tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379271667820721243.post9210370895912139611..comments2023-10-26T02:16:21.073-07:00Comments on Traditional Boats - East and West - at Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding: Lanyu IslandDouglas Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06515886845098653363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379271667820721243.post-80377306786949552842019-06-13T05:02:20.340-07:002019-06-13T05:02:20.340-07:00Hi Sir! I see you've made it to Taiwan! Were y...Hi Sir! I see you've made it to Taiwan! Were you able to find anyone still building them the traditional way?Alex Chenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268075448376874233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379271667820721243.post-63725227724984377432016-05-14T01:42:49.103-07:002016-05-14T01:42:49.103-07:00Sections of the central ranges are off-limit reser...Sections of the central ranges are off-limit reserves set in place to "protect" aboriginal populations, a real mountain paradise if you manage to get in there. Yes you are right, it's the huge hinoki that are taken out, probably from around the Tiger Gorge area.<br /><br />E.dBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379271667820721243.post-41977437774011717562016-05-13T18:04:01.232-07:002016-05-13T18:04:01.232-07:00Dear Mr. duBois,
I lived on the West Coast in the...Dear Mr. duBois,<br /><br />I lived on the West Coast in the 80s and 90s and was fortunate enough to have Port Orford cedar for boat planking, but the Japanese priced that out as they bought it as a substitute for hinoki (both trees are in the cypress family). I think Port Orford is difficult to get at this point and I have also heard Japan bought hinoki from Taiwan. The west coast of Taiwan is heavily urbanized, but the mountains, which make up most of the land mass, are forest wilderness. Douglas Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515886845098653363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379271667820721243.post-42311673776655862792016-05-13T06:31:53.214-07:002016-05-13T06:31:53.214-07:00Hi Douglas, I was in Taiwan for some time and only...Hi Douglas, I was in Taiwan for some time and only regret not making more effort to explore some of the timber areas in the central mountains. I understand it is one of the sources of the good timbers used in maintaining many of the prominent temples in Japan.<br /><br />Greetings,<br /><br />Ernest duBoisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com