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...

Vatican boat model exhibit, Part 2

In a current temporary exhibit at the Vatican Museums, dozens of models of watercraft from numerous nations and cultures are presented to re...

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...

"Whaleback" Chinese Junks

A  sha-ch'uan or sand boat. The big basket tied to the house side is not a dinghy: it's a sea anchor. Illustration by Valentin A. S...

Junks, Sampans by the Hundreds

Aberdeen Harbor, Hong Kong, 1973 Just learned of this site , featuring hundreds and hundreds of photos of junks and sampans in Hong Kong, Ma...