4e-b9c97595f6a7/CIMG0377.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/about-old daily 0.75 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/63c3c5f5-49b4-4f97-b8b8-082590fa6b54/db.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/grants-awards-and-exhibitions daily 0.75 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1697987808186-WN84BGV9TY663I1SBSRR/image-asset.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f77d4996-e6c8-40a9-845b-9d6c923ffd70/DSC_7014.JPG https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/research-and-publications-old daily 0.75 2025-03-01 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/overview-teaching daily 0.75 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e1fa3286-1e60-45f1-a88b-c37413515cfd/both-boats.jpeg Overview Japanese boats, Middlebury College Winter Term, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/98fc6172-76d9-4e29-ba32-0b9c6c1f6157/Trent+Campbell+photo.jpg Overview Japanese boat, Middlebury College, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/abe08af7-c4e6-48d5-80c8-28fb964c1885/DSC_0426.jpeg Overview Japanese boats, Bates College, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f2c03e94-15d3-4fb2-b655-b1338b352046/JapanHouseboatbuilding-220331-020.JPG Overview Japanese boat, University of Illinois, Fred Zwicky photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a4ddf78a-faa7-4187-9bf4-e9b0e1c31582/DSC_0050.jpeg Overview Livery boat, University of Vermont, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/79dec117-e7e6-4e72-b210-51752b232ec2/DSC_0574.jpeg Overview Trapping boats, Hannaford Career Center, Middlebury, Vermont. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/758c2e2f-2acd-44b8-81c6-efa67c63a1e8/1.20.23+Boatbuilding+Workshop257.jpg Overview Japanese boat, Harvard University, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c9d73cc6-53ff-4efc-9fab-25e9c6dbe15c/DSC_0101.jpeg Overview Japanese boat, Northwest Maritime Center, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5baa3311-d953-48d8-9f10-c3e7d1d0e817/_GGS1793.jpg Overview Japanese boat, WoodenBoat School, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/37cde2e1-cd8e-402c-b199-bb0940ad5612/DSC_0127.jpeg Overview Lofting, Carpenter's Boat Shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7804e330-5993-4955-aad7-f3feca381dc1/DSC_0149.jpeg Overview Half model-making, Carpenter's Boat Shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/99ec1afd-7764-45c8-9190-800014119f51/DSC_0184.jpeg Overview Lines-taking, Carpenter's Boat Shop. Apprentices later built a replica of this skiff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4f72091a-72bc-4bee-9700-29fed13bc287/P1070340.jpeg Overview Half model making, Carpenter's Boat Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/97b01f58-5ba3-4770-84c3-cbf6f32bff35/P1070355.jpeg Overview Taking lines off a half model, Carpenter's Boat Shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ded727f1-1b19-47fb-951a-9e9bde71c56b/P1070358.jpeg Overview Gluing up a half model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1ec64a1a-46c9-452d-a045-e089f0a8dae6/P1070398.jpeg Overview Lofting, Carpenter's Boat Shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ca9afdc1-f6fa-4f9b-b337-6e7ea97b41b4/_GGS1247-1.jpeg Overview Japanese plane making. 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Others seen here are temporary to hold the hull's shape during construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ff5c1004-a3b7-4260-ab71-19ddfd531258/_GGS3894.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Rowan Shaw-Jones planing the plank ends smooth flush to the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/95be9dad-cfbc-4dec-9d45-4a0705d17574/_GGS4013.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet A completed boat. Simple side benches for the passengers and floorboards complete these boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e9ea90e3-cd6c-4a6d-95c3-e09800ca913d/_GGS4044.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet We used molds, a western technique, mainly because we couldn't prop planks in place on a hard, concrete floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b6815fbb-19c5-44aa-9227-b5021f64aeb1/_GGS4081.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Two garboard planks assembled and laying out their shape with our full-size pattern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e696ebe8-a8b8-4cbb-a178-2c650fdaf0fa/_GGS4160.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet The fifth boat finished and the final boat started. We had to build an overhead beam structure so we could bend the bottom with a hollow in the middle, something traditionally found in these boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/271cc1a4-6089-478e-b399-b1d0a47e7ad3/_GGS4552.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Our 93-year old neighbor joined us for a simple Shinto ceremony at the completion of the final boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/aa6177b5-a3b1-4c1e-a21f-2c363eea5531/346157046_559394986266541_6399975884016553521_n.jpg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Our first boat after delivery to the Kumagawa Kudari in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto. The bottom is fiberglassed to the chines. