We post occasionally about shooting video, but the other half of our online instruction is the plan sets. Liz has been translating sketches and notes into diagrams and documentation as we head into the final stretch before we release the canoe designs. Rather than a traditional set of boat plans, the plan set accompanying...
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Intro videos for my video courses are my nemesis
Intro videos for my video course are my nemesis. Even my normal instruction videos usually take a couple dozen takes to get things right, but when it comes to the intro videos I get seriously picky about every 1/3rd stop of light, every millimeter of microphone placement, every spoken syllable. I’ve always been envious...
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Laminated canoe gunwales mortised and ready to go
Laminated canoe gunwales mortised and ready to go. Today we assemble the decks. This build is moving more slowly as we film the instructional videos for canoe building and develop the plans and worksheets to accompany the build. If you’ve built one of my kayaks, you know that I develop systems that allow the...
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Curved, laminated gunwales fresh off the saw
Curved, laminated gunwales fresh off the saw. We're filming this build of two nesting canoes to prep for the new instructional video course and plans. Excited to be releasing the canoe build system for beta testing soon!...
New course: Lightweight small boat camping
Just launched a new online video course on lightweight camping out of small boats. 3+ hours of videos cover what I pack, how I pack it, and what products I prefer for both camping and paddling gear, based on 25 years of experience camping out of small boats. Lots of the videos are up...
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Lightweight camping out of small boats
Working on a new instructional video series on lightweight camping out of small boats: a super in-depth look at what I pack, how I pack it, and why, after 20-some years of ultralight river trips....