Traditional Fishing Schooner Launched in Northern Vietnam

After Ken Preston saw my previous post about Vietnamese basket boats , which included one of his photos from his website Boats and Rice , he...

Buckminster Fuller's Model Boat Collection, Part 2

In this post we look at the remainder of Buckminster Fuller's model boat collection that was recently donated to Penobscot Marine Museum...

Buckminster Fuller's Model Boat Collection, Part 1

Buckminster Fuller is normally associated with technological modernism, but it seems he had a penchant for preindustrial technology too. His...

Vietnamese Coracles

" Coracle fishing boats at Mui Ne Bay , Vietnam " by  Ray Zhoul (Click any image to enlarge.) Vietnam is the only land where corac...

Burmese Long-Tails

In our last post we looked at Paul Wilson's photos of Philippine bancas . This time we'll view Paul's images of longboats from M...

The Moken Kabang

The Moken are an Austronesian people pursuing a nomadic maritime culture in the Andaman Sea. These "Sea Gypsies" live in the Mergu...