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ec50e64b-8373-4ac9-a591-7299d5ff7926/IMG_3226.JPG Kumagawa Wasen Fleet The crew at the bow literally rows the boat through tight turns. It is a highly skilled and dangerous position. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3f8afb62-65a6-4bc1-a08c-19db778c4b8b/S__247111685.jpg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Photo of the company's boats in the 1960s, when the fleet numbered about fifty. Now they six boats. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6c613ac0-5465-4af2-b251-50352eb22a56/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88+2023-10-03+112438.jpeg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Note the shoe box aft. The calm looking woman is a tour guide, accustomed to the wild ride. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c7f4ab00-19d4-4067-b793-839e3e7e9be0/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88+2023-10-03+122908.jpeg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Historically similar boats were used to take cargo downriver and could return upstream with prevailing winds. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c69d7f4e-ec70-43be-abb5-573ce589e59c/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%88+2023-10-03+122950.jpeg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet A tour in the 1920s. Note the thin splashboards mounted on the rail. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e777e7ab-7324-4b5b-882c-41d3edf31df9/%E6%80%A5%E6%B5%81%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F4.jpeg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet The position at the bow is considered the most highly-skilled job. Traditionally this position was hereditary. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5a069ba6-16d1-43e4-b77c-138f53b53c55/%E6%A2%85%E8%8A%B1%E3%81%AE%E6%B8%A1%E3%81%977.jpeg Kumagawa Wasen Fleet Two tour boats pass the Hitoyoshi Castle ruins. Photo courtesy the Kumagawa Kudari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/71bc680b-2e3b-414a-91cc-8692a4d4c6e0/346157046_559394986266541_6399975884016553521_n.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/support-my-research daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2e2cd7ae-4d26-46bb-a793-e95700160d5e/Udagawa_and_Douglas.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/165b6b95-2a7d-447d-83c7-7eba653e49e1/book_cover.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9e8fd524-a92e-4cb2-b5f6-7c6d038c0313/Wasen+Open+Workshop+210.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c4c305fa-cfc8-483c-9f15-75ce5d23fc92/OlgaC.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/custom-boatbuilding daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7f472f1a-1acc-44a5-99dd-daccdf43bb24/Ritsurin+Koen+tour+boat.jpeg Custom Boatbuilding (Editing) Tour boat, Ritsurin Garden, Takamatsu, Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c4c305fa-cfc8-483c-9f15-75ce5d23fc92/OlgaC.jpg Custom Boatbuilding (Editing) Yawl boat, San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4c2d1728-5d4a-4974-a678-e42615de6962/IMG_6412.JPG Custom Boatbuilding (Editing) Rushton catboat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c7a710a9-9295-4e2b-a1a5-6fa106e29964/346157046_559394986266541_6399975884016553521_n.jpg Custom Boatbuilding (Editing) River tour boat, Kumamoto, Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b638c655-2f41-44a4-80d5-79cd76c08502/DSC_0303.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/about daily 0.75 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/63c3c5f5-49b4-4f97-b8b8-082590fa6b54/db.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/research-and-publications daily 0.75 2025-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3b7b03f2-662b-4485-ad4f-a3b0277cd666/Takenaka+Dougukan.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/purchase daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/165b6b95-2a7d-447d-83c7-7eba653e49e1/book_cover.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/15ef067a-d834-46a6-9b22-c74b984d906e/The+Cormorant+Fishing+Boat+-+cover.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7b2a25c6-b261-41b0-aa29-d5551bb33f08/Beka+Book+Cover.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/honryousen daily 0.75 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4dff76d0-72c5-451f-8313-c50033a63cfb/DSC_0910.JPG Honryousen The finished boat. A single beam is the only framing in the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b25e4309-a4f1-4077-8a3e-ad4366003eb7/DSC_0822.JPG Honryousen Nina Noah finishing the inside with a hand plane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/db853415-375f-475d-a5bc-838bb663f091/DSC_0687.JPG Honryousen Props, rope, and a single plank draw the side planks to the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/491e7b00-7f00-4bae-aab8-7624f82d2c14/DSC_0782.JPG Honryousen Mr. Nakagawa caulking the bottom using cypress bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/28d22039-a33b-4a22-9fe6-61a09bae57ba/DSC_0692.JPG Honryousen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/adb011b2-75c3-499f-9f5c-ce2e40571f11/DSC_0886.JPG