Douglas Brooks Boatbuilder - Welcome!
I build wooden boats for private clients, museums and municipalities. I specialize in American, English and Japanese traditional boat designs. In the case of western boats, my methods range from traditional plank-on-frame construction to glued lapstrake, and sometimes a hybrid of traditional and modern where I feel it is best for the longevity ...
Douglas Brooks Boatbuilder - Japanes boats
I began researching traditional Japanese boat building in 1990. As of 2007, I have been to Japan twelve times, focusing my research on the boat building techniques and design secrets of the craft: techniques which have traditionally been passed from master to …
Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding book - Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding
Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding is the superb result of Douglas Brooks’ deep devotion to the remaining builders of wooden boats in Japan, and the traditions they’ve kept alive. It’s a thoroughly researched and beautifully documented book, …
Douglas Brooks Boatbuilder - Japanese Boats, Chokkibune
The boats enjoy a romantic status in Japan and the name "chokki" means the tusk of a boar, referring to long raking stem. To design the boat, Mr. Fujiwara used photographs of these boats from the late 1800s and his own family's boat building ratios, which …
Traditional Boats - East and West - at Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding ...
May 22, 2015 · 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.
Traditional Boats - East and West - at Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding
Jul 13, 2021 · 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 …
Douglas Brooks Boatbuilder - Japanese Boats, sabani
By the 1970’s fishermen were switching to boats modeled on the hard chine designs common elsewhere in Japan, first in wood and then fiberglass. Shimojo san adapted with the times, opening a machine shop and later building glass boats.
Ro-the Japanese sculling oar - Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding
Though not a boat per se, the ro, or Japanese sculling oar, is worth discussing as the primary means of propulsion along with the kai, or paddle, for traditional Japanese boats. Some cruising sailors in the West have adopted this oar for use in moving boats up to thirty feet long.
Douglas Brooks Boatbuilder - Japanese Boats, Ashitenma
Japanese boats do not have stopwaters, so we covered the joint in glue, which is something boatbuilders began to do in the last forty years. Our shop at night. We worked in a temporary shelter put up by the Festivale in the Port of Takamatsu, Japan.
About - Douglas Brooks Boatbuilding
Since 1990 I have worked independently, building custom boats and designing and directing museum boat building projects. I also began writing about my work and research. In 1996 I did my first apprenticeship with a boatbuilder in Japan, working alongside Mr. Koichi Fujii, the last professional builder of taraibune , or tub boats on Sado Island.