Traditional Boats - East and West - at Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding

Douglas Brooks is a boatbuilder, writer and researcher, specializing in wooden boats built to traditional Western and Japanese designs. My research work involves documenting the design secrets and techniques of traditional Japanese boatbuilding, working directly with Japan's last wooden boatbuilders. I also research the boatbuilding traditions of the Lake Champlain Basin where I live. http://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com COPYRIGHT © Douglas Brooks and douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com 2016.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Turning the Hull

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Merry Christmas!  We are actually further along than this; I've been remiss about postings for the last few days, but plan on catching e...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Finishing the Hull

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Things have happened quickly the last few days on the boat.  In the interests of time I will just post photos from the last three days and t...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Mr. Rudder

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A couple of weeks ago an older man stopped by the shop.  He introduced himself as Kaji san, a pseudonym that means Mr. Rudder, and told me...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Gwa Gwa

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This post could be entitled Guwa Guwa if you wanted to be strict about Japanese kana (there is no way to write "gwa gwa" in phonet...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Bottom's On

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Once we finished fitting the last seam along the bottom we broke for lunch.  After lunch I was a little surprised as some of Shimojo san...
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I am a boatbuilder, writer and researcher with a special interest in traditional Japanese boatbuilding. Since 1996 I have apprenticed with nine boatbuilders throughout Japan, building and documenting the designs and construction of over a dozen distinct types of Japanese boats. My research involves working directly with craftsmen in order to document their secrets and techniques. In my view this work is crucial, as Japan's last traditional boatbuilders leave little or no written record of their work and most have no apprentices. This work is chronicled in my latest book, Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding, published in 2015 by Floating World Editions. Signed and inscribed copies are available from my website. Here in the US I build wooden boats for private clients and as education projects for museums and municipalities. I also teach boatbuilding and I am researching the boats and boatbuilding traditions of the Lake Champlain Basin where I live. I write for WoodenBoat magazine, among other publications. Please visit my website: www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com COPYRIGHT NOTICE © Douglas Brooks and douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com 2020.
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