Honryousen Hand planing the exterior of the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a454fa8d-49b9-468d-9552-26b0921122f1/DSC_0862.JPG Honryousen A detail of the beam at the stern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/feae796a-b0e5-4fce-8454-c252e0fbd23a/DSC_0702.JPG Honryousen Mr. Nakagawa spreading urushi, or raw lacquer, as a bedding compound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/dec9cb1b-366d-4089-8bba-e58fff9d5198/DSC_0765.JPG Honryousen Trimming plank edges first with an axe, followed by an adze and then a plane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d378b6d6-d3f1-44f3-9c57-5e1e6b1f0259/Honryousen.JPG https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/lake-biwa-tabune daily 0.75 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8e184a99-af43-47bd-bad0-75c4597a1315/IMG_9217.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune The bow is built something like a barrel, with the planking running parallel to the stem. The planks remain flat, however. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/9fd3a7e7-d90b-4c17-bcb7-b245370222d6/IMG_8904.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune Marking the plumb cut for the end of the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1c69e6a4-a98d-490a-8a5a-a2caad961bb2/IMG_9223.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune The bow planks are edge-nailed to each other, the last one also nailed back into the side planks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f6ea349e-d4e5-4bea-8e9e-d6383e8a8abe/_GGS5083.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune Planking the forward section of the boat starts at the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c0fc5694-5d92-4f06-a36e-801429369e5b/_GGS5289.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune Driving a nail at the bow. Nails have to be carefully curved to follow the planking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/20566a02-15f9-485f-8fe2-cd4a4869da9d/_GGS5376.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune Using a batten to lay out where to trim the bow planks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6a0944ee-5637-4318-8860-88f472a02b34/_GGS5540.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune Note the transom overlaps the end of the side planks, another feature of Lake Biwa boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4d092756-ecde-4493-8639-1847a8c9b05a/_GGS5531.JPG Lake Biwa Tabune Clamping the joint between the bow and side planks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/94d4b9ac-5298-443a-b66a-4af57d4f3e7b/IMG_9350.JPG https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/sappabune daily 0.75 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a453e030-621e-4bc5-ab88-cf7eab54dc38/_GGS0334.jpeg Sappabune I like using scale models to work out design questions. Like Japanese boatbuilders I always work in 1/10th scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/73c65e97-9c46-417a-ab84-18a8b56bc5bf/_GGS0344.jpeg Sappabune The peaked bow transom edge-nailed together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b684ece1-30e6-4c96-921e-688c671c3863/_GGS0365.jpeg Sappabune The bottom planks edge-nailed before the plugs were trimmed flush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/89047817-1ebb-41f3-880e-6437245ed019/_GGS0386.jpeg Sappabune The bow transom is nailed vertically, the nails clenched underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1a46b49b-640b-40e7-a937-34e1b88b9523/_GGS0412.jpeg Sappabune Each side plank is composed of two planks edge-fastened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/60eaf108-08a5-4cec-817c-8cf5dcc7fd1a/_GGS0418.jpeg Sappabune Bending the side planks to the backbone assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7a80ca4d-fdec-4313-8511-1ac7b29a9c72/_GGS0501.jpeg Sappabune The boat's framing consists of three beams at the sheer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e4ea67eb-4f47-44d9-b76d-a7a0b65e8bac/_GGS0503.jpeg Sappabune View of the boat from the bow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/15f49071-84a3-42d7-b2a9-27048bf70d15/_GGS0506+%281%29.jpeg Sappabune Decks and caprails are cypress for abrasion resistance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/89770324-6fe6-49d4-a107-3b8b76bf73b9/_GGS0506.jpeg Sappabune The simple joint in the caprail is covered with copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a448c339-1103-4bbc-bfb1-65aa2d76e051/_GGS0509.jpeg Sappabune Copper is used in some Japanese boats to keep water out of joints and seams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/d5104172-031e-4e86-92ee-fe100f709ba5/20250305_153343.jpeg Sappabune The boat after it arrived in Texas and removed from its shipping crate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2eb74dfe-4821-45de-b64b-33889d387455/DSC_0097.JPG https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/anderson-garden-tenmasen daily 0.75 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/308013ba-b2c1-46b8-acd3-22a0c211b8b0/IMG_8551.JPG Anderson Garden Tenmasen Heavy transverse beams support the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1c4ba404-a75f-4fd2-9aec-62a0ea0e55e6/IMG_8476.JPG