#log canoe

[boatporn]

Tried to scheme up a boat with a wildly favorable handicap rating to performance ratio and accidentally invented a log canoe

[beautifulswimmers]

On a day that feels firmly sliding into winter, an image that is pure summer- CBMM’s new log canoe, Bufflehead, on the Miles River during her inaugural sail this summer on June 9th, 2015. No shirt required onboard, but a stiff breeze and a certain amount of devil-may-care adventurous spirit is critical.

Image by Tracey Munson.

[beautifulswimmers]

While log canoes are beautiful boats, the attention to detail in their smallest elements is really something special. This eagle carving and trailboard from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s newest addition to the floating fleet, Flying Cloud, sparkle with careful carving and strong, glossy colors. As lovely as the best craftsmanship on a Philadelphia 18th century highboy, these decorative elements complete the poetry that is a racing log canoe’s elegant, lithe form.

Images by author.

[beautifulswimmers]

This ethereal submission to our upcoming #cbmmsnapshots exhibition comes courtesy of Peter Lalor, who captured log canoe Island Blossom during a race on the Miles River in September. “Following log canoe fleet in Sunday morning race, in Steve Huntoon's yacht out of MRYC. The morning started sunny but by 11 there was a lowering sky and very interesting light.”

To submit your own photos or to learn more about our upcoming Snapshots to Selfies: 50 Years of Chesapeake Summers exhibit, click here:http://bit.ly/1c2t2bT

[beautifulswimmers]

Log canoe racing has long been a staple of Chesapeake summers. These races are the product of the late 19th century when recreational sailing was in its infancy, log canoes were transformed from their weekday use as workboats into fleet racing craft. Over the years, they’ve lost their use as oystering or fishing vessels, and instead have become the nimble vessels they are today— complete with enormous sails and hiking boards to carry human ballast.

1. “Flying Cloud” has her boomkin adjusted, 1958. 2. 19th century log canoe regatta postcard. 3. 1958 log canoe race, with “Magic,” “Flying Cloud,” “Jay Dee,” and “Mystery.” 4. late 19th century fishing party on log canoe 5. Log canoe race in Crisfield, Maryland, ca. 1922, 6. “Edmee S.” in race on Miles River, 2002. All images, collections of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

[crabbingskiff]

The shipwrights and apprentices at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum spent four months building a log canoe. This was practice for rebuilding the bottom logs of the bugeye Edna E. Lockwood. Lovely. (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXgfcFD4Nug)

[tomperanteau]

VIDEO: Log Canoe Racing Thrills on Chesapeake Bay

VIDEO: Log Canoe Racing Thrills on Chesapeake Bay

Every summer, sailing crews gather on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay tributaries to race vintage log canoes. One wrong move and these tippy 19th-century sailboats can flip over.

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[oncrickethill]

I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where I have spent almost every summer weekend of my life taking part in something that does not happen anywhere else in the world. I sail log canoes. Racing on a one-hundred-year-old piece of wet wood with oversized sails and fifteen other people has taught me a lot about team work and persistence. Once you capsize one of these sixty- foot boats, you are out of the race, so concentration coupled with physical and mental cohesiveness is key. Nearly everything I know about leadership and being part of a team and a family has come from the wisdom of my captain and crew members.

from Liv K.'s application. Learn more about log canoes here --Sarah