ZenBoatbuilding
@stewartriver.com
I am Alex Comb. I build wooden boats, specializing in canvas covered cedar rib-on-plank canoes. I also build lapstrake rowing boats. I know very little about Zen, but it’s apparent simplicity has always drawn me. My concept of it guides me in all I do.
A new canoe is underway!
January 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A new canoe is underway!
If you over-esteem great men people become powerless
If you over-value possessions
People steal.
Practice non-doing
And everything falls into place
~Lao Tsu
If you over-value possessions
People steal.
Practice non-doing
And everything falls into place
~Lao Tsu
January 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you over-esteem great men people become powerless
If you over-value possessions
People steal.
Practice non-doing
And everything falls into place
~Lao Tsu
If you over-value possessions
People steal.
Practice non-doing
And everything falls into place
~Lao Tsu
Orion is like an old friend in the winter sky. On my walk back from sauna I am reminded that these tumultuous political changes will come to pass.
January 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Orion is like an old friend in the winter sky. On my walk back from sauna I am reminded that these tumultuous political changes will come to pass.
All parts of a wood and canvas canoe can be replaced. I’m replacing eight of the ribs on this one. It’s tricky to get the hull back into original shape with so many original ribs broken. Careful work yields satisfying results.
January 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
All parts of a wood and canvas canoe can be replaced. I’m replacing eight of the ribs on this one. It’s tricky to get the hull back into original shape with so many original ribs broken. Careful work yields satisfying results.
The sun going down over Lake Superior with sea smoke from below zero air temps.
January 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The sun going down over Lake Superior with sea smoke from below zero air temps.
Late afternoon sun on the north shore of Lake Superior.
January 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Late afternoon sun on the north shore of Lake Superior.
A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
January 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
I’m building a “Fishdance” which is a rowing/small motor boat which is built in the same manner I build canoes.
January 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m building a “Fishdance” which is a rowing/small motor boat which is built in the same manner I build canoes.
Remembering summer paddles on Lake Superior.
December 4, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Remembering summer paddles on Lake Superior.