Anderson Garden Tenmasen Joint at the base of the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/69efc1bb-5198-4b8d-b3b0-3fa84d673daa/IMG_8591.JPG Anderson Garden Tenmasen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/6ea0d058-1e0c-4665-8283-48be7dd47df3/IMG_8475.JPG Anderson Garden Tenmasen The bottom is composed of three planks edge-nailed together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b744853f-07ba-458f-880c-15844e271b8f/IMG_8597.JPG Anderson Garden Tenmasen Copper plating is commonly found on urban boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/10fd67e1-9118-4fe0-ae74-a42d127200c6/Anderson+Garden+tenmasen.JPG https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/isobune-1 daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/96c30012-7b5e-442d-8330-cd3b1714e4ac/DSC_0025.JPG Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Isobune The isobune in its temporary shop space at the Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e031c7e5-a2dd-44ba-9d13-d5e04dcd8c30/DSC_0358.JPG Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Isobune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/64d51d27-dda0-4430-8dd6-da7cdebf5533/DSC_0033.JPG Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Isobune A small team forward is slightly tapered and passed through the hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3e34e94c-3b50-496a-8c9f-ba7e3da655fa/DSC_0379.JPG Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Isobune Mr. Murakami led a demonstration as we bent the nearly two inch thick bottom over a fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/64c9a108-ec6d-44e9-ac87-ae7f73b187da/DSC_0021.JPG Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Isobune The strong beam at the stern is for hauling these boats ashore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8a43228c-e58c-457b-9cc1-9171f999070e/DSC_0039.JPG Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Isobune 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(Dean Eilertson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/fd021cf4-007b-43ea-b8a2-f8b0f5b9b5ec/boats_8_sm-1.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” The samurai boats have six oars, mounted on the ends of the three beams visible. (Dean Eilertson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c0796af1-c6f7-413d-b533-8956af4ba32b/boats_16x9_sm-1.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” Canal boat and samurai boat to the left, with a boat at right developed by the set builders using dragon boats cut in half to make two boats! (Dean Eilertson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b03614d5-58b3-4c97-a3b7-b3d2c3216fcb/galley_2_16x9-1.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” In the background a partial warship mounted on a barge and pushed by a tug for shooting scenes using computer generated images for the background. (Dean Eilertson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b5631017-3499-4abb-a2c2-fe82f686b576/IMG_0220.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” One of my Bates College boats sitting on top of the floating dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b820f6a3-b779-4aa2-9d02-338624c99630/IMG_0222.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” A boat based on Senzanmaru with six rowing station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/39b1dcb4-cec9-4f79-a088-9ac2c75374f5/IMG_1956.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” A still from the shooting of Osaka Harbor. (Dean Eilertson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/301ce761-18b2-47b0-8c3b-b497238a3738/IMG_4087.jpeg Disney/FX Series “Shogun” A still showing the oarsmen aboard one of the samurai boats. (Dean Eilertson) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/21e4f579-421d-4a1d-b56a-19fd14b9782f/IMG_1956.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/meijer-garden-ayubune daily 0.75 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/31834381-06ab-4829-aa6f-9b8630045e65/DSC_0637.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune The hardwood pad is for the sculling oar and the copper plates cover nail heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/f9a50f59-4777-439f-90cf-48e87b1f7c9d/DSC_0650.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/4423cc59-bc18-4f96-835a-71341f9dea06/DSC_0642.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/eba4a68e-6786-4503-8a94-630ea23f8fe2/DSC_0670.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune Beams in Japanese boats often employ a half-lap dovetail joint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/1dcf6345-b86b-4d8f-a47a-5daf904ee677/DSC_0649.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5813bb56-3be2-4876-8eec-b552145be4d9/DSC_0639.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune Note the grain running vertically in the transom, ensuring it will swell and shrink the same as the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e58ce2d9-162d-45f2-b6ed-24e98dabd2b7/IMG_9125.