Madan Boat Use

In the prior post we examined the watercraft of the Madan or Marsh Arabs . Now we'll look at how the Madan used those boats -- particul...

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...

A Fishing Canoe from the Ecuador Coast

Continuing our series on boats and related artifacts that we  observed  recently  at museums in Ecuador, we'll look now at a examples fr...

Bonito Fishing Boats in Maldives

In Fishing in Many Waters , James Hornell describes the practice of bonito fishing in the Maldives, including a description of the boats use...