"I like to get out there sit in the swell and look out" is how I think of a pleasant row in my home waters of Casco Bay, Maine. Along with dreaming of...
A Pete Culler Otter for Christmas
With a little time off to sit back at Christmas and reflect, new boats are dreamed of day and night and usually they are rowboats or sail-and-oar boats....
Boat Kits and Information About Kits
'Tis the season for kitting out boats here in the shop. It is keeping the business very busy as we finalize the Goat Island Skiff kits and in January...
Goat Island Skiff Boat Kits Available
Our first kit offering at Clint Chase Boatbuilder is a plywood and timber kit for the Michael Storer designed Goat Island Skiff (GIS). Why buy a kit?...
Oarsman Tallow for your Leathers
Today I was taking an oar to show a group of students and I was reminded about how well Oarsman Marine Tallow keeps the leathers tight on the loom and...
Oars and Rowing at the Wooden Boat School
Clint will be teaching his Traditional and Modern Oarmaking course at the Wooden Boat School in July 2010. There are a huge number of wonderful course...
Oars and Oarmaking: Different Strokes for Different Folks
Oars are a delight to make and we are trying to make something new for the market. A prototype for a Carbon Fiber blade-Spruce oar has been completed...
Good News
Clint's design the Drake Rowboat, "A new take on the Faering for the modern oarsman" is featured in the 2010 Small Boats edition by Wooden Boat Publications....
Fall Row
Today was a short 9 mile row around some inner islands of Casco Bay. Pushed hard and maintained a little under 5 kts much of the time. One of the few...
More pictures
The scene of the talkEric Risch Echo Bay Dory SkiffMIK giving pointersMIK was an engaging speaker. Thanks, Micha...
Michael Storer Talk and Messabout at Clint Chase Boatbuilder
Dana, Clint, and Michael getting things started...Clint introducing the speaker and asking everyone to share a bit about themselves...Lots of visuals...
De-Keeled!
I've been away much of the last month preparing for and traveling in China to unite with our newly adopted daughter. We are back home and starting to...
Morning Row
Taking a break from the start up work for the business and the worries of how to make it all work is important for me. Moreover, getting on the water...
VIP R & D on CF Oar Blades
Vacuum Infusion Process (VIP) is the name of the technique used to make composites. In Maine, this is the new generation of composites and much of our...
Update on Projects
It has been awhile so this is a quick overall update on projects:* Goat Island Skiff kits can be cut anytime. Marketing for kits will begin by late Winter...
Welcome home Frolic!
Flying Fifteen #87Built in England 1950Hot Molded Mahogany HullSpruce SparsA new restoration project has come into Clint Chase Boatbuilder, a personal...
A lot of activity at the boat shop!
Carbon oars are in style at Clint Chase Boatbuilder! These are a pair made by Clint's students. They can made at any size, shape, and part of any length...
Slow Beginnings
Since starting to work in my shop "full time", I have yet to put a full day in due to a neck injury and complicated planning to adopt a girl from China....
Dory model and Jig for Birdsmouth Mast
The Deblois Street Dory model is coming together! The approach is to model it at 1/4-scale and line off the planking on the model. These points will be...
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