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune The boat moved by sculling oar in the Garden pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/54f4a428-15d7-4e7f-8560-969dd34292d7/DSC_0638.JPG Meijer Garden Ayubune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5feb7f4a-d9d5-4d68-a77e-bfd77a7ee750/Meier+Garden+tenmasen.JPG https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/kumagawa-river-boat-fleet daily 0.75 2025-02-07 https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/rushton-dinghy daily 0.75 2025-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b4c2eae2-a23f-432b-ad03-d1e317ff22ad/IMG_6285.jpeg Rushton Dinghy The original Rushton dinghy as I found it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/cafe9ed5-b2ec-49ff-9fcd-69d01bc54f33/IMG_6288.JPG Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c94bc020-9bbe-4950-a8bd-399842102283/IMG_6287.JPG Rushton Dinghy The Rushton badge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/220981c0-eea2-4e7d-ad12-b8cfafacda00/IMG_6286.JPG Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/b4d37c8c-f224-4325-beac-115eff4e8dfb/Rushton+model+190+dinghy+1908.jpeg Rushton Dinghy Historic photo in the varnishing room of the Rushton factory. Courtesy St. Lawrence County Historical Society, Canton, New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/32054f4b-886d-4ad5-aa27-79d15db6280b/Mail+Attachment.jpeg Rushton Dinghy The dinghy being rowed with the Rushton factory in the background. Courtesy of the St. Lawrence County Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5767d271-401e-4851-a6cb-05065ee7b584/DSC_1430.jpeg Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/713b8fc2-147f-42c1-bb61-0e0e224480e8/DSC_0038.JPG Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/ffecd86e-9f8b-4565-8fe2-626e24342aec/DSC_0059.JPG Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/34d6f4cf-3dae-472f-87d8-758e37473e04/DSC_0016.jpeg Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e8fc9b90-1c95-4f5d-9c74-d2ebcd923d61/DSC_0011.jpeg Rushton Dinghy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/bb6c7037-6964-477c-b6c4-cdc118b8bb20/DSC_0916.jpeg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/st-lawrence-river-skiff daily 0.75 2025-03-26 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varnish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/7ea1f756-13aa-4226-b151-dad3f4161904/IMG_20201017_160621.jpg St. Lawrence River Skiff First launching, Arnold Bay, Vermont https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/bc43e629-f452-4645-a517-effb90e170ca/DSC_0151.jpg https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/peterborough-motorboat daily 0.75 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a60d33e7-5ce6-430d-a58b-1adfd24e26c8/DSC_0135.JPG Peterborough Motorboat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/c09da22e-fdf1-4e2f-89ab-e73abe630ac3/DSC_0005.JPG Peterborough Motorboat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3898956a-f160-4e1f-ae40-54e7e94ee252/DSC_0132.JPG Peterborough Motorboat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/3f4c32dd-dc61-4f35-8206-b8f5c3783d1e/DSC_0125.JPG Peterborough Motorboat 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daily 0.75 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/626ac96e-bb1e-4311-bed9-ec89fe7beeb1/DSC_0280.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Layout of the transom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/e5af22d5-a050-4cd6-82fb-7413b6c4bdeb/DSC_0336.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Bansho san sets the angle of the transom measuring from a known mark to a plumb line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/48262bc8-3700-41a1-aac2-85b39c4e7482/DSC_0414.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Detail of the scarf joint at the stem. A mortise cut in the keel receives the tenon on the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/8fb23de0-939d-4688-8fbc-e753a53c0deb/DSC_0425.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Bansho san aligns the stem with a centerline by hanging his square on a string. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/2c03012d-40bb-493f-9bb2-9e0c89b5b6e1/DSC_0857.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Bansho san working the strange boxed keel, a feature of small boats in this region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/fb025cea-150a-49ee-96b5-7927a5312179/DSC_0906.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Nina Noah chisels pilot holes for our boat nails. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/5e319926-798b-4f7c-b85a-60d429625bbc/DSC_0393.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Bansho san bends in a side plank while Nina plays a flame on the inside face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/a4124d05-e9ab-475a-b1d8-c41741ea9436/DSC_0493.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN Japanese boatbuilders use props instead of clamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/af530963-aa55-4aff-ba09-df19a3dd9d41/67.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN The boxed keel removes the need to twist the garboard plank to meet the stem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64ed28be598c2379e31c8b31/70dfe679-48e2-4a00-9545-7f5d09d2d673/109.jpeg HIMI TENMASEN The finished tenmasen. 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